Sources: RTÉ
Sri Lankan police arrest 37 Chinese nationals in Colombo suspected of operating an online fraud center and seize electronic devices and SIM cards during the operation. 2026-05-3
Sri Lankan customs officials arrest nine Chinese nationals at Bandaranaike International Airport in Colombo for attempting to smuggle communication equipment concealed on their bodies, which officials say is intended for use in internet fraud operations. 2026-04-16
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
More than 40 people are killed, and 21 others are missing after landslides caused by heavy rains hit Sri Lanka, mainly between Badulla and Nuwara Eliya. 2025-11-27
Sri Lanka's Marine Environment Protection Authority announces that it will take legal action against the owners of the Singaporean container ship "X-Press Pearl" for the marine pollution caused by the ship's fire off the coast of Colombo on May 20. The authority reports that plastic granules from spilled cargo had been washing up on the Sri Lankan coast since May 27. 2021-05-30
A soldier is killed and another injured after a fire spread to an ammunition dump at the Salawa army camp near Sri Lanka's capital Colombo. Thousands of people in the area were evacuated. The fire is under control, according to a military spokesman. 2016-06-6
Clashes break out at a jail in Colombo, Sri Lanka, killing at least 13 inmates and injuring 32 others. At least nine police officers, a prison guard and a bystander were also injured during the disturbances. 2012-11-9
Record rains cause flooding in Sri Lanka leaving 36,000 families in the western provinces homeless and leaving the Parliament of Sri Lanka in Colombo under four feet of water. 2010-11-11
Britain's High Commission in Colombo lifts travel advice restrictions on Sri Lanka for the first time in approximately 30 years. 2010-08-6
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