2017 in Sri Lanka
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The following lists notable events that occurred and which took place during 2017 in Sri Lanka.
Incumbents[]
Holidays[]
In Sri Lanka Bank Holidays, Public Holidays & Full Moon Poya Days for Year – 2017[1]
- 12 January – Thursday Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day
- 14 January – Saturday Tamil Thai Pongal Day
- 4 February – Saturday National Day
- 10 February – Friday Navam Full Moon Poya Day
- 24 February – Friday Mahasivarathri Day
- 12 March – Sunday Madin Full Moon Poya Day
- 10 April – Monday Bak Full Moon Poya Day
- 13 April – Thursday Day prior to Sinhala & Tamil
- 14 April – Friday Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day
- 14 April – Friday Good Friday
- 1 May – Monday Labour Day|Labor Day
- 1 May – Monday May Day
- 10 May – Wednesday Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
- 11 May – Thursday Day Following Vesak Full Moon
- 8 June – Thursday Poson Full Moon Poya Day
- 26 June – Monday Id-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day)
- 8 July – Saturday Esala Full Moon Poya Day
- 7 August Monday Nikini Full Moon Poya Day
- 1 September – Friday Id-Ul-Alha (Hadji Festival Day)
- 5 September – Tuesday Binara Full Moon Poya Day
- 5 October – Thursday Vap Full Moon Poya Day
- 18 October – Wednesday Deepavali Festival Day
- 3 November – Friday Ill Full Moon Poya Day
- 1 December – Friday Milad-Un-Nabi(Holy Prophet's Birthday)
- 3 December – Sunday Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day
- 25 December – Monday Christmas Day
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Deaths[]
January[]
- 14 January – Deepal Silva, 50 (singer) [2]
- 14 January – M. V. Balan, 75 (actor) [3]
- 15 January – H. S. Perera, 68 (actor) [3][4]
- 21 January – Roy Peiris, 54 (singer) [5]
February[]
- 1 February – Baptist Fernando, 83 (actor) [6]
- 10 February – Dr. Ariyadasa Pieris, 91 (journalist) [7]
- 10 February – Wimal J. Sagara, 84 (singer) [8]
- 13 February – S. A. Francis, (singer) [9]
- 14 February – Boniface Fernando, 83 (actor) [10]
March[]
- 10 March – Gamini S. Fernando [9]
- 16 March – Pushpa Janet, (actress) [11]
- 26 March – Anton Alwis, 73 (scriptwriter) [12]
- 27 March – Shantha Kadiragonna [9]
April[]
- 2 April – Vivienne de Silva Boralessa, 86 (songstress) [13]
- 3 April – Davuldena Gnanissara Thero, 101 (Buddhist monk).[14]
- 8 April – Vasantha Obeysekera, 79 (filmmaker).[15]
- 14 April – Dr. Jagath Wijenayake, 60 (film producer) [16]
- 15 April – T. Arjuna, 75 (filmmaker) [17]
May[]
- 4 May – Satsorupavathy Nathan, 80 (radio personality).[18]
- 5 May – Prabha Ranatunge, 81 (radio personality) [19]
- 11 May – Premaranjith Tilakaratne, 80 (dramatist) [20]
- 23 May – Daniel Muthumala (actor) [9]
- 25 May – Siri Gunasinghe, 92 (academic) [21]
- 29 May – Ananda Wedisinghe, 46 (motor cycle champion)[22]
- 30 May – Sunil Mihindukula, 56 (journalist) [23]
June[]
- 8 June – Prince Udaya Priyantha, 46 (singer) [24]
- 11 June – Anil Mihiripenna, 83 (musician) [9]
- 23 June – D. B. Kuruppu, (author) [25]
July[]
- 11 July – Nihal Samarasinghe, (musician) [9]
- 14 July – Dr. Thilokasundari Kariyawasam, 88 (educationist) [26]
- 17 July – Somapala Rathnayake, 69 (musician) [27]
- 20 July – Thilak Atapattu, (film producer) [28]
- 26 July – Daya Kahawala, (author) [29]
August[]
- 1 August – Dayawansa Karunamuni, (journalist) [29]
- 16 August – Kumari Manel, 76 (actress) [30]
- 20 August – Binoy Surendra, 76 (journalist) [31]
- 24 August – Narawila Patrick, (author) [9]
September[]
- 20 September – Sumith Bibile, 87 (actor) [32]
- 20 September – Berty Galahitiyawa, 80 (announcer) [33]
- 20 September – Dasun Nishan, 29 (actor) [34]
- 23 September – Amaradasa Weerasinghe, (film critique) [35]
October[]
November[]
- 1 November – Suvineetha Fernando, (actress) [9]
- 21 November – Dhammika P. Rathnayake, (announcer) [37]
- 28 November – Ruwan Weerasekara, 51 (violinist) [38]
- 30 November – Newton Gunasekara, (writer) [39]
References[]
- ^ "The Holidays in 2017:" (PDF). Ministry of Public Administration and Management. 26 December 2016. Retrieved 29 December 2016.
