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Six people are dead and ten others are missing after the ferry they were travelling on capsizes in Kinniya, Sri Lanka.
2021-11-23

Sri Lanka reports a record 209 deaths from COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the nationwide death toll to 8,157.
2021-08-26

Sri Lanka reports a record 2,672 new cases of COVID-19 in the past 24 hours, thereby bringing the cumulative number of patients to 125,906.
2021-05-9

Sri Lanka holds parliamentary elections after the parliament was dissolved by president Gotabaya Rajapaksa in March. Originally scheduled to be held in April, the election was postponed twice due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.
2020-08-5

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

Forensic anthropologists from the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, report that more than 90 sets of human remains have been discovered near the town of Mannar. The mass grave is situated in an area that saw heavy fighting during the country's civil war.
2018-08-27

Sri Lanka ends the state of emergency declared on March 6, 2018.
2018-03-18

The United Nations Human Rights Council urges Sri Lanka to "credibly investigate" possible war crimes committed during the Sri Lankan Civil War.
2012-03-22

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

The Sri Lankan army releases over 700 former Tamil Tiger fighters after a rehabilitation program.
2010-01-9