We have started to collect the most important news related to Sri Lanka in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.
South Africa express their "ongoing commitment" to supporting the Black Lives Matter movement as players raise their fists before the first Test against Sri Lanka.
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Pandemic-related unrest has been growing in Sri Lanka's prisons as the number of virus cases surge.
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The navy, environmentalists and locals pushed most of the beached pilot whales back into the sea.
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Around 100 pilot whales are stranded near the Sri Lankan capital Colombo.
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A planned biopic of Sri Lanka bowler Muttiah Muralitharan has drawn protests but he insists it will air.
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Theresa is one of the first women from her community of tea pickers in Sri Lanka to go to university.
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The navy begins towing the ship after a fire on board raises fears of an environmental catastrophe.
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The victory for the Sri Lanka People's Front seals the Rajapaksa brothers' grip on power.
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Sri Lankan authorities insist on cremation for coronavirus victims. Some Muslims says its discrimination.
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A migration debate has gripped a small Romanian town after the arrival of three Sri Lankan bakers.
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Many fear Gotabaya Rajapaksa's return to power will re-open old wounds, but most are too afraid to speak out.
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Natta Kota, a fully grown Asian bull elephant, can often be found roaming around a Sri Lankan hotel.
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Relatives of a Sri Lankan archaeologist return a Buddha relic to a sacred temple 100 years later.
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The Chinese man was caught in Sri Lanka with the live animals hidden in his check-in luggage.
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Sri Lanka’s civil war ended 10 years ago but many still wait for news about loved ones who disappeared.
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Abductors tried to force the woman to "disclose embassy-related information", Swiss officials say.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa is declared the winner in a poll that has split the country along ethnic lines.
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Gotabaya Rajapaksa is a controversial figure in Sri Lanka credited for ending the prolonged civil war.
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Outgoing President Maithripala Sirisena frees the death row prisoner, who is from a wealthy family.
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Five months after the Easter Sunday bombings, Sri Lanka is desperate for visitors to return.
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Life for many of Sri Lanka's Muslims has become tougher since April's Easter Sunday bombings.
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Gotabhaya Rajapaksa, the former defence chief who crushed the Tamil Tigers, is eyeing a return to power.
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Gauri Malar and Roshan Jayathilake were bitter foes during Sri Lanka's civil war, then they fell in love.
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Once considered a poor man's tipple, Sri Lankan spirit arrack is now a hip drink around the world.
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Few realised before the attacks that Sri Lanka had a problem with Islamist militancy. One man who did was Mohammad Razak Taslim.
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The priest boarded military buses with 360 people at the end of Sri Lanka's civil war - they were never seen again.
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President Sirisena says the militants targeted a country which had 'recently established peace'.
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Following the Sri Lankan ban, BBC Reality Check looks at other countries that have imposed either a partial or complete ban on face coverings
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Brother Stanley was the pastor in charge of the Zion church in Sri Lanka when the bombing happened.
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The Islamist preacher led the attack on the Shangri-La hotel, the president says.
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Sri Lankan police wrongly used a picture of Amara Majeed, an activist who fights Muslim stereotypes.
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The Easter Sunday bomb attacks hold a special significance for the Sri Lankan residents of Christchurch.
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The surviving family of siblings who were killed in Sri Lanka's Easter Sunday attack have paid tribute to the teenagers.
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Zahran Hashim founded a mosque and is accused of leading the group of bombers who killed more than 350 people.
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At least 359 people were killed by suicide bombers who struck churches and hotels on Easter Sunday.
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The hardline Islamist group has been blamed for the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka.
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The scale of the attacks suggests that there was foreign assistance, Sri Lankan authorities say.
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Volunteers provide water, food and support to those mourning the bombing in Negombo, Sri Lanka.
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A man with a large backpack can be seen walking into St Sebastian's church just before a device is detonated.
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Speaking at his wife's funeral, Lewis Allen recalls the moment he learnt she had died in the Sri Lanka attacks.
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St Anthony's, the site of one of Sri Lanka's deadliest Easter bombings, is more than a place of worship.
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Danish billionaire Anders Holch Povlsen and his family were visiting Sri Lanka, where three of his four children died.
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Eyewitnesses of the bombing of Sri Lanka's St Anthony's Shrine have described horrific scenes.
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At least 207 people are killed and 450 hurt in eight blasts targeting churches and hotels.
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