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Attack on Pakistani ambassador to Sri Lanka: Kollupitiya, Colombo District: 7: LTTE: A convoy carrying the Pakistani High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, Bashir Wali Mohamed, was attacked by a claymore mine concealed within an auto rickshaw. The High Commissioner escaped unhurt, but seven people were killed and a further 17 were injured in the blast.
The Fox Hill Supercross is an annual racing event hosted by the Sri Lanka Military Academy intending to raise funds to manifest and elevate the infrastructure and training facilities of the military academy. The Fox Hill Supercross was first hosted in 1993 and has since become the most sought-after motorsport event in Sri Lanka.
Eastern Sri Lanka massacres: 16 October 1995: Villages in Eastern Sri Lanka: 120: LTTE [264] Padaviya massacre 21 October 1995: Padaviya, Anuradhapura: 19: LTTE [264] Boatta massacre Botalla, Polonnaruwa: 36: LTTE [264] Central Bank bombing: 31 January 1996: Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Colombo: 91: LTTE [105] Kumarapuram massacre / Trincomalee ...
Following this incident, the Sri Lanka Air Force grounded the entire PT-6 aircraft fleet until a thorough investigation is conducted and completed. [19] 12 January 2024: A Mil Mi-17 helicopter, deployed for UN peacekeeping operations in the Central African Republic as part of MINUSCA, crash-landed northeast of Bria due to adverse weather ...
A double murder took place in Pansala Para, Kotakethana, Kahawatta. A 19-year-old female called Kavindya Chathurani and her mother 52-year-old female called Nayana Nilmini were murdered. Around 400 Police and STF personnel were deployed after the incident and protests broke out by angry people. Four suspects including one female suspect were ...
Diyawadanage Don Nandasiri Priyantha Kumara [2] was a resident of Ganemulla, Gampaha District, Sri Lanka.He was the youngest of six siblings. [11] He graduated from the University of Peradeniya in 2002 as a production engineer and had been working in Pakistan since 2010.
The following is a list of attacks on civilians attributed to armed groups under the control of the Sri Lankan government, which includes the Sri Lankan Army, Sri Lankan Navy, Sri Lankan Air Force, Sri Lankan Police Service, state-backed mobs and paramilitary groups (Home Guards, EPDP, PLOTE, TMVP, Ukussa, Black Cats etc.).
Sri Lanka is a participant in the prostitution industry, and most consumers of the trade in the country are foreign travellers. [8] Nevertheless, most prostitution-related acts, such as prostitute trafficking and procuring are illegal. Prostitution has not become as severe an issue in Sri Lanka as compared to the situation in some neighbouring ...