Sources: Reuters
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Sri Lanka's inflation rate reaches a record 54.6% amid a steep economic crisis and a default of the country's debt. 2022-07-1
Sri Lanka receives its first shipment of 1.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States. 2021-07-16
Sri Lanka postpones, for a second time, the election from June 20 to August 5 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. 2020-06-10
Forensic anthropologists from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, report that more than 90 sets of human remains have been discovered near the town of Mannar. The mass grave is situated in an area that saw heavy fighting during the country's civil war. 2018-08-27
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Indonesian police shoot dead seven terror suspects in raids on the island of Java including some allegedly planning to bomb the Sri Lankan embassy. 2013-05-9
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Sri Lankan lawmaker Wimal Weerawansa ends his hunger strike against United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's decision to send a human rights panel to investigate war crimes to the country. 2010-07-10