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* Vavuniya, Sri Lanka – May 15 – An employee of the Norwegian Refugee Council is shot dead on his way back from work.
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* A30 road ( Sri Lanka ), a road connecting Vavuniya and Parayanalankulama
* Sri Lanka has 250, 000-300, 000 IDPs, mostly in the Northern parts of the country especially in Vavuniya, due to the fighting between LTTE and Sri Lanka Army.
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At Local Government level MEP is represented in Municipal Councils, Urban Councils, and Pradeshiya Sabhas, in Districts of Colombo, Kalutara, Galle, Hambantota, Ratnapura, Digamadulla, Anuradhapura, Vavuniya, Nuwara Eliya, and Trincomalee in nearly 30 councils.
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Meanwhile on the southern FDL, extensive mine-panels run the breadth of the island ( from the Mannar ' rice-bowl ') across Vavuniya, and on to the coast of Mulaittivu.
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The railways connect the main cities of Kandy, Galle, Matara, Anuradhapura, Gampaha, Negombo, Kurunegala, Avissawella, Kalutara, Polonnaruwa, Batticaloa, Trincomalee, Badulla, Gampola, Nawalapitiya, Matale, Vavuniya, Puttalam and Chilaw with the Capital Colombo.
SLMM has its Headquarters in Colombo, and has six District Offices ( DO ) in the North and East: Mannar, Jaffna, Trincomalee, Batticaloa, Ampara and Vavuniya, as well as a Liaison Office in Kilinochchi.
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The development of the young of Ichthyophis glutinosus, a species from Sri Lanka, has been much studied.
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* Aberdeen, Sri Lanka
The name was first used in the English language in 1768 by R. Edwin in a colorful description of a large snake found in Ceylon ( now Sri Lanka ), most likely a reticulated python, Python reticulatus.
* 1989 – A massacre is carried out by an Indian Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka killing 64 ethnic Tamil civilians.
* 1977 – The 1977 riots in Sri Lanka, targeting the minority Sri Lankan Tamil people, begin, less than a month after the United National Party came to power.
* 1987 – Sabrina Herft, Sri Lankan model, Miss Universe Sri Lanka 2012
In Sri Lanka, it is called " koora thampala ".
* Ailanthus excelsa – India and Sri Lanka
* 1795 – War of the First Coalition: The British capture Trincomalee ( present-day Sri Lanka ) from the Dutch in order to keep it out of French hands.
The Japanese Navy launches an air raid on Trincomalee in Ceylon ( Sri Lanka ); Royal Navy aircraft carrier and Royal Australian Navy Destroyer are sunk off the island's east coast.
In Sri Lanka the division of an acre into 160 perches or 4 roods is common.
** Sinhalese New Year, or Aluth Avurudhu ( Sri Lanka )
** Tamil New Year, or Puthandu ( India's Tamil Nadu state, Sri Lanka )
* 1956 – In Sri Lanka, the Mahajana Eksath Peramuna win the general elections in a landslide and S. W. R. D.
* 1971 – In Sri Lanka, Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna launches insurrection against the United Front government of Sirimavo Bandaranaike.
* 1990 – More than 127 Muslims are killed in North East Sri Lanka by paramilitary troops.
He wrote " The Princes of the Lost Tribe " and " Ancient Queen of Somawathee " for Menaka De Shabandu and Bridget Halpe's choirs, respectively, based on historical incidents in ancient Sri Lanka.
* Aba ( film ), Sri Lanka 2008 film
The caves include paintings and sculptures considered to be masterpieces of Buddhist religious art ( which depict the Jataka tales ) as well as frescos which are reminiscent of the Sigiriya paintings in Sri Lanka .< ref >
* Etisalat-Sri Lanka ( previously know as Celltel / TIGO )-operated a Motorola TAC network in Sri Lanka.
It was the largest Analog network in Sri Lanka.
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* 1932 – Lakshman Kadirgamar, Sri Lankan politician ( d. 2005 )
* 1931 – Sri Chinmoy, Bengali-American spiritual teacher, poet, and painter ( d. 2007 )
* 1971 – Piyal Wijetunge, Sri Lankan cricketer
* 2010 – The MV Sun Sea docks in CFB Esquimalt, British Columbia, Canada, carrying 492 Sri Lankan Tamils.
* 2006 – Chencholai bombing in which 61 Tamil girls are killed in Sri Lankan Airforce bombing.
* 1971 – Pramodya Wickramasinghe, Sri Lankan cricketer
* 1872 – Sri Aurobindo, Indian writer and philosopher ( d. 1950 )
* 1951 – Ranjan Gunatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
* 1952 – Mahes Goonatilleke, Sri Lankan cricketer
* 2005 – Sri Lanka's foreign minister, Lakshman Kadirgamar, is fatally shot by an LTTE sniper at his home.
* 1956 – Sidath Wettimuny, Sri Lankan cricketer
* 1952 – Duleep Mendis, Sri Lankan cricketer
* 2000 – Second Battle of Elephant Pass: Tamil Tigers capture a strategic Sri Lankan Army base and hold it for 8 years.
* 1983 – Lasith Malinga, Sri Lankan cricketer
* 1993 – Sri Lankan politician Lalith Athulathmudali is assassinated while addressing a gathering, approximately 4 weeks ahead of the Provincial Council elections for the Western Province.
* 1950 – Sri Ramana Maharshi, Indian philosopher ( b. 1879 )
* 1915 – Sirimavo Bandaranaike, Sri Lankan politician and the world's first female head of government ( d. 2000 )
* 1972 – Muttiah Muralitharan, Sri Lankan cricketer
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