2010 in Sri Lanka

Incumbents

• President – Mahinda Rajapaksa
• Prime Minister – D. M. Jayaratne
• Chief Justice – Asoka de Silva
• Speaker of the Parliament of Sri Lanka – W. J. M. Lokubandara until 8 April, Chamal Rajapaksa from 22 April

  Provincial Governors

• Central Province – Tikiri Kobbekaduwa
• Eastern Province – Mohan Wijewickrama
• North Central Province – Karunarathne Diulgane
• Northern Province – G.A. Chandrasiri
• North Western Province – Tissa Balalla
• Sabaragamuwa Province – Janaka Priyantha Bandara until April, Wijesinghe Lokubandara from April
• Southern Province – Kumari Balasuriya
• Uva Province – Nanda Mathew
• Western Province – Alavi Moulana

  Chief Ministers

• Central Province – Sarath Ekanayake
• Eastern Province – S. Chandrakanthan
• North Central Province – Berty Premalal Dissanayake
• Northern Province – Vacant
• North Western Province – Athula Wijesinghe
• Sabaragamuwa Province – Maheepala Herath
• Southern Province – Shan Wijayalal De Silva
• Uva Province – Shashindra Rajapaksa
• Western Province – Prasanna Ranatunge

  Events

January 2010

• 9 January - The Sri Lankan army releases over 700 former Tamil Tiger fighters after a rehabilitation program.
• 12 January - Sri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa announces that Tamils will be given greater say in matters of governance, proposing power sharing agreements.
• 22 January - The home of an opposition activist is bombed in the Sri Lankan capital Colombo days ahead of the presidential election.
• 24 January - Sri Lankan opposition candidate General Sarath Fonseka receives the support of former President Chandrika Kumaratunga in the 2010 presidential election.
• 26 January - Voters in Sri Lanka go to the polls in a presidential election.
• 27 January - Incumbent President of Sri Lanka Mahinda Rajapaksa is declared the winner of Sunday's presidential election, defeating opposition candidate Sarath Fonseka.

  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

June 2010

July 2010

August 2010

• Esala Perahera

  September 2010

October 2010

November 2010

• 2010 Colombo floods

  December 2010

Sport

Cricket

Rugby

Soccer

Deaths

January

• Periyasamy Chandrasekaran, 52, Sri Lankan politician, Member of Parliament, after short illness.

  February

• H. A. Perera, 59, Sri Lankan actor, after short illness.

  July

• C. I. Gunesekera, 90, Sri Lankan cricketer.

  August

• Lakshman Jayakody, 80, Sri Lankan politician, Minister of Buddhist Affairs, after short illness.