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Source: Sunday Times (Colombo)
Sri Lanka's Ministry of Public Administration and Home Affairs has published in the "Gazette of the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka" the official list of Sri Lankan bank holidays, public holidays, and full Moon Poya days, for the calendar year 2003.
The government of Sri Lanka's aforementioned announcement contains 25 public and bank holidays in 2003 which is unchanged from this year and 2001.
Chandra Jayaratne, chairman of the Chamber of Commerce (CCC) had asked the government (apparently in vain) to reduce the number of public holidays, in particular to cut the number of Poya holidays and only provide for the most important events in the Buddhist calendar.
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Sri Lanka 2012 bank holidays and public holidays (current year)
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Sri Lanka 2013 bank holidays and public holidays (next year)
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bank holidays and public holidays news updates (July 2002)
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Sri Lanka 2003 Public Holidays Announced