News: Sri Lanka

We have started to collect the most important news related to Sri Lanka in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

World news related to Sri Lanka – overview

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• December 26th 2020 – April 21st 2019
• April 2nd 2019 – August 17th 2016
• August 9th 2016 – May 27th 2015
• May 23rd 2015 – January 9th 2015
• January 8th 2015 – July 23rd 2014
• July 20th 2014 – May 20th 2014
• May 20th 2014 – November 17th 2013
• November 16th 2013 – September 11th 2013
• September 4th 2013 – March 19th 2013
• March 17th 2013 – November 13th 2012
• November 13th 2012 – August 21st 2012
• August 19th 2012 – April 3rd 2012
• March 30th 2012 – November 29th 2011
• November 29th 2011 – July 21st 2011
• July 21st 2011 – June 7th 2011
• June 7th 2011 – April 17th 2011
• April 14th 2011 – January 24th 2011
• January 24th 2011 – November 12th 2010
• November 11th 2010 – August 16th 2010
• August 15th 2010 – June 9th 2010
• June 9th 2010 – March 17th 2010
• March 16th 2010 – January 13th 2010
• January 13th 2010 – November 13th 2009
• November 12th 2009 – August 30th 2009
• August 26th 2009 – June 9th 2009
• June 8th 2009 – May 16th 2009
• May 16th 2009 – April 22nd 2009
• April 22nd 2009 – March 6th 2009
• March 6th 2009 – February 3rd 2009
• February 3rd 2009 – December 21st 2008
• December 18th 2008 – September 17th 2008
• September 16th 2008 – June 3rd 2008
• May 31st 2008 – February 29th 2008
• February 26th 2008 – January 1st 2008
• December 27th 2007 – November 2nd 2007
• November 1st 2007 – June 9th 2007
• June 8th 2007 – April 2nd 2007
• April 1st 2007 – January 19th 2007
• January 11th 2007 – October 20th 2006
• October 19th 2006 – August 15th 2006
• August 15th 2006 – July 3rd 2006
• June 29th 2006 – May 12th 2006
• May 12th 2006 – February 24th 2006
• February 22nd 2006 – December 16th 2005
• December 14th 2005 – November 12th 2005

Sri Lanka: news

Kottu roti: The street food that makes you feel like dancing

Tuesday, April 2nd 2019, 23:16

Kottu Roti is a street food favourite in Sri Lanka. And watching it being cooked is almost as fun as actually eating it.
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'We seized our island back from the navy'

Monday, February 11th 2019, 0:32

How a community forced from their idyllic island reclaimed it from Sri Lanka's navy after years of war.
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R Kelly: backlash as singer announces Australia tour

Wednesday, February 6th 2019, 9:05
related countries: Australia, New Zealand

The singer, who is accused of sex abuse, tweets plans to tour Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka police arrest two for bribing life-size cutout

Friday, January 4th 2019, 17:56

They shared a video of one of them giving money to the life-size cutout of an officer in Sri Lanka.
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Mahinda Rajapaksa: Return of Sri Lanka's wartime strongman

Saturday, November 10th 2018, 1:43

Mahinda Rajapaksa's return could imperil new freedoms and reconciliation efforts in a fractured nation.
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Sri Lanka v England: Galle's last international cricket match?

Monday, November 5th 2018, 0:03
related countries: United Kingdom

The England v Sri Lanka first Test could be the last international cricket match played at the iconic ground.
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Sri Lanka crisis: House of Cards in the Indian Ocean

Sunday, November 4th 2018, 0:01
related countries: India, Indian Ocean

The island nation of Sri Lanka is gripped by a dramatic political crisis - here's what you need to know.
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Sri Lanka: Mahinda Rajapaksa, former president, named as PM

Friday, October 26th 2018, 16:56

In a shock move, Sri Lanka's president names his predecessor Mahinda Rajapaksa as the new premier.
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The little lion cub raised by a dog

