2022 in Sri Lanka

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The following lists notable events that will occur and take place during 2022 in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents[edit]

National[edit]

Provincial[edit]

Governors

Ongoing events[edit]

Events by month[edit]

January[edit]

  • 2 January - Total number of COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka surpassed 15,000 with 24 more deaths.[1]
  • 4 January - Former Sri Lankan cricketer and current Sri Lanka Women's cricket team head coach Hashan Tillakaratne tested positive for COVID-19.[2]
  • 5 January - International cricketer Bhanuka Rajapaksa retired from international cricket after three-year career at the age of 30.[3] But on 13 January 2022, he withdrew his retirement following a request from sports minister.[4]
  • 8 January - International cricketer Danushka Gunathilaka retired from Test match cricket.[5]
  • 9 January - International cricketer Avishka Fernando tested positive for COVID-19.[6]
  • 11 January - A hand grenade has been recovered from the premises of All Saints' Church, Borella.[7] On 13 January, the main suspect involved in setting up the hand grenade inside the church has been identified as a 56-year-old who was associated with the church for nearly 16 years.[8]
  • 12 January
    • The construction work of the second phase of Eastern Container Terminal which is spread over an area of 75 hectares is 1,320 meters long at the Colombo Port was inaugurated.[9]
    • The Colombo High Court Trial-at-Bar sentenced to death former Prisons Commissioner Emil Ranjan Lamahewa over the Welikada Prison riot in 2012 while also acquitting the first defendant in the case, former Inspector of Police (IP) Neomal Rangajeewa from all charges in the case.
  • 15 January - The Ethugalpura Gateway, the second phase of the Central Expressway from Mirigama to Kurunegala was declared open for the general public.[10]
  • 17 January - The General Secretary of the Tamil United Liberation Front (TULF) former parliamentarian V. Anandasangaree has tested positive for COVID-19.[11]
  • 18 January - The female lion cub named ‘Dora’ who was born on July 26, 2021 at the Ridiyagama Safari Park has made her public debut. She was the first lion cub to be born to the lioness called ‘Lara’ at the Ridiyagama Safari Park.[12]
  • 19 January - One power generator that supplies 150 megawatts at the Kelanitissa Power Station has been temporarily shut down due to the lack of fuel.[13] Later on the day, all the operations at the Kelanitissa Power Station, which generates 300 MW of electricity have been halted completely.[14]
  • 20 January
  • 21 January - The total number of COVID-19 positive cases in Sri Lanka surpassed 600,000.[19]
  • 22 January
  • 24 January
  • 25 January - State Ministers Jayantha Samaraweera and Dilum Amunugama, as well as MP Amarakeerthi Athukorala and his wife, all tested positive for COVID-19.[25]
  • 26 January - Sri Lanka international cricketer Dilruwan Perera announced his retirement from international cricket after 14–year career.[26]
  • 28 January - Laboratory tests proved that 95% of the new COVID-19 positive cases reported in Sri Lanka are infected with the Omicron variant.[27]
  • 29 January
    • The Speaker of Sri Lanka Parliament Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena has tested positive for Covid-19.[28]
    • A 40-year-old Sri Lankan father Indika Gunathilaka murdered his four-year-old daughter: Lily, and six-year-old son: Kohan, before hanging in the garage of their home on Essington Street in the southeast Perth suburb of Huntingdale.[29][30]
  • 31 January - International cricketer Chamika Karunaratne, first-class cricketer Nuwan Thushara, interim head coach Rumesh Ratnayake and trainer Dilshan Fonseka, all of whom were tested positive for COVID-19.[31]

February[edit]

  • 2 February
    • A group of outsiders have attacked the hostel of the Kelaniya University’s Faculty of Medicine in Ragama where three students with injuries were admitted to the Colombo North Teaching Hospital in Ragama.[32] On next day, Avinda Randila Jehan Fernando, the son of State Minister Arundika Fernando has been arrested over the assault after he surrendered to the police.[33] Later State Minister Arundika Fernando resigned from his ministerial position over the arrest of his son.[34]
    • Total number of COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka surpassed 15,500 with 23 more deaths.[35]
  • 3 February
  • 6 February - Samagi Jana Balawegaya parliamentarian Harshana Rajakaruna has tested positive for COVID-19.[38]
  • 7 February - The 2021 (2022) G.C.E. Advanced Level Examination commenced at 2,438 centers island-wide with a total of 345,242 candidates.[39]
  • 8 February - Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna parliamentarian Dilan Perera and international cricketer Kusal Mendis have tested positive for COVID-19.[40][41]
  • 9 February - Attorney-at-Law Hejaaz Hizbullah, who was held in custody under the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA), returned home after nearly two years.[42]
  • 11 February
    • A large-scale drug peddler identified as Dulan Sameera Sampath alias “Abba” died in a shootout with the Police Special Task Force (STF) in the area of Egoda Uyana, Moratuwa.[43]
    • The University of Vavuniya was declared open as the 17th state university of Sri Lanka under the patronage of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa.[44][45]
  • 12 February - International cricketer Binura Fernando tested positive for COVID-19 during the Australian cricket tour.[46]
  • 14 February - A group of individuals have reportedly attacked the residence of senior journalist Chamuditha Samarawickrama at Wewala, Piliyandala where the glass on several windows had been shattered while feces had also been thrown at the house.[47]
  • 15 February
    • International cricketer Wanindu Hasaranga contracted COVID-19 during Australian cricket tour.[48]
    • A drug dealer named Manawaduge Asanka Maduranga alias “Parippuwa” has been arrested by the Police Special Task Force during a raid carried out in the area of Konkadawala.[49]
  • 18 February
    • Former Defence Secretary Hemasiri Fernando and Former Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Pujith Jayasundara who were accused of criminal negligence of duty by failing to prevent the 2019 Easter Sunday terror attacks despite receiving intelligence information in advance, were acquitted of the charges laid on them.[50][51]
    • Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (SLPP) Member of Parliament Akila Ellawala tested positive for COVID-19.[52]
  • 20 February - Total number of COVID-19 death toll in Sri Lanka surpassed 16,000 with 30 more deaths.[53]
  • 22 February - Vice chairman of Sri Lanka Freedom Party (SLFP), Jeewan Kumaranatunga stepped down from all the positions he held in the party and expects to join the Nava Lanka Nidahas Pakshaya formed under the leadership of Kumara Welgama.[54]

March[edit]

  • 3 March – Minister of Industries Wimal Weerawansa and Minister of Energy Udaya Gammanpila were removed from their Ministerial Portfolios.[55]
  • 31 March – Hundreds of protesters stormed the President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s residence in Mirihana to protest against the power cuts that had reached over 12-hours a day.[56]

April[edit]

Deaths[edit]

January[edit]

February[edit]

March[edit]

April[edit]

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