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

Israeli woman and baby kept at airport in DNA case

Tuesday, August 9th 2016, 12:00
related countries: Israel
related places: Tel Aviv

An Israeli woman and a baby who returned from Sri Lanka have been kept at Tel Aviv airport since Saturday amid questions over the child's origins.
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VIDEO: Elephant calf rescued from drain

Sunday, May 29th 2016, 15:04
related places: Hambantota

An elephant calf has been rescued from an uncovered drain in Sri Lanka's Hambantota port.
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VIDEO: On board Sri Lanka floods rescue boat

Saturday, May 21st 2016, 15:58

Landslides and flooding caused by days of torrential rain have hit many parts of Sri Lanka, with dozens killed and hundreds of thousands displaced.
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Scores feared dead in Sri Lanka mudslide

Thursday, May 19th 2016, 12:03

Sri Lankan teams searching for scores of people missing after a huge landslide fear there may be no more survivors.
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Scores missing after Sri Lanka mudslide

Wednesday, May 18th 2016, 13:51

Rescuers in central Sri Lanka are searching for scores of people missing after massive landslides caused by days of heavy rain.
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School place 'found' for HIV rumour boy

Sunday, March 6th 2016, 21:26

The Sri Lankan government says it has found a new place for a boy who was expelled from school after other families shunned him over HIV rumours.
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Sri Lanka boy excluded over HIV rumour

Wednesday, March 2nd 2016, 19:12

Education officials in Sri Lanka exclude a boy from school after false rumours that he was carrying the Aids virus.
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Aids rumour empties Sri Lankan school

Monday, February 29th 2016, 12:10

All but one of the pupils at a school in western Sri Lanka are removed from class amid false rumours the six-year-old boy has Aids.
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UN human rights chief in Sri Lanka probe

Saturday, February 6th 2016, 14:15

The UN's top human rights official arrives in Sri Lanka amid concerns that the country's president is backtracking on promises to investigate war crimes.
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Sri Lanka's Rajapaksas: Crashing fall from grace

Saturday, February 6th 2016, 1:54

The Rajapaksa family's crashing fall from grace in Sri Lanka
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Sri Lanka 'won't import judges'

Thursday, January 21st 2016, 18:16

The president of Sri Lanka says foreign judges and prosecutors should not be involved in a judicial investigation into allegations of war crimes.
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Maldives's Nasheed due to arrive in UK

Thursday, January 21st 2016, 8:47
related countries: Maldives, United Kingdom

Mohamed Nasheed, the Maldivian opposition leader and former president, is due to arrive in the UK for surgery after a stopover in Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lankan would-be assassin pardoned

Friday, January 8th 2016, 16:44

Sri Lanka President Maithripala Sirisena pardons a former Tamil Tiger militant convicted of trying to kill him, as he celebrates one year in office.
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World's largest blue sapphire 'found'

Monday, January 4th 2016, 22:49

Gemologists in Sri Lanka claim that the largest blue sapphire yet, weighing 1404.49 carats, has been discovered in a mine in the country.
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'Whip' organisers of Iglesias Lanka gig

Sunday, December 27th 2015, 15:46

Sri Lanka's president says the organisers of a recent Enrique Iglesias concert should be whipped, criticising the behaviour of some female fans.
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Saudi Arabia 'spares Sri Lankan maid'

Wednesday, December 23rd 2015, 12:33
related countries: Saudi Arabia

The life of a Sri Lankan maid due to be stoned to death in Saudi Arabia for adultery has been spared, Sri Lanka's foreign ministry says.
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Sri Lanka man 'smuggled gold in rectum'

Tuesday, December 22nd 2015, 10:00
related places: Colombo

Sri Lankan authorities arrest a man at an airport near Colombo for allegedly trying to smuggle gold bars concealed in his rectum.
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Saudi maid adultery case 'to reopen'

Tuesday, December 8th 2015, 7:27
related countries: Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia agrees to reopen the case of a Sri Lankan maid sentenced to death by stoning for adultery, Sri Lanka officials say.
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Brathwaite keeps Windies in hunt

Saturday, October 24th 2015, 10:59

West Indies' Kraigg Brathwaite takes 6-29, the best Test bowling figures by an opener since 1957, against Sri Lanka.
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Sri Lanka war crimes claims 'credible'

Wednesday, October 21st 2015, 8:23

A government-appointed Sri Lankan judge says allegations troops committed war crimes during the conflict with Tamil Tiger rebels are credible.
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Sri Lanka hires new hangmen

Wednesday, October 14th 2015, 14:02

Sri Lanka hires two new hangmen for "light administrative duty" after the country last month acknowledged it was no longer carrying out executions.
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Tamil prisoners go on hunger strike

