Sri Lanka Podujana Party(SLPP) Parliamentarian Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon has submitted a Private Members Bill in Parliament proposing that the marriageable age be raised to 18 years.
This, he said was being proposed to ensure that it would be illegal for a marriage to take place under 18 years.
He said if the marriageable age is made 18 years it would be equal to all children.
President Gotabaya during his policy statement made in Parliament declared that his intention was to have one law in the country.
A Thai woman walking topless in Arugam Bay town has been arrested by the Police.
The Cabinet has approved a proposal for Sri Lankans overseas to apply for their passports through an online system via the Lankan diplomatic missions.
Ajith Gallage, the owner of a Bird Park in Nagarawawa, Hambantota, has been remanded over allegations of concealing illegally imported motorcycles, in a warehouse owned by him.
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