Sri Lanka timeline

1. SRI LANKA
10 February 1948 – Opening of Sri Lanka first parliament, six days after
independence from the UK. Sri Lanka called Ceylon. Sri Lanka since 1972. (Empires
children ©2009 Anton Gill).
31 January 1996 – Tamil Tigers attack members of the Liberation tigers of Tamil
Eelam LTTE rammed an explosives laden truck into the central bank in Colombo Sri
Lanka killing 90 civilians and injuring more than 1,400 others including 2 US
citizens.
12 August 2005 – In Colombo, suspected Tamil Tigers assassinated Sri Lankan
foreign minister Lakshman Kadirgamar.
4 August 2006 – Battle rages between Tamil Tigers and Sri Lankan government. At
least 22,000 people have been displaced. 10 civilians were killed by an artillery shell.
Monitors are leaving and residents are being shelled on both sides. BBC TV
8 August 2006 – Car bomb kills 2 in Sri Lanka Colombo by Anjana Pasricha New
Delhi India VOA.
10 August 2006 – Heavy fighting and many people displaced. VOA Patricia Nunan
New Delhi India.
12 August 2006 – Sri Lankan peace coordinator assassinated. VOA AP AFP Reuters.
11 September 2006 – Bomb hidden with dead body explodes in Sri Lanka 6 wounded.
17 September 2006 – Claymore explosion injures 4 in Thampalakamam.
9 October 2006 – Tamil party warns of all out war if the government troops attack
rebel territory.
12 October 2006 – Vehicle bomb kills three in Sri Lanka, bomb exploded inside a
passenger van in northern Sri Lanka killing the driver and two others.
18 October 2006 – 100 Sri Lankan navy sailors killed in largest Tamil rebel attack
since 2002. A suicide bombing on a navy convoy in north central Sri Lanka.
9 November 2006 – Suspected Sri Lankan rebels kill a security guard in a raid,
military finds powerful bomb.
15 November 2006 – Sri Lankan military suspected rebel bomb killing soldier.
19 November 2006 – Bomb blast and gunfire kill 8 in N Sri Lana.
27 November 2006 – Major attack in Colombo recovered seven Claymore mines and
10kg explosives, reportedly from the suburbs of Colombo. A suspected suicide
bomber was also taken into custody by the army. A parcel containing high explosives
was found near an air base.

2. 4 February 2007 – Possible links between LTTE and al Qaeda. Merchant commercial
shipping links. Military balance 2007 IISS Sunday Times UK ©2006 Sri Lankan
army.
21 February 2007 – Two separate bomb blasts in Sri Lanka killed 3 people and
wounded 19. The first bomb was attached to a parked bike in the town of Oddamavadi
killed two police officers and two civilians. The second attack was in Jaffna when a
hand grenade was thrown at a passing military convoy, missing, but exploded near a
school injuring 5 people. (Stratfor intel summary).
27 February 2007 – Sri Lanka US ambassador slightly injured in attack on his
helicopter AP CNN.
2000 – Sex slavery. Trafficking in Sri Lankan women to the Middle East by
Chandanie Watawala. Modern slavery Sri Lanka has the second highest number of
disappearances in the world, second only to Iraq.
November 2010 – Sri Lanka legalized gambling in November 2010. AFP TTR.
weekly.
26 November 2012 – Brother on sex charges flees to Sri Lanka. Bernard Kevin
McGrath aged 65 on a tea plantation in Sri Lanka wanted by Australia for sex crimes
rape and molesting young children. NZ Newswire yahoo news.
4 December 2012 – Sri Lankas in new challenge to boat regime. Rick Morton and Sid
Maher The Australian immigration and boat people.
17 July 2013 – Sri Lanka gambling hot spot TTR weekly Colombo AFP Sri Lanka
legalized gambling in November 2010.
6 September 2013 – Sri Lanka rolls the dice on mega casinos. Financial times by
James Crabtree in Colombo
12 September 2013 – Sri Lanka to approve setting up of foreign funded casinos. IBN
live. Press trust of India.
13 September 2013 – Sri Lanka approves two casinos. Colombo Australian James
Packer. AFP TTR weekly.
13 September 2013 – Australian James Packer wins casino deal in Sri Lanka. AFP