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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.
List of countries by number of public holidays. The following table is a list of countries by number of public holidays excluding non-regular special holidays. Nepal has the highest number of public holidays in the world with 35 annually. Also, Nepal has 6 day working schedule in a week. Country.
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.
Presidential elections will be held in Sri Lanka on 21 September 2024. [ 1][ 2] Voters will elect a president for a 5-year term. Incumbent president Ranil Wickremesinghe is running for re-election as an independent candidate. [ 3][ 4][ 5] This would make him the first incumbent president to run for re-election since Mahinda Rajapaksa in 2015.
Local electionshave not been held in Sri Lankasince 2018. Elections were originally scheduled to be held in 2022, but were postponed to 2023 due to the worsening economic crisisand instability in the country, before being postponed again several times by the government of PresidentRanil Wickremesinghe. [1][2][3][4][5]Currently, there is no ...
Sri Lanka's population, (1871–2001) Sri Lanka has roughly 22,156,000 people and an annual population growth rate of 0.5%. The birth rate is 13.8 births per 1,000 people, and the death rate is 6.0 deaths per 1,000 people. [ 267] Population density is highest in western Sri Lanka, especially in and around the capital.
Esala Perahera (A-suh-luh peh-ruh-ha-ruh) is a grand festival in the month of Esala held in Sri Lanka. [ 1] Happening in July or August in Kandy, it has become a unique symbol of Sri Lanka. It is a Buddhist festival consisting of dances and richly decorated elephants. There are fire-dances, whip-dances, Kandyan dances and various other cultural ...
December 2023 events in Sri Lanka (1 P) This page was last edited on 1 July 2024, at 22:09 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...