Sri Lanka End Of Rebellion Public Holiday Likely On May 22

Sources: Times Online (Colombo) and Sri Lanka bank and public holidays (qppstudio.net). Sri Lanka's Government Information Department has announced that Parliament had been prorogued and would be reconvened on Tuesday, at which time it is reported that Friday, May 22, 2009, would be declared a national public holiday, to celebrate the end of the LTTE rebellion.