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Floods and mudslides triggered by heavy rain occur in Sri Lanka, with five people killed and five others injured when a tree falls on a bus in Colombo. Another person is killed by a falling rock in Galle District.
2023-10-6

President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees his residence in Colombo after protesters storm the residence and clash with police. At least 33 people are injured. Rajapaksa's resignation is demanded amid the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka since 1948.
2022-07-9

Sri Lanka's Marine Environment Protection Authority announces that it will take legal action against the owners of the Singaporean container ship "X-Press Pearl" for the marine pollution caused by the ship's fire off the coast of Colombo on May 20. The authority reports that plastic granules from spilled cargo had been washing up on the Sri Lankan coast since May 27.
2021-05-30

A series of explosions at churches and hotels in four cities in Sri Lanka, including the nation's commercial capital and largest city Colombo, kills at least 359 people and wounds around 500 others. ISIL has since claimed responsibility for the attacks.
2019-04-21

A landfill slide in Colombo, Sri Lanka, kills at least 16 people.
2017-04-14

Two hundred thousand people flee the Sri Lankan capital Colombo as floods caused by several days of heavy rain worsen.
2016-05-20

Clashes break out at a jail in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing at least 13 inmates and injuring 32 others. At least nine police officers, a prison guard and a bystander were also injured during the disturbances.
2012-11-9

Sri Lanka marks the third anniversary of the end of its 26-year civil war with a large military parade in Colombo.
2012-05-19

At least three people are killed and 25 injured in a train crash near the Alawwa railway station, 60 kilometres north of Colombo in Sri Lanka.
2011-09-17

Protesters try to enter the United Nations compound in Colombo, Sri Lanka, calling for the United Nations to abandon an inquiry into alleged human rights abuses in the final stages of the civil war between the government and Tamil rebels that ended last year. Staff are unable to leave until being assisted by Sri Lankan police.
2010-07-6