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Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena has overruled a ban allowing women over the age of 18 to buy alcohol. [Photo: Courtesy]
A move to grant women in Sri Lanka the same rights as men to buy alcohol legally has been overruled by President Maithripala Sirisena.
The Sri Lankan President told a rally that he had ordered the government to withdraw the reform, which would also have allowed women to work in bars without a permit.
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