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Rajapaksa subsequently flees the country on a military aircraft to the Maldives, formally ending his rule of Sri Lanka. His brother, former finance minister Basil Rajapaksa, also flees the country.
2022-07-12

Sri Lanka's inflation continues to increase and reaches nearly 60% as the country's economic crisis worsens.
2022-07-5

Sri Lanka's inflation rate reaches a record 54.6% amid a steep economic crisis and a default of the country's debt.
2022-07-1

Sri Lanka reports a new single-day record of 384,763 vaccine doses administered.
2021-07-15

The MV "X-Press Pearl", a container ship sailing with a Singaporean flag and carrying cosmetics and chemicals, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid, catches fire off the coast of Sri Lanka after an explosion was detected onboard. Rescuers evacuated all crew from the ship and reported that two people were injured.
2021-05-25

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

Sri Lanka lifts unofficial ban on Tamil national anthem on independence day.
2016-02-4

Myanmar tops the 2015 Charities Aid Foundation's World Giving Index which measures each country's charitable behavior. Individuals indicate whether they have donated money, volunteered, or helped a stranger in the past month. The United States, which tied with Myanmar last year, is second, followed by New Zealand, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Ireland, and Malaysia.
2015-11-10

306 former Tamil Tiger combatants are to be released from rehabilitation in Sri Lanka.
2010-10-23

Sri Lankan police file a new case against Sarath Fonseka accusing him of employing military deserters.
2010-07-14