Budget openness: Sri Lanka needs higher standards
Budget Openness: Sri Lanka Needs Higher Standards Taken from Ada Derana
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Local government polls: a guide to the new electoral system
Handing out leaflets, knocking on doors, holding meetings and driving around in vans fitted with loudspeakers, announcing to the world why they alone need your vote. These have become a common sight as the local government elections get closer. With...
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Sri Lankan women reject alcohol U-turn
Sri Lankan Tamils demonstrate against tobacco and alcohol in Colombo in June 2013. The government's hasty reinstatement of a ban on women buying alcohol has brought accusations of discrimination. (Photo by Ishara Kodikara/AFP) A reinstated ban on Sri Lankan women...
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Restricting sale of liquor to women: public debate is misinformed
Jan 22, 2018 (LBO) – Interdisciplinary think tank, Verité Research says that contrary to popular understanding, Excise Notification No.04/2018 issued by the Finance Minister only prohibits the sale of liquor to women inside a tavern. The research firm highlights that...
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Women scorn ‘cultural reasons’ behind alcohol ban
Women’s groups stringently questioned the “cultural reasons” behind the government’s ban on women buying or selling liquor, saying the ban showed Sri Lankan men lacked confidence in women’s capacity to make rational decisions. “If there are people worried that women...
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Ban on women to purchase liquor; violation of constitution: Verite Research
Verite Research, a Think Tank, has stated that the cabinet decision to ban women from purchasing liquor is unconstitutional. In a statement issued, it states:Under Sri Lanka's Constitution all persons are equal before the law and no one should be...
continue readingSri Lanka think tank says government decision to ban women from purchasing liquor is unconstitutional
ECONOMYNEXT – A decision by Sri Lanka’s Cabinet of Ministers to reimpose a ban on women buying liquor is unconstitutional, Verité Research, a private sector think-tank, said. Women are entitled to purchase liquor under Sri Lankan law as at 10...
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Liquor purchase ban on women unconstitutional – Verité Research
Think Tank, Verité Research says that the ban on the sale of liquor to women by the Finance and Mass Media ‘within the premises of a tavern’ by the Cabinet is unconstitutional. The Minister of Finance and Mass Media issued...
continue readingSri Lanka think tank says government decision to ban women from purchasing liquor is unconstitutional
An Independent think-tank and a leader in the provision of information and strategic analysis in Sri Lanka says the cabinet decision to ban women from purchasing liquor is unconstitutional. Verité Research in a statement says under Sri Lanka's Constitution all...
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Opinion: Cabinet decision to ban women from buying liquor is unconstitutional
Women are permitted to purchase liquor. On 10 January 2018, the Minister of Finance and Mass Media issued Excise Notification No. 02/2018 under the Excise Ordinance, No. 8 of 1912 (as amended). The new Notification amends Excise Notification No. 666...
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