COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's cricket authorities announced a ban on alcohol during Wednesday's fourth one-day international between Pakistan and the hosts following a drunken riot at the venue on Sunday. Sri ...

A British veteran in the liquor and hospitality industry, Paul Topping, said that Sri Lankan is an important liquor market, where the consumption of especially soft liquor, such as wine, is growing ...

Sri Lanka’s government is grappling with a staggering loss of tax revenue, amounting to approximately Rs. 1.2 billion, caused by the proliferation of counterfeit stickers on liquor bottles, according ...

Colombo: Sri Lanka's president on Sunday reimposed a four-decade-long ban on women buying liquor, just days after his finance minister had lifted the restriction. Maithripala Sirisena said he had ...

(MENAFN- Colombo Gazette) Sri Lanka has banned the sale of liquor during the traditional Sinhala and Tamil New Year, except at hotels above three stars and certain licensed boutique villas. According ...

Mangala Samaraweera, the new finance minister wants to open liquor shops on Poya Days. In an opinion poll in the Daily Mirror website, 69 per cent of readers agreed with him. If the government wants ...

Colombo: Sri Lanka has lifted a 39-year ban on women buying alcohol or working in places that sell or manufacture liquor, an official said Sunday. The 1979 law prohibiting the sale of any type of ...

Sri Lanka's per capita consumption of liquor has increased upto a staggering 95 percent, a report by the WHO has revealed. According to the 2018 Global Status Report on Alcohol and Health by the WHO, ...

Colombo, Apr 26 (AFP) Sri Lanka on today banned the sale of meat and liquor and ordered casinos to close on the Buddha’s birthday in a move to appease the island’s religious majority. The restrictions ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s cricket authorities announced a ban on alcohol during Wednesday’s fourth one-day international between Pakistan and the hosts following a drunken riot at the venue on Sunday. Sri ...