2014 in Sri Lanka

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2014
in
Sri Lanka

Decades:
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Events from the year 2014 in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents[edit]

Governors[edit]

Chief Ministers[edit]

Events[edit]

January[edit]

8 January: United States Ambassador-at-Large for War Crimes Issues Stephen Rapp at the Uthayan offices in Jaffna

February[edit]

1 February: United States Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs Nisha Desai Biswal at the Uthayan offices in Jaffna

March[edit]

27 March: United Nations Human Rights Council passes resolution 25/1 on Sri Lanka

April[edit]

May[edit]

June[edit]

October[edit]

  • 24 October – The Sri Lankan parliament pass a law banning land purchases by foreigners. The new act will allow foreigners to acquire land only on a lease basis of up to 99 years with an annual 15 percent tax on the total rental paid upfront.[256][257]
  • 29 October – a 3 km long landslide in Badulla kills at least 16 and leaves 200 missing.

Deaths[edit]

Balu Mahendra, 1939-2014

See also[edit]

References[edit]

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