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Decades:	2000s 2010s 2020s
See also:	Other events of 2024 Timeline of Sri Lankan history

The following lists notable events that will occur and take place during 2024 in Sri Lanka.

Incumbents

National

President	Prime Minister	Speaker	Chief Justice	Opposition Leader
Ranil Wickremesinghe (Age 75)	Dinesh Gunawardena (Age 75)	Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena (Age 79)	Jayantha Jayasuriya	Sajith Premadasa (Age 57)
United National Party (since 21 July 2022)	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (since 22 July 2022)	Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna (since 20 August 2020)	Independent (since 29 April 2019)	Samagi Jana Balawegaya (since 3 January 2020)

Provincial

Ongoing events

• 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis
• Operation Yukthiya
• Red Sea crisis
  • Operation Prosperity Guardian

Events

January

• 9 January – Red Sea crisis: The Sri Lanka Navy announces it will join a US-led operation in the Red Sea against attacks by Houthi rebels. President Ranil Wickremesinghe and other government officials defend this decision.^[1][2]
• 13 January – 897 more suspects are arrested under Operation Yukthiya, during a 24-hour window which ended at 12:30 am.^[3][4]
• 18 January – A lorry driver is shot and killed by a plainclothes police officer during a stop-and-search in Narammala.^[5]
• 21 January – Jaffna District parliamentarian S. Shritharan is elected as the new leader of the Ilankai Tamil Arasu Kachchi, the main constituent party of the Tamil National Alliance, defeating M. A. Sumanthiran and S. Yogeswaran and succeeding Mavai Senathirajah.^[6]
• 22 January – Five people were shot dead near the Beliatta Exit of the Southern Expressway including the leader of the Apey Janabala Pakshaya (Our People's Party) Saman Perera.^[7]
• 23 January – Sri Lankan Test cricketer Dimuth Karunaratne was included in the ICC Test Team of the Year 2023.^[8] Also, women's cricketer Chamari Athapaththu has included in both Women's ODI Team and T20I team of the Year 2023 as well as the captain in both teams.^[9][10]
• 25 January – Sri Lankan women's cricketer Chamari Athapaththu won the ICC Women's ODI Cricket Of the Year award at ICC Awards.^[11]

Predicted and scheduled events

• 21 August–10 September – Sri Lankan cricket team in England in 2024^[12]

Date unknown

• 2024 Sri Lankan presidential election^[13]

Deaths

January

• 23 January – Saman Prasanna Perera, 48 (politician)^[14]
• 25 January – Sanath Nishantha, 48 (politician)^[15][16]