Sources: Reuters
Sri Lanka permits the importation of buses and trucks, reversing a part of its 2020 vehicle import ban initiated due to foreign exchange shortages, while bans on cars, motorcycles, and three-wheeled motor scooters persist pending improved foreign reserves. 2023-08-15
Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns to Colombo, Sri Lanka, after seven weeks of exile. 2022-09-2
According to the UN's World Food Programme, nearly six million people in Sri Lanka are currently suffering from food insecurity caused by the worst economic crisis that the country has experienced since 1948. 2022-07-7
Sri Lanka increases fuel prices in order to help public finances and combat a debilitating economic crisis. Acting Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe warns that "there is a possibility that inflation will increase further". 2022-05-24
Sri Lanka lifts a nearly six-week lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 but continues to maintain a night curfew and a ban on public gatherings and parties as the number of cases declines. 2021-10-1
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
Forensic anthropologists from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, report that more than 90 sets of human remains have been discovered near the town of Mannar. The mass grave is situated in an area that saw heavy fighting during the country's civil war. 2018-08-27
Violent riots between Muslims and Buddhists rage in the town of Welipitiya, Sri Lanka, leaving three dead, 78 injured, and multiple mosques and shops burned or vandalized. 2014-06-16
The Commonwealth Writers prizes are handed out at Hay: Shehan Karunatilaka from Sri Lanka wins the £10,000 Commonwealth Book Prize for his debut novel "Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew", while Emma Martin from New Zealand wins the £5,000 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for "Two Girls in a Boat". 2012-06-8
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