Sources: Reuters
Sri Lanka reports its first two cases of mpox, but does not specify the clade the cases are from. 2024-08-22
A car veers off the track during the international Fox Hill Supercross motor race in Diyatalawa, Sri Lanka, and crashes into a group of spectators, killing seven people and injuring 21 others. 2024-04-21
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
Sri Lanka reports a new single-day record of 384,763 vaccine doses administered. 2021-07-15
Sri Lanka reports its first community case of the highly transmissible Lineage B.1.617 Delta variant in five patients. 2021-06-17
Sri Lanka's GDP contracts 3.6% in 2020, its worst economic performance since gaining independence in 1948. 2021-04-30
The MT "New Diamond" is towed out of sea off the coast of Sri Lanka amid major fears of a massive oil spill after the ship caught fire yesterday, killing one Filipino crewman. The Panamanian-registered ship carries about 270,000 tonnes of crude oil. The government of the Maldives has expressed worry, with a presidential minister saying that the country needs to take all precautions to prevent oil from reaching its shores. 2020-09-4
306 former Tamil Tiger combatants are to be released from rehabilitation in Sri Lanka. 2010-10-23
A top civil service union in Sri Lanka condemns the tying to a tree of an official by a government minister in Colombo, a disagreement related to dengue fever. 2010-08-3