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Sri Lanka reports a new single-day record of 384,763 vaccine doses administered.
2021-07-15

The Supreme Court of Sri Lanka sentences former member of parliament Ranjan Ramanayake, who is affiliated with the opposition United National Party, to a four-year "rigorous imprisonment" over his remarks claiming that most judges in the country were "corrupt".
2021-01-12

Three women are killed in a stampede in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during an US$8 cash handout at a businessman's warehouse.
2020-05-21

Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi visits Sri Lanka's Jaffna District to hand over 27,000 homes to Tamil survivors of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
2015-03-14

A mudslide in south-central Sri Lanka kills more than 100 people.
2014-10-29

Sri Lanka arrests 37 Chinese fisherman for illegally fishing in Sri Lankan waters.
2012-08-6

The United Nations Human Rights Council urges Sri Lanka to "credibly investigate" possible war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan Civil War.
2012-03-22

At least 27 people are killed in an accidental explosion in Batticaloa, eastern Sri Lanka.
2010-09-17

A top civil service union in Sri Lanka condemns the tying to a tree of an official by a government minister in Colombo, a disagreement related to dengue fever.
2010-08-3

Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announces that Tamils will be given greater say in matters of governance, proposing power sharing agreements.
2010-01-12