Monday, October 12th 2015, 17:51

Tamil prisoners in Sri Lanka, some held without charge since the 1990s, go on hunger strike to press for their release.
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Sri Lankan soldiers convicted of rape

Wednesday, October 7th 2015, 17:20

Four Sri Lankan soldiers are sentenced to 25 years in prison for raping a Tamil woman in 2010 in the aftermath of the civil war's end.
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Simmons suspended as Windies coach

Monday, September 28th 2015, 17:14

West Indies suspend head coach Phil Simmons following his criticism of the selections for the tour of Sri Lanka.
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UN calls for Sri Lanka war crimes court

Wednesday, September 16th 2015, 14:39

The United Nations calls for a special court to try war crimes in Sri Lanka but the government there says it can do the job itself.
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Tamil MP to lead Sri Lanka opposition

Thursday, September 3rd 2015, 12:25

A Tamil MP becomes leader of the opposition in Sri Lanka's parliament - the first member of the ethnic minority group to hold the post in 32 years.
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Ishant banned after fiery SL Test

Tuesday, September 1st 2015, 15:57
related places: Colombo

India fast bowler Ishant Sharma is suspended for one Test following a row with three Sri Lanka players in Colombo.
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India secure series win in Sri Lanka

Tuesday, September 1st 2015, 12:16
related places: Colombo

India win a Test series in Sri Lanka for the first time since 1993 with a 117-run victory in the third Test in Colombo.
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Sangakkara offered top envoy post

Monday, August 24th 2015, 13:08

Sri Lanka's president offers Kumar Sangakkara a job in politics following his retirement from international cricket.
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India deny Sangakkara farewell win

Monday, August 24th 2015, 11:54
related countries: India
related places: Colombo

Kumar Sangakkara fails to end his Sri Lanka career with a victory as India win the second Test by 278 runs in Colombo.
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Sangakkara makes 18 in final innings

Sunday, August 23rd 2015, 13:04
related countries: India
related places: Colombo

Sri Lanka legend Kumar Sangakkara makes 18 against India in his final international innings before retirement.
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Sri Lanka's UNP in poll victory

Tuesday, August 18th 2015, 15:19

Sri Lanka's ruling party gains the most seats in parliamentary elections, while ex-President Rajapaksa's prime ministerial ambitions are thwarted.
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Sri Lankans await election outcome

Monday, August 17th 2015, 15:41

Sri Lankans finish voting in a general election in which former President Mahinda Rajapaksa hopes to return to office as prime minister.
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Luxury Sri Lanka resort can't hide country's divisions

Friday, August 14th 2015, 19:35

Sri Lankan divisions lurk behind image of perfect holiday resort
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VIDEO: Sri Lanka: The hotel dividing a nation

Friday, August 14th 2015, 19:33

On Monday the people of Sri Lanka will vote in parliamentary elections. The country's bloody civil war ended just six years ago.
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Sri Lankan rugby star's body exhumed

Monday, August 10th 2015, 15:49

Investigators in Sri Lanka exhume the body of a former rugby star in a murder inquiry that has been linked to ex-President Mahinda Rajapaksa's son.
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Is this the last battle for Sri Lanka's 'warrior king'?

Monday, August 10th 2015, 9:17

Sri Lanka's ex-president seeks to be back in limelight
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Sri Lanka's Rajapaksa vows poll win

Thursday, August 6th 2015, 11:43

Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa tells the BBC he will win an outright majority in general elections this month.
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Shooting at S Lanka campaign rally

Friday, July 31st 2015, 9:30
related places: Colombo

Unidentified gunmen open fire at a political campaign rally in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo, killing one and injuring 12.
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Record chase as Pakistan win series

Tuesday, July 7th 2015, 9:56
related countries: Pakistan

Pakistan complete their highest ever run chase in Test cricket to secure a 2-1 series win over Sri Lanka.
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Rajapaksa to stand in Sri Lanka poll

Wednesday, July 1st 2015, 11:08

Former Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa says he will stand in parliamentary elections next month.
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Sri Lanka's Sangakkara to retire

Saturday, June 27th 2015, 13:52
related countries: India

Sri Lanka batsman Kumar Sangakkara is to retire from international cricket after his side's second Test against India.
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Sri Lankan parliament dissolved

Friday, June 26th 2015, 16:03

Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena dissolves parliament, paving the way for an early general election.
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S Lanka drops cricket officials

Wednesday, May 27th 2015, 17:33

Sri Lanka's cricket body says officials accused of harassing female players have been removed but that there are "no grounds" for criminal proceedings.
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