Sources: RTÉ
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
The toll from the floods and landslides caused by heavy rains in Sri Lanka increases to 334 people killed and about 400 more missing. 2025-11-30
The toll from the landslides caused by heavy rains in Sri Lanka, mainly between Badulla and Nuwara Eliya, increases to 56 people killed and 600 houses damaged. 2025-11-28
Two tourists die in Colombo, Sri Lanka, when their hostel room is fumigated with a pesticide for bedbugs. 2025-02-7
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa flees his residence in Colombo after protesters storm the residence and clash with police. At least 33 people are injured. Rajapaksa's resignation is demanded amid the worst economic crisis in Sri Lanka since 1948. 2022-07-9
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
Sri Lanka marks the third anniversary of the end of its 26-year civil war with a large military parade in Colombo. 2012-05-19
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
Protesters try to enter the United Nations compound in Colombo, Sri Lanka, calling for the United Nations to abandon an inquiry into alleged human rights abuses in the final stages of the civil war between the government and Tamil rebels that ended last year. Staff are unable to leave until being assisted by Sri Lankan police. 2010-07-6
The home of an opposition activist is bombed in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo days ahead of the presidential election. 2010-01-22