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In February 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for their series against Bangladesh, but he did not play. [16] In May 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka's Test squad for their series against the West Indies. [17] In December 2018, he was named in Sri Lanka team for the 2018 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup. [18]
SriLankan Airlines is the flag carrier of Sri Lanka and a member airline of the Oneworld airline alliance. It was launched in 1979 as Air Lanka following the termination of operations of the original Sri Lankan flag carrier Air Ceylon. As of April 2024, it is the largest airline in Sri Lanka by number of aircraft and destinations.
16 May – Total number of COVID-19 deaths in Sri Lanka exceeds 900. 17 May – Popular singer Bathiya Jayakody tests positive for COVID-19. 18 May – Total number of COVID-19 deaths in Sri Lanka exceeds 1000. 19 May Sri Lanka surpasses 150,000 COVID-19 patients with 3,623 new positive cases.
15 February 1959: See Hungary–Sri Lanka relations. Sri Lanka has an embassy in Vienna, Austria that is accredited to Hungary. [70] and has a consul in Budapest [71] Hungary maintains a consulate in Colombo. [72] The relationship is low-keyed, but there are no outstanding issues.
The Sunday Times of 15 July 2018 stated that "the former Sri Lanka Insurance Corporation chairman Gamini Senarath and its Managing Director Piyadasa Kudabalage will be the first to be indicted before the newly set up court." [35] [36] Senarath was the chief of staff of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa. The Special Courts are also strongly ...
Sri Lanka became the 8th Test playing nation and played their first Test match on 17–21 February 1982 against England. Since then, Sri Lanka became a force in international cricket, where they became the champions of 1996 Cricket World Cup. Then in 2014, Sri Lanka won 2014 ICC World Twenty20 as well.
The British brought them to Sri Lanka in the 19th century as tea and rubber plantation workers, and they remain concentrated in the "tea country" of south-central Sri Lanka. The Indian Tamils of Sri Lanka were considered to be "stateless" and over 300,000 Indian Tamils were deported back to India, due to the agreement between Sri Lanka and ...
In January 2024, Khelif became a UNICEF national ambassador. [16] [18] In April, she won the women's 66 kg event at the World Boxing Cup in Pueblo, Colorado, U.S., defeating Emilie Sonvico in the final. [48] [49] The boxing events in Paris for the 2024 Summer Olympics were managed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Paris 2024 Boxing ...