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23 January – The official trophy for the 2018 FIFA World Cup was brought to Sri Lanka and was kept in Colombo for 2 days and was displayed to the public as part of the 2018 FIFA World Cup Trophy Tour, in which the trophy would travel across 52 nations. This was the first time Sri Lanka was selected as one of the nations to officially showcase ...
Sri Lanka Navy with Sri Lanka Police and other intelligence services in international waters south of Sri Lanka seized a foreign fishing vessel carrying over 336 kg of heroin worth over Rs. 3100 million gross street value. [213] Total number of COVID-19 deaths in Sri Lanka exceeds 10,000 with 189 more deaths. [214]
Below is a list of bank holidays, public holidays and full moon Poya Days in Sri Lanka for the year 2017. [1] 12 January – Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day; 14 January – Tamil Thai Pongal Day; 4 February – National Day; 10 February – Navam Full Moon Poya Day; 24 February – Mahasivarathri Day; 12 March – Madin Full Moon Poya Day
Tharjini Sivalingam (born 30 December 1978) is a former Sri Lankan veteran netball player and former skipper of the Sri Lankan national netball team. [1] With her staggering height of 210 cm or 6 ft 10.5in, [2] she has been recognized as one of the most successful shooters of all time and often regarded as the tallest netball player ever.
SLIM-Kantar Peoples Awards (Sinhala: ස්ලිම්-කැන්ටාර් ජනතා සම්මාන) is an award given to distinguished individuals involved with Sri Lanka's media brands and personalities each year. It is the joint work of Sri Lanka Institute of Marketing (SLIM) with Kantar Group, United Kingdom. The awards show is ...
Sri Lanka made its debut at Miss Grand International in 2013 with the top 10 finalists placement by 24 years-old Colombo-based model Dannielle Kerkoven. [6] Under the directorship of Brian Kerkoven, who has served as the licensee of Miss Grand Sri Lanka since 2013, the inaugural edition of the Miss Grand national contest was held in 2016 at Taj Samudra Hotel in Colombo, featuring ten national ...
Miss Earth Sri Lanka International placement Special Award(s) Ref. 2024: Hasani Kawya Unplaced [2] 2023: Viyana Pietersz Unplaced 2022: Udani Nethmi Senanayake Unplaced 2021: Diandra Soysa Unplaced [3] 2020: Romane Alvies Unplaced 2019: Did not compete 2018: Nathasha Fernando Unplaced 2017: Shyama Dahanayaka Unplaced 2016: Dimanthi Edirirathna ...
Diyagama, Sri Lanka [17] Triple jump: 16.71 m (−0.5 m/s) Greshan Dananjaya: 22 February 2019 National Trials Colombo, Sri Lanka [18] 16.72 m (+1.5 m/s) Greshan Dananjaya: 31 March 2023 58th National Army Championships Diyagama, Sri Lanka [19] Shot put: 17.55 m Charith Kapukotuwa: 1 June 2017 National Trials Diyagama, Sri Lanka [14] Discus ...