Finance Minister Mangala Samarawera announced today that he has amended the schedule in the Excise Notification No.66 of the Gazette Extraordinary of 1979 to allow females over 18 years to purchase alcohol legally.
He has also lifted the existing prohibition on employing females in licensed premises without prior approval from Excise Commissioner.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
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