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Former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa returns to Colombo, Sri Lanka, after seven weeks of exile.
2022-09-2

Sri Lanka approves the use of the COVID-19 oral drug molnupiravir in the country.
2021-11-15

Sri Lanka surpasses 2,000 deaths from COVID-19 after a record 101 deaths are reported in the past 24 hours.
2021-06-11

A power outage lasting several hours affects over 10 million people in Mexico, including in the capital Mexico City.
2020-12-28

For the first time in 43 years, Sri Lanka hires executioners to reinstate the death penalty.
2019-06-28

Demonstrations against sexual violence after Delhi gang rape spread across Asia and are now happening in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
2013-01-4

More than one million people are affected by flooding in Sri Lanka, with 21 dead and 270,000 made homeless.
2011-01-13

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

Hawaii's Papahānaumokuākea Marine National Monument, the habitat of the endangered Hawaiian Monk seal and rare birds, and Sri Lanka's central highlands are added.
2010-08-1

Defeated Sri Lanka presidential candidate General Sarath Fonseka is charged with additional counts in addition to treason in the aftermath of his failed election bid.
2010-02-25