1985 in Sri Lanka

The following lists events that happened during 1985 in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents

 * President – J. R. Jayewardene
 * Prime Minister – Ranasinghe Premadasa
 * Chief Justice – Suppiah Sharvananda

Events

 * Sri Lankan Civil War
 * Eelam War I
 * 14 May – Anuradhapura massacre: 146 civilians are killed in Anuradhapura during a massacre carried out by the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. This was the largest massacre of Sinhalese civilians by the LTTE to date.
 * 25 August–22 September – The Indian cricket team tours in Sri Lanka.
 * 8–10 November – 1985 Muttur massacre: In an attack coordinated by the Sri Lankan Military, leaving 30–100 Tamil civilians and militants are killed in the town of Muttur