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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.
Next Sri Lankan local elections. Local elections have not been held in Sri Lanka since 2018. Elections were originally scheduled to be held in 2022, but were postponed to 2023 due to the worsening economic crisis and instability in the country, before being postponed again several times by the government of President Ranil Wickremesinghe.
Current President of Sri Lanka (since 2022) Leader of the United National Party (since 1994) Former Prime Minister of Sri Lanka (1993–1994, 2001–2004, 2015–2019, 2022) 8 April 2023 Wickremesinghe has not officially declared his candidacy, even though his party has unofficially announced it. Sajith Premadasa (57) Samagi Jana Balawegaya
This is a list of largest publicly traded companies on Colombo Stock Exchange by market capitalisation in Sri Lanka.Only the top 50 companies are listed below. List. These 50 companies alone account for about 75% of the total market capitalisation of the Colombo Stock Exchange.
The 2023 Lanka Premier League was the fourth edition of the Lanka Premier League (LPL), a Twenty20 franchise cricket tournament in Sri Lanka. It began on 30 July and the final was held on 20 August 2023. [1] The tournament was played by five teams in three international venues. [2]
The Sri Lankan economic crisis [8] is an ongoing crisis in Sri Lanka that started in 2019. [9] It is the country's worst economic crisis since its independence in 1948. [9] It has led to unprecedented levels of inflation, near-depletion of foreign exchange reserves, shortages of medical supplies, and an increase in prices of basic commodities. [10]
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 culprit is 19-year old Febrio De-Zoysa, a Sri Lankan Algonquin College student.
In February 2023, President Ranil Wickremesinghe awarded the highest national honour of Sri Lanka to former Speaker of the Parliament Karu Jayasuriya. [1] [2]