Sources: Reuters
Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe grants amnesty to more than 1,000 convicts and releases them from jails across the country to mark Christmas. 2023-12-25
Sri Lanka announces a ban on disposable cutlery, cocktail shakers, and artificial plants beginning in June, citing the risk of plastic pollution on its wildlife. 2023-02-14
Sri Lanka reports a record 46 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 1,178. 2021-05-22
Sri Lanka receives 500,000 doses of the Oxford–AstraZeneca vaccine from India. 2021-02-25
Demonstrations against sexual violence after Delhi gang rape spread across Asia and are now happening in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh. 2013-01-4
Heavy rains hamper rescue efforts in Sri Lanka following flooding and mudslides that have killed at least 27 people. 2011-01-14
Sri Lanka announces that a United Nations panel investigating human rights abuses will not be allowed to enter the country. 2010-06-24
Protests continue in Sri Lanka after the arrest of opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka. 2010-02-11
Incumbent President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa is declared the winner of Sunday's presidential election, defeating opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka. 2010-01-27
Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announces that Tamils will be given greater say in matters of governance, proposing power sharing agreements. 2010-01-12