The day prior and the Sinhala and Tamil New Year will fall on April 12 and 13 next year. This is as per the list of public and bank holidays in 2020 issued by the Ministry of Internal & Home Affairs. The gazette notification declaring those holidays has been issued by Minister Vajira Abeywardena recently.Accordingly there will be 26 public and bank holidays next year as follows;
January 10 (Friday) - Duruthu Full Moon Poya Day
January 15 (Wednesday) - Tamil Thai Pongal Day
February 04 (Tuesday) - National Day
February 08 (Saturday) - Nawam Full Moon Poya Day
February 21 (Friday) - Mahasivarathri Day
March 09 (Monday) - Madin Full Moon Poya Day
April 07 (Tuesday) - Bak Full Moon Poya Day
April 10 (Friday) - Good Friday
April 12 (Sunday) - Day prior to Sinhala & Tamil New Year Day
April 13 (Monday) - Sinhala and Tamil New Year Day
May 01 (Friday) - May Day
May 07 (Thursday) - Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
May 08 (Friday) - Day following Vesak Full Moon Poya Day
May 25 (Monday) - Eid-Ul-Fitr (Ramazan Festival Day)
June 05 (Friday) - Poson Full Moon Poya Day
July 04 (Saturday) - Esala Full Moon Poya Day
August 01 (Saturday) - Eid-Ul-Alha (Hajj Festival Day)
August 03 (Monday) - Nikini Full Moon Poya Day
September 01 (Tuesday) Binara Full Moon Poya Day
October 01 (Thursday) - Adhi-Vap Full Moon Poya Day
October 30 (Friday) - Milad-Un-Nabi (Holy Prophet’s Birthday)
October 30 (Friday) - Vap Full Moon Poya Day
November 14 (Saturday) - Deepavali Festival Day
November 29 (Sunday) - Ill Full Moon Poya Day
December 25 (Friday) - Christmas Day
December 29 (Tuesday) - Unduvap Full Moon Poya Day
