Sources: Xinhua
Argentina issues an arrest warrant via Interpol for Iranian interior minister Ahmad Vahidi in connection with the 1994 bombing of a Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires. Vahidi is currently believed to be in Sri Lanka. 2024-04-24
Four civilians and three soldiers were wounded in protest over gasoline shortage when the army opened fire for the first time to quell unrest, as Sri Lanka is suffering its worst economic crisis since independence. 2022-06-19
The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka sentences former member of parliament Ranjan Ramanayake, who is affiliated with the opposition United National Party, to a four-year "rigorous imprisonment" over his remarks claiming that most judges in the country were "corrupt". 2021-01-12
ISIL claims responsibility for the bombings in Sri Lanka that took place on Easter Sunday. 2019-04-23
Sri Lanka ends the state of emergency declared on March 6, 2018. 2018-03-18
Sri Lanka lifts unofficial ban on Tamil national anthem on independence day. 2016-02-4
Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi visits Sri Lanka's Jaffna District to hand over 27,000 homes to Tamil survivors of the Sri Lankan Civil War. 2015-03-14
Sri Lanka lifts a ban on a United Nations war crimes panel visiting the country. 2010-12-19
Sri Lankan lawmaker Wimal Weerawansa ends his hunger strike against United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's decision to send a human rights panel to investigate war crimes to the country. 2010-07-10
Campaigning ahead of Sri Lanka's parliamentary election comes to an end. 2010-04-6