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 funeral of arguably the Queen of the Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka, will be held with state honours on Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Independence Square.
Former Sports Minister Mahindananda Aluthgamage and former Sathosa Chairman Nalin Fernando have sentenced to 20 and 25 years respectively after they were found guilty in a case of fraud.
Three Electoral Organisers of the Samagi Jana Balawegaya tendered their resignations.
Former Minister Duminda Dissanayake was arrested today by the Terrorism Investigation Division (TID) over the incident where a gold plated T56 firearm was found from an apartment complex in Wellawatte, Police said
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