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The following lists notable events that will occur and take place during 2025 in Sri Lanka .
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The following lists notable events that will occur and take place during 2025 in Sri Lanka .
| President | Prime Minister | Speaker | Chief Justice | Opposition Leader |
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| Anura Kumara Dissanayake (Age 57) | Harini Amarasuriya (Age 55) | Jagath Wickramaratne | Murdu Fernando | Sajith Premadasa (Age 58) |
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| National People's Power (since 23 September 2024) | National People's Power (since 24 September 2024) | National People's Power (since 17 December 2024) | Independent (since 10 October 2024) | Samagi Jana Balawegaya (since 3 January 2020) |
Lakshman Namal Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan lawyer and politician. He is the eldest son of former President and former Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa and a member of parliament. He was the Minister of Youth and Sports from 2020 to 2022.
Carlton Sports Network(CSN), was a Sri Lankan sports, lifestyles and business television channel. CSN was launched on 7 March 2011 and closed in 2016. It was involved in several controversies since its creation, primarily due to overlapping interests of its connected owners. "Carlton" is considered to be the "brand name" of the Rajapaksa family alongside the Carlton Residence of the Rajapaksas, Carlton Pre School owned by Shiranthi Rajapaksa, and Carlton Rugby owned by Namal Rajapaksa, as well as the Carlton Motor Sports Club linked to Rohitha Rajapaksa.
Lieutenant Commander Yoshitha Rajapaksa is a Sri Lankan sportsman and former naval officer. He is the son of the sixth president of Sri Lanka, Mahinda Rajapaksa and served as the chief of staff to the prime minister of Sri Lanka.
Thirimadura Ranjith de Zoysa was a Sri Lankan politician and member of the Parliament of Sri Lanka. He was a member of the Sri Lanka Freedom Party and Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna. He died on 4 December 2019 while receiving treatments at a hospital in Singapore for a cardiac condition.
Dhananjaya Maduranga de Silva is a Sri Lankan professional cricketer, who plays for Sri Lanka in all formats of the game and for Tamil Union in domestic cricket and current captain of the national team in Test cricket. In November 2017, he was named the Test batsman of the year for the 2016–17 season at Sri Lanka Cricket's annual awards.
Lyndon Hannibal is a Sri Lankan international cricket umpire and a former first class cricketer.
Pasqual Handi Kamindu Dilanka Mendis, popularly known as Kamindu Mendis, is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer who plays for the national team in all three formats and for Colombo Cricket Club in domestic cricket. He is an ambidextrous bowler who can bowl both right and left-arm deliveries during the same over. He made his international debut for the Sri Lanka cricket team in October 2018.
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.
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 was the meeting of the Parliament of Sri Lanka with its membership determined by the results of the 2020 parliamentary election held on 5 August 2020. The parliament met for the first time on 20 August 2020 and was dissolved on 24 September 2024.
The following lists notable events that took place during the year 2021 in Sri Lanka.
The following lists notable events that took place during the year 2022 in Sri Lanka.
Indirect presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 20 July 2022 following the resignation of president Gotabaya Rajapaksa on 14 July. The president of Sri Lanka was elected by the Parliament in a secret ballot to decide who would complete the remainder of Gotabaya Rajapaksa's term. Candidates were nominated in the Parliament on 19 July in advance of the election the following day.
Presidential elections were held in Sri Lanka on 21 September 2024. Incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe ran for re-election as an independent candidate, making him the first sitting president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015. Other prominent candidates included Leader of the Opposition Sajith Premadasa, Anura Kumara Dissanayake of the NPP, and Namal Rajapaksa, son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa.
The following lists notable events that took place during the year 2023 in Sri Lanka.
The following lists notable events that took place during the year 2024 in Sri Lanka.
Bernard Rulach was a Sri Lankan first-class cricketer. He was known for his fielding and batting exploits during his playing career.
