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March. 6 March – 2024 Ottawa stabbing: A family of Sri Lankan Canadians are fatally stabbed in their residence in Barrhaven, a suburb of Ottawa, Canada. Six are killed, including four children, the mother, and a family friend, while the father is injured. [ 28 ]
The last direct presidential elections held in Sri Lanka were in 2019, where SLPP candidate Gotabaya Rajapaksa won the election in a landslide victory, defeating his main opponent Sajith Premadasa. [ 8 ] [ 9 ] Rajapaksa would eventually resign on 14 July 2022 amidst the 2022 Sri Lankan protests . [ 10 ]
Sri Lanka wins the Gold medal in the 400×4 Men's relay finals with a time of 3:01.56, competed by Aruna Darshana, Rajitha Neranjan, Kaushika Keshan and Kalinga Kumara. Meanwhile, the women's team also manages to bag the Silver medal for the 400×4 relay event with national record time of 3:33.27.
[56] [171] Public holidays on weekends are not moved to other days, like in the UK, so the effective number is 11 for a 5-day workweek. 22 14 36 Sri Lanka: In practice, most of the religious and festival holidays are available with most jobs having 20 days paid leave and 20 public holidays.
Events. 3 April – President Emmerson Mnangagwa declares a state of national disaster due to a drought that wipes out half the country's maize crop. [1] 5 April – The Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe introduces the Zimbabwe Gold (ZiG) as the country's new currency to replace the Zimbabwean dollar as from 8 April. [2]
2016. 2020. 2024. Sri Lanka competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France from 26 July to 11 August 2024. This marked Sri Lanka 's nineteenth appearance at the Summer Olympics, with the exception of the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal. Seven of the nation's previous Olympic appearances were under the name Ceylon .
A non-biometric Sri Lankan passport. Visa requirements for Sri Lankan citizens are administrative entry restrictions by the authorities of other states placed on citizens of Sri Lanka . As of 2024, Sri Lankan citizens had visa-free or visa on arrival access to 44 countries and territories, ranking the Sri Lankan passport 97th in the world ...
Sinhalese New Year, generally known as Aluth Avurudda ( Sinhala: අලුත් අවුරුද්ද) in Sri Lanka, is a Sri Lankan holiday that celebrates the traditional New Year of the Sinhalese people and Tamil population of Sri Lanka. It is a major anniversary celebrated by not only the Sinhalese and Tamil people but by most Sri Lankans.