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Sinhala and Tamil New Year Card. 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.
Sri Lanka ratified the convention on 6 June 1980. [3] As of 2022, Sri Lanka has eight sites on the list. The first three sites, the Ancient City of Polonnaruwa, the Ancient City of Sigiriya, and the Sacred City of Anuradhapura, were listed in 1982. The most recent site, the Central Highlands of Sri Lanka, was listed in 2010
The 17 times national badminton champion Niluka Karunaratne officially announces his retirement from international competitive badminton representing Sri Lanka, who also had represented Sri Lanka at the Olympics in 2012, 2016 and 2020. [101] Sri Lanka Mixed 4x400m Relay team disqualifies over a lane infringement fault in the final at the 2023 ...
Protesters sang the national anthem of Sri Lanka in both Sinhala and Tamil, to show solidarity and unity among the various people of the multicultural society of Sri Lanka. [ 202 ] [ 203 ] They commemorated the 2019 Easter Sunday bombings, where 258 people were killed, and demanded justice for its victims.
Sri Lanka is officially a Buddhist country, while Sri Lankans practice a variety of religions.As of the 2012 census, 70.2% of Sri Lankans were Buddhists, 12.6% were Hindus, 9.7% were Muslims (mainly Sunni), 7.4% were Christians (mostly Catholics).
Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: Prime Minister: 22 July 2022: Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs, Provincial Councils and Local Government: 18 April 2022 [b] [11] Prasanna Ranatunga: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: Minister of Urban Development and Housing: 22 July 2022 [11] Kanchana Wijesekera: Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna: Minister of ...
The Sri Lanka Army (Sinhala: ... 1949, and formalised in Gazette Extraordinary No. 10028 of October 10, ... In 2020, the Army shipped several modernized Unibuffels to ...
e-Swabhimani, the “Digital Social Impact Awards” was launched in November 2009 with the objective of recognizing creativity and the skills of local developers and thereby providing them with a platform to showcase their solutions nationally and internationally. eSwabhimani looks at novel applications that make a positive social impact on the lives of people.