Sri Lanka president restores ban on women buying alcohol
President Maithripala Sirisena's coalition government is embroiled in bitter infighting (AFP Photo/ISHARA S. KODIKARA)/ Colombo (AFP) - Sri Lanka's president on Sunday reimposed a four-decade-long ban on women buying liquor, just days after his finance minister had lifted the restriction. Maithripala Sirisena said he had ordered Finance Minister Mangala Samaraweera to revoke his decision last week to overturn the 1979 law prohibiting the sale of any type of alcohol to women. "From tomorrow (Monday), the minister's order will be rescinded," ...
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