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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

Due to an increase in the number of COVID-19 infections, Sri Lanka closes all swimming pools, shopping malls, spas, arenas, gyms, and playgrounds, restricts travel to one person from each household for essential reasons only, and also bans carnivals, beach parties and musical events.
2021-08-18

Sri Lanka receives its first shipment of 1.5 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine from the United States.
2021-07-16

The suspension of Facebook remains in place until the riots end.
2018-03-11

Sri Lanka imposes a nationwide 10-day state of emergency, the first since 2011, in an effort to calm communal tensions. The previous day, a Sinhalese Buddhist mob attack on Sri Lankan Muslim shops in the region of Kandy, Central Province, left a Muslim person dead.
2018-03-6

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

Riots break out in a prison in central Colombo, Sri Lanka, injuring 31 inmates and guards.
2012-01-25

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

Sri Lanka unveils a new seaport in southern Hambantota which received a large amount of financial assistance from China.
2010-08-15

Protests continue in Sri Lanka after the arrest of opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka.
2010-02-11