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President Trump also announces a new set of tariff rates on imports from Algeria, Brunei, Iraq, Libya, Moldova, the Philippines, and Sri Lanka, assigning country-specific duties ranging from 20 to 30% following the expiration of a 90-day negotiation period.
2025-07-9

The Sri Lankan Department of Wildlife Conservation cancels plans to export about 100,000 endangered toque macaque Old World monkeys to China after several environmentalists initiated legal action in the Court of Appeal against the export.
2023-06-26

Several opposition politicians are arrested in Colombo, Sri Lanka, after demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe, who said yesterday that the country is "bankrupt".
2022-07-6

Sri Lanka imposes a night travel ban from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. until May 31 in order to combat the rise of COVID-19 cases.
2021-05-12

Sri Lanka reports its first case of the 501.V2 variant, which originated in South Africa, in a person who travelled from Tanzania and is currently staying at a quarantine centre.
2021-03-12

Pope Francis arrives in Sri Lanka to begin a six day Asian tour.
2015-01-13

The BBC says that without explaining why, the Sri Lankan government has banned its news crews from traveling to the north for public hearings of a commission investigating the civil war.
2010-11-11

Hawaii's Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the habitat of the endangered Hawaiian Monk seal and rare birds, and Sri Lanka's central highlands are added.
2010-08-1

Defeated Sri Lanka presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka is charged with additional counts in addition to treason in the aftermath of his failed election bid.
2010-02-25

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announces that Tamils will be given greater say in matters of governance, proposing power sharing agreements.
2010-01-12