2012
Sri Lanka Hosts a World Twenty20 Contest Cricketing first for the Asian continent Sri Lanka’s…
2011
Southern Expressway Opens for Traffic E01 brings Colombo closer to Galle For motorists in heavy…
2010
Muralitharan Takes His 800th Test Wicket Spin wizard aces scalps record in ODIs too When…
2009
The 26 Year War Comes To an End Security forces secure military victory It had…
2004
Tsunami Heaps Trauma on Tragedy for Isle Boxing Day disaster hits Sri Lanka hardest When…
2000
Sri Lankan Sprinter Claims Olympic Medal Susanthika’s bronze becomes silver later To be best known…
1999
Sri Lanka Champions Vesak as a UN Holiday Foreign Minister to the fore at 54th…
1998
LTTE Bombs One of Buddhism’s Sacred Places Tigers attack Temple of the Tooth at dawn…
1996
LTTE Launches Daylight Attack in Colombo Big lorry bomb rips through Central Bank Few terrorist…
1996
When the Mighty Sri Lankan Lions Roared A thrilling first ICC Cricket World Cup Few…
1994
First Local Company to Secure a Global IPO JKH is listed on the Luxembourg bourse…
1992/2018
Sri Lanka-born Author Gets Literary Nods Michael Ondaatje wins Booker twice over If there is…
1987
A Second Southern Insurrection Flares Up JVP rebels cause pandemonium islandwide The last thing a…
1987
Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka From police action to all-out civil war There…
1985
Sri Lanka’s Iconic First Shopping Complex Symbolises booming consumerism of its age To every generation…
1985
The First Mrs. World is from Sri Lanka Rosy Senanayake is crowned to much applause…
1983
A Violent ‘Eelam War I’ Takes Off First phase of conflict follows July riots The…
1983
Anti-Tamil Pogrom Sets Capital Ablaze Sets off ‘Black July’ across the island History, they often…
1982
Sri Lanka’s First Test Cricket Encounter Hosts essay great strokes against England In the world…
1982
Island’s First UNESCO World Heritage Sites Today’s eight iconic sites began with three Certain cities…
