Events
| Festivals' Name | Dates for 2008 |
| New Year`s Day | Jan 01 |
| Tamil Thai Pongal Day | Jan 15 |
| Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day | Jan 22 |
| National Day | Feb 04 |
| Navam Full Moon Poya Day | Feb 20 |
| Maha Sivarathri | Mar 06 |
| Milad un-Nabi | Mar 20 |
| Good Friday | Mar 21 |
| Sinhala and Tamil New Year | April 13-14 |
| Bak Full Moon Poya Day | April 19 |
| May Day | May 01 |
| Vesak Day | May 19-20 |
| Poson Full Moon Poya Day | June 18 |
| Esala Full Moon Poya Day | July 17 |
| Nikini Full Moon Poya Day | Aug 16 |
| Binara Full Moon Poya Day | Sep 14 |
| Eid al-Fitr | Oct 02 |
| Vap Full Moon Poya Day | Oct 14 |
| Deepavali | Oct 28 |
| Eid al-Adha | Dec 09 |
| Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day | Dec 12 |
| Christmas Day | Dec 25 |