2010 in Sri Lanka

See also: 2009 in Sri Lanka, other events of 2010, 2011 in Sri Lanka

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Contents 1 Incumbents 1.1 Chief Ministers 1.2 Provincial Governors 2 Events 2.1 January 2010 2.2 February 2010 2.3 March 2010 2.4 April 2010 2.5 May 2010 2.6 June 2010 2.7 July 2010 2.8 August 2010 2.9 September 2010 2.10 October 2010 2.11 November 2010 2.12 December 2010 3 Arts and literature 4 Science and technology 5 Film 6 Television 7 Sport 7.1 Cricket 7.1.1 Rugby 7.1.2 Soccer 7.2 Scheduled events 7.2.1 Cricket 7.2.2 Rugby 7.2.3 Soccer 8 Births 9 Deaths 9.1 January 9.2 February 9.3 March 9.4 April 9.5 May 9.6 June 9.7 July 9.8 August 9.9 September 9.10 October 9.11 November 9.12 December 10 References

Incumbents

• President – Mahinda Rajapaksa
• Prime Minister - Di.Mu.Jayarathne

Chief Ministers

• Central Province –
• Eastern Province –
• North Central Province –
• Northern Province –
• North Western Province –
• Sabaragamuwa Province –
• Southern Province –
• Uva Province –
• Western Province –

Provincial Governors

• Central Province –
• Eastern Province –
• North Central Province –
• Northern Province –
• North Western Province –
• Sabaragamuwa Province –
• Southern Province –
• Uva Province –
• Western Province –

Events

January 2010

• 9 January - The Sri Lankan army releases over 700 former Tamil Tiger fighters after a rehabilitation program.^[1][2]

• 12 January - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announces that Tamils will be given greater say in matters of governance, proposing power sharing agreements.^[3][4]

• 22 January - The home of an opposition activist is bombed in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo days ahead of the presidential election.^[5][6]

• 24 January - Sri Lankan opposition candidate General Sarath Fonseka receives the support of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga in the 2010 presidential election.^[7]

• 26 January - Voters in Sri Lanka go to the polls in a presidential election.^[8][9][10]

• 27 January - Incumbent President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa is declared the winner of Sunday's presidential election, defeating opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka.^[11]

February 2010

• February 4 - Sri Lankan Independence

March 2010

April 2010

• 14 April - Sinhala and Tamil new year

May 2010

• 27 May - Buddha's Birthday
• 9 May - Vesak
• 31 May -Navi Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, at the opening of the fourteenth regular session of the Human Rights Council call Sri Lanka Government to establishing an independent international accountability mechanism to address the serious concerns which had arisen in the last stages of the fighting in 2009

Statement of UN High Commissioner for Human Rights at Opening of fourteenth regular session of Human Rights Council http://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=10076&LangID=E

June 2010

July 2010

August 2010

• Esala Perahera

September 2010

October 2010

November 2010

• 2010 Colombo floods

December 2010

Arts and literature

Science and technology

Film

Television

Sport

Cricket

Rugby

Soccer

Scheduled events

Cricket

Rugby

Soccer

Births

Deaths

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

References