Sources: Reuters
The toll from the floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Sri Lanka increases to 366 people killed and about 400 more missing. 2025-12-1
Six people are dead and ten others are missing after the ferry they were travelling on capsizes in Kinniya, Sri Lanka. 2021-11-23
Sri Lankan Member of Parliament and former industry minister Rishad Bathiudeen is arrested, along with his brother, under the Prevention of Terrorism Act for having connections with the perpetrators of the 2019 attack. 2021-04-24
Sri Lanka ends its state of emergency, four months after the Easter bombings. 2019-08-23
A group of astrobiologists including Chandra Wickramasinghe say that algae-like structures inside a Polonnaruwa meteorite, that fell on December 29, 2012, in Sri Lanka, are clear evidence of panspermia, the idea that life exists throughout the Universe. 2013-03-11
Voters in Sri Lanka go to the polls for local elections, with one person dying in clashes between supporters of rival parties in the Anuradhapura district. 2011-07-23
Northern Province of Sri Lanka, severely affected by the civil war, is opened to foreigners and journalists who hold passports. 2011-07-5
Save the Children launches a £1 million appeal to help assist up to 400,000 children it expects are affected by a food crisis following Sri Lanka's worst floods in recent history. 2011-01-20
Repeat polls for Sri Lanka's April parliamentary election are held in Nawalapitiya and Trincomalee where ballots were annulled due to violence. 2010-04-20
Campaigning ahead of Sri Lanka's parliamentary election comes to an end. 2010-04-6