Wednesday, October 17th 2018, 23:06

A lion cub in Sri Lanka was nursed by a dog after being rejected by his mother in a zoo.
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Sri Lanka's Pidurangala Rock: Bare bums stir trouble

Wednesday, September 26th 2018, 12:44

Sri Lankan police arrest three young men who took semi-nude photos at Sri Lanka's Pidurangala Rock.
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Sri Lanka to ban Hindu animal sacrifice

Wednesday, September 12th 2018, 16:07

The ritual killing of animals such as goats could soon be outlawed at Sri Lanka's Hindu temples.
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Sri Lanka conflict: 'Why can't you find our sons?'

Monday, September 10th 2018, 21:27

Nearly 10 years after the civil war ended, Tamils are still searching for their loved ones.
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Sri Lankan president's anger over airline cashew nuts

Monday, September 10th 2018, 15:33

Maithripala Sirisena says the snack he was served on Sri Lanka Airlines was not even fit for dogs.
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Sri Lanka's Galle cricket stadium risks being demolished

Saturday, July 21st 2018, 12:07
related places: Galle

The famously picturesque ground, in southern Sri Lanka, is next to a World Heritage-listed fort.
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Sri Lanka Cricket back match-fixing investigation ahead of Al Jazeera documentary

Saturday, May 26th 2018, 13:52

Sri Lanka Cricket will extend their "fullest cooperation" over allegations of match-fixing, which are set to be made in an Al Jazeera documentary.
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Sri Lankan navy refloats WW2 ship

Saturday, March 31st 2018, 20:22
related countries: Japan, United Kingdom

The British SS Sagaing, bombed in a Japanese air strike 75 years ago, is returned to the surface.
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Stranded elephant rescued from well in Sri Lanka

Wednesday, November 1st 2017, 10:02

Wildlife officials rushed to help when the elephant was found trapped.
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War and peace

Tuesday, October 17th 2017, 23:28
related countries: India

A former India soldier returns to Sri Lanka 30 years after a peacekeeping mission ended in war.
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Sri Lankan caught hiding gold in rectum

Monday, September 25th 2017, 4:17

A customs officer told BBC Sinhala they spotted the man because "he was walking suspiciously".
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Sri Lankan baby trade: Minister admits illegal adoption trade

Thursday, September 21st 2017, 5:36
related countries: Netherlands

An investigation by Dutch journalists uncovers thousands of illicit baby sales in the 1980s.
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British man dies in Sri Lanka crocodile attack

Friday, September 15th 2017, 12:43
related countries: United Kingdom

Journalist Paul McClean, 24, was killed after being dragged into a river, witnesses say.
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Sri Lanka set for return to Pakistan for first time since 2009 attack

Sunday, September 10th 2017, 7:22
related countries: Pakistan

Sri Lanka are set to play in Pakistan for the first time since their team bus was attacked in the country in 2009.
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Wonder Woman Gal Gadot backs mocked Sri Lankan cosplayers

Friday, September 1st 2017, 6:20

Hollywood star Gal Gadot rallies behind two Sri Lankan cosplayers who faced a barrage of online abuse.
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Sri Lanka v India: Tourists win ODI series after crowd trouble in Pallekele

Sunday, August 27th 2017, 18:30
related countries: India

India clinch a one-day international series win in Sri Lanka, but bottle-throwing spectators halt the match towards the end in Pallekele.
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Elephant found swimming 16km out to sea

Thursday, July 13th 2017, 14:41

Sri Lanka's navy tried to rescue the mammal, which is thought to have been caught in a current.
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Sri Lanka cricket staff told to strip off trousers to get paid

Tuesday, July 11th 2017, 14:31
related places: Hambantota

Sri Lanka's cricket board apologises for the "ignominy" inflicted on ground workers in Hambantota.
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'They forced me'

Monday, June 19th 2017, 23:41

Activists in Sri Lanka are working to amend a law allowing Muslim girls to marry at a younger age than their peers.
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Sri Lanka floods: Rescue efforts stepped up

