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The following lists notable events that took place during the year 2023 in Sri Lanka .
President | Prime Minister | Speaker | Chief Justice | Opposition Leader |
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Ranil Wickremesinghe (Age 74) | Dinesh Gunawardena (Age 74) | Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (Age 78) | Jayantha Jayasuriya | Sajith Premadasa (Age 56) |
United National Party (since 21 July 2022) | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (since 22 July 2022) | Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (since 20 August 2020) | Independent (since 29 April 2019) | Samagi Jana Balawegaya (since 3 January 2020) |
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Kala Keerthi Camillus Perera was a Sri Lankan cartoonist. His cartoon characters like Gajaman and Siribiris have been published in various Sinhala newspapers ranging from the Sunday Observer to Sivdesa. Perera was invited to join the advisory board of John Lent's Cartoon Journal in 2002.
Thotawattege Don Manuel Titus de Silva, popularly as Titus Thotawatte, was a Sri Lankan director and editor who made several popular Sri Lankan action movies in the 1960s and 1970s and later developed Sinhala children's programmes. Thotawatte died on 15 October 2011 in Colombo.
Keheliya Rambukwella is a Sri Lankan politician, hotelier, film producer and former cabinet minister. He has served in multiple ministerial posts, including the former Minister of Mass Media and Information, Minister of Foreign Employment Promotion and Welfare, Minister of Water Supply and Drainage, Minister of Health and Minister of Environment.
Events from the year 2013 in Sri Lanka.
Events from the year 2012 in Sri Lanka.
The following lists notable events that occurred during 2016 in Sri Lanka.
The following lists notable events that occurred and which took place during 2017 in Sri Lanka.
Events in the year 2018 in Sri Lanka.
Morawakage Maheesh Theekshana is a professional cricketer who plays for the Sri Lanka national cricket team in all three formats of the game. He made his international debut for Sri Lanka in September 2021. Regarded as one of the best T20 bowlers in the world, his bowling action resembles that of former Sri Lankan mystery spinner Ajantha Mendis, who coincidentally happened to be his mentor with the Sri Lanka Army Sports Club, whom he has represented in the Sri Lankan domestic game.
This page lists notable events that took place in the year 2019 in Sri Lanka. The year 2019 had the fewest non-working holidays in the country as most of the public holidays fell on weekends.
This page lists notable events that took place during the year 2020 in Sri Lanka.
The 16th Parliament of Sri Lanka is the current Parliament of Sri Lanka, with the membership determined by the results of the 2020 parliamentary election held on 5 August 2020. According to the Constitution of Sri Lanka the maximum legislative term of the parliament is 5 years from the first meeting.
The following lists notable events that took place during the year 2021 in Sri Lanka.
Chandrishan Perera also spelt as Chandrashan Perera was a Sri Lankan rugby union player, coach, commentator, journalist, lawyer and administrator who also served as former captain of the national side. He represented Sri Lanka rugby sevens side from 1979 to 1994 in the position of winger. He was nicknamed as Shan.
The following lists notable events that took place during the year 2022 in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka competed at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England from 28 July to 8 August 2022. This was Sri Lanka's 17th appearance at the Commonwealth Games.
The 2022 Lanka Premier League also known as Mazaplay LPL T20, for sponsorship reasons, was the third edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL) Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka. It was originally scheduled to take place from 31 July to 21 August 2022 with Sri Lanka Cricket initially having promised to conduct LPL tournament targeting the August window. The ODI series between Pakistan and Sri Lanka were scrapped due to the hosting of this tournament. However, in July 2022, the tournament was postponed due to the economic crisis in Sri Lanka, with the aim to play it later in 2022. The tournament was later rescheduled and held from 6 to 23 December 2022. The tournament also emphasized to promote and boost both the economy and international tourism.
The following lists notable events that will occur and take place during 2024 in Sri Lanka.
Pulindu Perera is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He plays age-group cricket representing Sri Lanka national under-19 cricket team.
Sharujan Shanmuganathan is a Sri Lankan cricketer. He plays age-group cricket representing Sri Lanka national under-19 cricket team.