01. New prime minister of Nepal
Prasanda (68) alias Pushpa Kamal Dahal, who suddenly withdrew from the ruling coalition in Nepal, has been appointed as the new Prime Minister of the country.
02, Former president of Maldive has been prisoned:
Former Maldives President Abdulla Yameen has been sentenced to 11 years in prison for bribery and money laundering.
03. Death:
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's mother Heeraben Modi passed away (30th December) due to ill health. Prime Minister Narendra Modi took to Twitter to announce the death of his mother. He posted that 'A glorious century has joined the feet of God'.
Football legend Pele died after suffering serious heart and kidney problems. Considered one of the greatest footballers of all time, Pele won the World Cup 03 times. His first World Cup victory came in 1958 in Sweden. He scored a hat-trick in the semi-final. He was injured during the 1962 World Cup in Brazil.
Pele subsequently got his hands on the World Cup trophy for the third time in 1970 and won the Ballon d'Or. He scored 4 goals in the match. Pele is in the Guinness Book of Records as the player with the most wins in FIFA World Cups. Pele, who made his debut for Brazil at the age of 16, featured in his country's team until 1971.
05. Lowest Crime Rate 2022:
Qatar has surprisingly topped the 2022 ranking of countries with the lowest crime rates in the world. Numbeo, an international organization, has published a list of 142 countries with the lowest crime rates.
The Safety Index is 85.8 percent and the crime index is 14.2. Qatar is ranked first. The second place was taken by the United Arab Kingdom (UAE). It is noteworthy that Britain has got the 75th position and the United States has got the 87th position.
Here are the top 10
countries!
02. United Arab Emirates
03. Taiwan
04. Isle Of Man
05. Oman
06. Hong Kong
07. Armenia
08. Switzerland
09. Japan
10. Slovenia
06. New Commissioner of
Examinations of Sri Lanka:
Amit Jayasundara has been appointed as the new Commissioner of Examinations. He has been appointed to this post after the retirement of former Commissioner General of Examinations LMD Dharmasena.
07. King Constantine II Died:
King Constantine II, who ruled Greece from 1964 to 1973, died (11th January) at the age of 82. He was officially abdicated in 1974 when the monarchy was abolished and democracy was introduced.
08. Elected as the President of the Sri Lanka Bar Association:
Advocate Kausalya Navaratne has been elected as the President of the Sri Lanka Bar Association for the year 2023-2024.
09. Former Northen Province governor Passed Away:
Former minister and former provincial governor Reginald Kure passed away today (13) at the age of 74.
10. Michael Jackson's wife died:
American singer and lyricist and first wife of pop music legend Michael Jackson, Lisa Marie Presley, died at the age of 54. She is the only daughter of Elvis Presley, the singer and actor who was hailed as the King of Rock and Roll.
11. New president of Sri Lanka Football Federation:
Sri Ranga has been elected as the new president of the Sri Lanka Football Federation. Sri Ranga won the election for the post of president of the Sri Lanka Football Federation by getting 27 votes. It is reported that Jagat Rohana, who contested against him, got 24 votes.
12. Best Countries for Tourists in 2023:
Sri Lanka has topped the list of 'Top 24 countries to travel to in the world' in 2023. Tourists are amazed by Sri Lanka's prosperity and physical diversity, according to the Travel Triangle website.
The Travel Triangle website mentions that the view from the top of Sri Pada, the fourth highest mountain in Sri Lanka, is impressive and depending on one's fitness level, one can climb this world heritage site within 5 to 6 hours.
The website Travel Triangle has recorded information about Sri Lanka so that if you want to revive life, you can sit in a shady place on the east coast of Sri Lanka and get vitamin D.
13. Boating Service:
Thoothukudi Port Authority Chairman T. K. Ramachandran has announced that passenger shipping service between Thoothukudi - Colombo has been arranged to start in March 2023.
14. Central Bank Report 2022:
The Central Bank of
Sri Lanka has reported that the unemployment rate in the country has increased.
Its latest data reports show the country's unemployment rate rising to 5%
in the third quarter of 2022.
In the second quarter of 2022, the unemployment rate was 4.6%, and employment in the manufacturing sector is projected to be 27.7% in the second quarter of 2022. t declined to 25.9% in the third quarter of 2022.
Employment in the service sector increased from 46.3% to 47.2 percentage and employment in the agricultural sector increased from 26% to 26.9% percentage.
Labor force participation was 50.1% in the second quarter of 2022, and by the third quarter of 2022 it has declined to 49% percentage, data from the central bank shows.
15. Miss Universe 2022:
R'Bonnie Gabriel of the United States has been announced as Miss Universe 2022 at the seventy first ( 71st) Miss Universe pageant held in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
A total of more than 86 women competed in this competition. Venezuela's Diana Silva second place & Dominican Republic's Ami Pena third place
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