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Sri Lanka reports its first community case of the highly transmissible Lineage B.1.617 Delta variant in five patients.
2021-06-17

Sri Lankan Member of Parliament and former industry minister Rishad Bathiudeen is arrested, along with his brother, under the Prevention of Terrorism Act for having connections with the perpetrators of the 2019 attack.
2021-04-24

Lebanon declares a state of emergency and imposes a 24-hour curfew for 11 days beginning January 14 as part of a lockdown that began on January 7. All private and public companies as well as house of worships will be closed with few exceptions and travel restrictions will also be introduced.
2021-01-11

The U.S. Department of Justice charges three Sri Lankan nationals with "providing material support to a designated foreign terrorist organization" in the Islamic State-claimed bombings.
2021-01-8

Yang di-Pertuan Agong King Al-Sultan Abdullah rejects a proposal by embattled Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to declare a state of emergency to fight a surge of COVID-19 cases.
2020-10-25

ISIL claims responsibility for the bombings in Sri Lanka that took place on Easter Sunday.
2019-04-23

A series of explosions at churches and hotels in four cities in Sri Lanka, including the nation's commercial capital and largest city Colombo, kills at least 359 people and wounds around 500 others. ISIL has since claimed responsibility for the attacks.
2019-04-21

The President of France François Hollande declares a state of emergency across France.
2015-11-13

President Barack Obama declares a state of emergency across northeastern and central Washington as the amount of burned land in the state reaches nearly a half-million acres.
2015-08-21

The Governor of Wisconsin Scott Walker declares a state of emergency in southern Wisconsin as a result of the blizzard.
2011-02-1