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Sri Lankan voters head to the polls to elect a new president between 39 candidates. The main frontrunners are Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the socialist National People's Power and current Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa of the progressive United People's Power Party.
2024-09-21

Sri Lanka announces a week-long holiday amid fuel and food shortages caused by a worsening economic crisis.
2022-07-4

The MV "X-Press Pearl", a container ship sailing with a Singaporean flag and carrying cosmetics and chemicals, including 25 tonnes of nitric acid, catches fire off the coast of Sri Lanka after an explosion was detected onboard. Rescuers evacuated all crew from the ship and reported that two people were injured.
2021-05-25

Sri Lanka imposes a night travel ban from 11:00 p.m. to 4:00 a.m. until May 31 in order to combat the rise of COVID-19 cases.
2021-05-12

English cricketer and all-rounder Moeen Ali, who tested positive for COVID-19 ten days ago, confirmed that he was infected with a new variant of SARS-CoV-2, which makes this the first case of the UK variant in Sri Lanka.
2021-01-13

Sri Lanka ends its state of emergency, four months after the Easter bombings.
2019-08-23

Floods and mudslides in Sri Lanka kill at least twenty-four people and leave eight missing.
2014-12-28

Northern Province of Sri Lanka, severely affected by the civil war, is opened to foreigners and journalists who hold passports.
2011-07-5

Sri Lanka's former army chief Sarath Fonseka requests his freedom from "illegal detention" in his first speech in parliament.
2010-04-22