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Protesters storm the Prime Minister's office in Colombo, demanding Wickremesinghe's immediate resignation.
2022-07-13

Pro-government supporters storm a major protest site in Colombo, clashing with police and protesters. A total of 78 people are injured.
2022-05-9

Prime Minister of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns amid mass protests over the government's handling of the economic crisis.
2022-05-9

Two people are killed and eight more are injured as police open fire against a group of protestors who were trying to set fire to the Pradeshiya Sabha chairman’s residence in Weeraketiya.
2022-05-9

MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala opens fire against protestors who were blocking his vehicle in Nittambuwa, killing one man and injuring another. Athukorala then escaped into a nearby building, before being found dead alongside his security officer.
2022-05-9

The entire cabinet of Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns following days of economic protests in Sri Lanka.
2022-04-3

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 United Nations expert panel finds "credible allegations" which, if proven, indicate that war crimes and crimes against humanity were committed both by the Government of Sri Lanka and the LTTE in the final stages of the Sri Lankan Civil War.
2011-04-16

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