Sunday, May 28th 2017, 11:20

Rescuers rush to help victims of Sri Lanka's devastating floods, as many villages remain under water.
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Group who helped Edward Snowden denied Hong Kong asylum

Monday, May 15th 2017, 10:45
related countries: Hong Kong, Philippines, United States

The group from Sri Lanka and the Philippines sheltered the whistleblower after he leaked US secrets.
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On the rampage

Wednesday, May 10th 2017, 23:07

Conflict between humans and elephants is more intense in Sri Lanka than anywhere else in the world. When one man was attacked he came round to find his daughter dead beside him.
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Sri Lanka rubbish dump deaths: 'Still they dump'

Saturday, April 15th 2017, 8:46

Four children are among 16 people killed after a rubbish dump collapsed on their homes in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka v Bangladesh: Tigers win their 100th Test

Sunday, March 19th 2017, 11:21
related countries: Bangladesh

Bangladesh become the fourth team in cricket history to win their 100th Test as they record a four-wicket win over Sri Lanka.
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Somali pirates suspected of first ship hijacking since 2012

Tuesday, March 14th 2017, 11:32
related countries: Somalia

A Sri Lankan-flagged tanker is boarded by armed men in the first such hijacking since 2012.
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Sri Lanka 'hunting' refugees who sheltered Snowden in Hong Kong

Thursday, February 23rd 2017, 12:56
related countries: Hong Kong, United States
related places: Snowden

Sri Lankan asylum seekers in Hong Kong fear they are being pursued for helping the US whistleblower.
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Bees stop play in SA cricket match

Saturday, February 4th 2017, 18:53
related countries: South Africa
related places: Johannesburg

A swarm of bees stop play midway through Sri Lanka's innings in the third one-day international against South Africa in Johannesburg.
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The English vet saving Sri Lanka’s street dogs

Sunday, January 22nd 2017, 0:17
related countries: United Kingdom

The vet who left behind her home in England to care for Sri Lanka’s street dogs.
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Sri Lanka protest over Chinese investment turns ugly

Saturday, January 7th 2017, 10:36
related countries: China

Clashes erupt in southern Sri Lanka over plans to evict villagers to allow China to build a port.
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Sri Lankan court acquits five men in Tamil MP murder trial

Saturday, December 24th 2016, 10:15

A court in Sri Lanka acquits five men accused of involvement in the murder in 2006 of a Tamil MP.
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Sri Lanka 'scrap material' Christmas tree abandoned after Church complaint

Wednesday, December 7th 2016, 13:44

Work on a giant "scrap material" Christmas tree in Sri Lanka is abandoned after Church objections.
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Large crocodile released back into river in Sri Lanka

Monday, November 7th 2016, 14:54
related places: Matara, Nilwala

A crocodile, over 17 feet long, was captured in Matara, Sri Lanka. It was stuck in a canal leading off the Nilwala river.
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Lasantha Wickrematunge: Murdered editor's body exhumed in Sri Lanka

Tuesday, September 27th 2016, 10:46

The body of a Sri Lankan editor who wrote before his murder in 2009 that the government would kill him is exhumed for investigation.
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Saris not skirts

Thursday, September 15th 2016, 23:15
related places: Colombo

A poster outside a Sri Lankan boys' school telling women what to wear has gone down badly in Colombo, reports Ayeshea Perera.
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Sri Lankan teenager held over hacking of president's website

Monday, August 29th 2016, 16:32

A Sri Lankan schoolboy is arrested for allegedly hacking the website of President Maithripala Sirisena, police say.
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Australia lose top spot in ICC rankings as Sri Lanka seal 3-0 Test series sweep

Wednesday, August 17th 2016, 10:32
related countries: Australia, India

Australia lose top spot in the ICC's Test rankings to India after Sri Lanka clinch a 3-0 series win against the Aussies.
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