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The International Monetary Fund provisionally approves a US$2.9 billion bailout for Sri Lanka.
2022-09-1

Sri Lanka lifts a nearly six-week lockdown to contain the spread of COVID-19 but continues to maintain a night curfew and a ban on public gatherings and parties as the number of cases declines.
2021-10-1

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

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

A journalist for the British newspaper "Financial Times" is killed by a crocodile in Sri Lanka.
2017-09-15

Authorities in Myanmar and Bangladesh prepare for the arrival of Cyclone Mahasen, which has already killed at least seven people and displaced nearly 4,000 in Sri Lanka.
2013-05-15

Northern Province of Sri Lanka, severely affected by the civil war, is opened to foreigners and journalists who hold passports.
2011-07-5

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