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A nationwide blackout occurs in Sri Lanka. Energy Minister Kumara Jayakody says a monkey triggered the mass power outage after "coming into contact" with a grid transformer at a substation near Colombo.
2025-02-9

Nineteen people are killed by Cyclone Fengal in India and Sri Lanka.
2024-12-1

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

Sri Lanka announces legal action against the owner and manager of the MT "New Diamond" ship which caught fire last Thursday off the coast of the country. Sri Lankan authorities say the lawsuit will be issued under the nation's law. Neither the owner nor manager of the ship commented on the statement.
2020-09-9

Sri Lankan voters head to the polls to elect a new president. Although 35 candidates are running, the main frontrunners are former Defense Secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa of the right-wing Sri Lanka People's Front and current Minister of Housing and Construction Sajith Premadasa of the centre-right United National Party.
2019-11-16

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

Voters in Sri Lanka go to the polls for a general election with the ruling United National Party holding on to power.
2015-08-17

More than 76,000 people are left marooned following floods in Sri Lanka.
2010-12-7

Campaigning ahead of Sri Lanka's parliamentary election comes to an end.
2010-04-6