Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Sri Lanka Declares April 18 Public Holiday

Sri Lanka has declared a public holiday on April 18, to coincide with the last scheduled game of Sri Lanka in the current ICC Cricket World Cup, in the Super 8 Stage, when Sri Lanka will play Ireland, in St George's, Grenada. Note that a public holidays was also declared in Sri Lanka, in 1996, when India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka jointly hosted the Cricket World Cup, and Sri Lanka won the cup.