Events from the year 2013 in Sri Lanka.
Incumbents
President – Mahinda Rajapaksa
Prime Minister – D. M. Jayaratne
Chief Justice – Shirani Bandaranayake (until 13 January); Mohan Peiris (from 15 January)
Governors
Central Province – Tikiri Kobbekaduwa
Eastern Province – Mohan Wijewickrama
North Central Province – Karunarathna Divulgane
Northern Province – G. A. Chandrasiri
North Western Province – Tissa Balalla
Sabaragamuwa Province – W. J. M. Lokubandara
Southern Province – Kumari Balasuriya
Uva Province – Nanda Mathew
Western Province – Alavi Moulana
Chief Ministers
Central Province – Sarath Ekanayake
Eastern Province – M. N. Abdul Majeed
North Central Province – S. M. Ranjith
Northern Province – C. V. Vigneswaran (starting 7 October) North Western Province – Athula Wijesinghe (until 3 October); Dayasiri Jayasekara (starting 3 October) Sabaragamuwa Province – Maheepala Herath Southern Province – Shan Wijayalal De Silva Uva Province – Shasheendra Rajapaksa Western Province – Prasanna Ranatunga
Events
January to March
1 January – Impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake: Supreme Court rules that the Parliamentary Select Committee had no power to investigate allegations against the chief justice and the impeachment was therefore unconstitutional. 7 January Impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake: Court of Appeal quashes the Parliamentary Select Committee's findings. Bodu Bala Sena storm Sri Lanka Law College in Hultsdorf, Colombo, alleging that exam results were being distorted in favour of Muslim students. 8 January – Impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake: The amended Divi Neguma Bill is passed by Parliament with the required two-thirds majority. 10 January – Nagesh Pratheepan and two other Uthayan distributors are attacked and newspapers torched by four men on two motorbikes in the Valvettithurai area. 11 January – Impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake: Parliament votes by 155 to 49 to impeach Bandaranayake. 13 January – Impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake: President Mahinda Rajapaksa ratifies the impeachment motion and removes Bandaranayake from office. 15 January – Impeachment of Shirani Bandaranayake: Attorney General Mohan Peiris sworn in as new chief justice. 21 January – Bodu Bala Sena storm the Cinnamon Bay Hotel in Moragalla, Beruwala, alleging that the premises contained a "Buddha bar". 23 January – A 47-year-old woman is gang raped by four auto rickshaw drivers at Wijerama Temple Mawatha, Nugegoda. 28 January – President Mahinda Rajapaksa carries out a cabinet re-shuffle, appointing some new ministers and deputy ministers - 96 United People's Freedom Alliance MPs were now part of the government. 15 February – The Sunday Leader journalist Faraz Shauketaly shot at his home in Mount Lavinia. 17 February – Bodu Bala Sena hold a meeting in Maharagama, Colombo which is attended by around 16,000 people including 1,300 monks. 15 March – British tourist Antony Ratcliffe is refused entry into the country at Bandaranaike International Airport because he had a "disrespectful" tattoo of Buddha on his arm. 17 March – Bodu Bala Sena hold a rally in Kandy at which it announced that it would work to remove a 10th-century mosque at the Kuragala Buddhist monastery complex in Ratnapura District. 21 March – The United Nations Human Rights Council votes by 25 to 13 to pass resolution 22/1 on Sri Lanka despite opposition from the Sri Lankan government. 24 March – Bodu Bala Sena hold a rally in Panadura at which it called on the country to rally against Christian and Muslim extremists, insisting Sri Lanka was a Sinhala Buddhist country, not a multiracial or multi-religious country. 25 March Nationwide protest by Muslims against the anti-Muslim campaigns being carried out by the Bodu Bala Sena and Jathika Hela Urumaya. Hartal was observed in the Eastern Province against the Bodu Bala Sena's anti-Muslim stance. 26 March – The BBC suspends broadcasting via the Sri Lanka Broadcasting Corporation after the SLBC jammed the broadcast on 16,17,18 and 25 March. 28 March – The Muslim owned Fashion Bug clothes shop in Pepiliyana, Colombo District is attacked by a mob led by Buddhist monks.