A private member's bill to abolish Islamic child marriages in the country will be submitted to Parliament next week, MP Athuraliye Rathana Thera said.
He made these remarks while addressing a press briefing in Matara.
The Thera stated that the bill would propose to grant religious freedom instead of forcing a person to follow Islam as a result of marriage.
He also urged that a strong government must be formed after the presidential polls and child marriages to be declared as an offence.
The Committee on High Posts has approved the nomination of Former Air Force Commander Air Chief Marshal (Retd.)
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
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