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The Iranian frigate IRIS is torpedoed and sunk by U.S. Navy submarine USS "Charlotte" in waters off Sri Lanka, killing at least 87 of the 180 people on board, while 32 others are rescued by the Sri Lanka Navy with 61 remaining missing.
2026-03-4

The death toll from the floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Sri Lanka increases to 618.
2025-12-7

Singapore-based shipping line X-Press Feeders refuses to pay the US$1 billion in damages ordered by Sri Lanka's Supreme Court over pollution caused by the 2021 sinking of the "X-Press Pearl", arguing the ruling violates international maritime liability conventions.
2025-09-23

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

The entire cabinet of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns following days of economic protests in Sri Lanka.
2022-04-3

Sri Lanka drops charges against Admiral Wasantha Karannagoda, who was accused of being part of a group of 14 navy personnel who kidnapped 11 children and murdered them after attempting to extort money from their families. The actual number of children murdered by the group is suspected to be at least three times higher. The crimes were carried out in 2008 and 2009, amid the chaos of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
2021-10-14

Myanmar tops the 2015 Charities Aid Foundation's World Giving Index which measures each country's charitable behavior. Individuals indicate whether they have donated money, volunteered, or helped a stranger in the past month. The United States, which tied with Myanmar last year, is second, followed by New Zealand, Canada, Australia, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Ireland, and Malaysia.
2015-11-10

Burmese hard-line monk, Ashin Wirathu, and a hardline group in Sri Lanka, Bodu Bala Sena, say they would work together to rally other Buddhist groups and defend their faith against militant Islamists.
2014-09-30

Police in Colombo, Sri Lanka, arrest three Sinhalese Buddhist monks for torching a Muslim-owned clothing store, raising fears for safety among Muslims.
2013-04-2

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