Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena ordered to reimpose ban on women buying alcohol or working in places that sell or manufacture liquor, few days after it was lifted by his government.
The recent removal of a 39-year ban for women had attracted wide media attention and was welcomed by woman and intellectual groups.
Finance ministry has said that said the 1979 law prohibiting the sale of any type of alcohol to women was overturned in an effort to restore gender neutrality. However, the move was opposed by hardline sections of the majority-Buddhist nation forcing the President to reimpose the ban.
