Sources: BBC
Six people are killed and six others are injured when a Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter crashes into the Maduru Oya river in Sri Lanka. 2025-05-9
A nationwide blackout occurs in Sri Lanka. Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody says a monkey triggered the mass power outage after "coming into contact" with a grid transformer at a substation near Colombo. 2025-02-9
Sri Lanka reopens its primary schools after a closure of nearly five months due to the third wave of the pandemic. 2021-10-25
Sri Lanka reports a record 46 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 1,178. 2021-05-22
Sri Lanka reports a record 2,672 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the cumulative number of patients to 125,906. 2021-05-9
Sri Lanka's National Medicines Regulatory Authority approves the use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine, becoming the second vaccine to be made available for the general public. 2021-03-4
The U.S. Department of Justice charges three Sri Lankan nationals with "providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization" in the Islamic State-claimed bombings. 2021-01-8
Hundreds of flood victims in Sri Lanka protest over the alleged unfair distribution of emergency aid. 2011-01-18
A government-appointed commission in Sri Lanka investigating the country's civil war opens. 2010-08-11
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announces that Tamils will be given greater say in matters of governance, proposing power sharing agreements. 2010-01-12