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Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns to Colombo, Sri Lanka, after seven weeks of exile.
2022-09-2

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

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

At least 27 people are killed and dozens are wounded in conflicts between inmates and guards at Welikada prison in Colombo, the capital city of Sri Lanka.
2012-11-10

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

The home of an opposition activist is bombed in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo days ahead of the presidential election.
2010-01-22