- ^ "Singer Deepal Silva passes away". Sunday Observer. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Two filmmakers bid farewell today". Dinamina. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "H. S. Perera passes away". mirrorarts. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
- ^ "Singer Roy Peiris passes away". Ada Derana. Retrieved 27 April 2017.
- ^ "Veteran actor Baptist Fernando passes away". Daily News. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Dr. Ariyadasa Peiris passes away". Daily News. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Singer Wimal J Sagara passes away". nethgossip. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i "Artists bid farewell in 2017". Deshaya. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Boniface Fernando bids farewell". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "A movie star falls". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Condolenses from Prime Minister for Anton Alwis". Hiru News. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Vivienne de Silva Boralessa no more". DailyNews.lk. Daily News Sri Lanka. 3 April 2017. Retrieved 2 September 2017.
- ^ "US, China express condolences over demise of most venerable Davuldena Sri Gnanissara thero". Sunday Times. 4 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "Veteran film director Wasantha Obeysekara passes away". Ada Derana. 8 April 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2017.
- ^ "The last rites of Jagath Wijenayake will be held tomorrow". Ada Derana. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Veteran filmmaker T. Arjuna passes away". mirrorarts. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Voice lost, veteran radio broadcaster Satsorupavathy Nathan passes away". Nation.lk. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2017.
- ^ DIGITAL, ITN. "First female radio announcer Prabha Ranatunge passes away | ITN News". www.itnnews.lk. Archived from the original on 3 December 2017. Retrieved 3 December 2017.
- ^ "Premaranjith Tilakaratne passes away". adaderana. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Death of Prof. Emeritus Siri Gunasinghe". Daily News. Retrieved 1 August 2017.
- ^ "Popular Sri Lankan motor racing legend passes away". Newsfirst.lk. Retrieved 20 November 2017.
- ^ "Sunil the Man". Dinamina. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ Pradeep, Chaturanga (8 June 2017). "Prince Udaya Priyantha passes away". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 12 June 2017.
- ^ "DB Kuruppu passes away". sathhanda. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Dr. Thilokasundari Kariyawasam passes away". sathhanda. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Veteran musician Somapala Rathnayake passes away". Ada Derana. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Thilak Atapattu second commemoration". Daily Mirror. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Dayawansa Karunamuni dies". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "They also said goodbye to us". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Senior journalist Binoy Surendra passes away". Dinamina. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Sonoja Bibile's father passes away". srilankamirror. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Veteran announcer Berty Galahitiyawa bids farewell". Dinamina. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "The innocent on the small screen says goodbye". Silumina. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Missing from Amaradasa Weerasinghe -Cultures-". Silumina. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Austin Ayya says goodbye". Sarasaviya. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Dear announcer Dhammika ... your voice is still with us". Divaina. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "Veteran violinist Ruwan Weerasekera passes away". News First. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
- ^ "A humble writer who fell in love with the novel that passed away". Divaina. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
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