Sources: Reuters
Six people are killed and six others are injured when a Sri Lanka Air Force Bell 212 helicopter crashes into the Maduru Oya river in Sri Lanka. 2025-05-9
Fifty-one people are arrested by the Sri Lankan Navy while trying to emigrate to Australia by sea. Police said that undocumented immigration has increased because of Sri Lanka's economic crisis. 2022-07-3
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 its first case of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant in an unvaccinated woman who travelled from Nigeria. 2021-12-3
Authorities in Sri Lanka close at least two fishery harbours and many stalls after 609 COVID-19 cases are linked to the country's main fish market. 2020-10-24
The Sri Lankan government imposes a nationwide curfew to contain COVID-19. Mosques across the nation are closed. 2020-03-20
Sri Lanka arrests 37 Chinese fisherman for illegally fishing in Sri Lankan waters. 2012-08-6
At least 18 people are killed and one million are made homeless following flooding in Sri Lanka. 2011-01-12
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