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Speaking to delegates from 23 nations on Monday, President Maithripala Sirisena reiterated the government’s commitment to effective and efficient alcohol prevention policies. The IOGT International Celebration Conference got underway in Kandy today...

  Most of us know that excise duties from alcohol sales are a major revenue source for state Governments in India. Fewer would know or have noticed that over the years, most state Governments have floated corporations or public sector undertakings...

Elixier Finale at Grand Ballroom, Galadari Hotel, Colombo,20th January 2015 Design for Change – Fashion Designers’ Competition 2014/2015 – Fashion show and the after party Segments * Casual/Beach wear * Avant Garde * Prevention T Shirt organized...

A woman brews alcohol in her home in Sri Lanka’s Northern Province. Credit: Amantha Perera/IPS By Amantha Perera DHARMAPURAM, Aug 3 2014 – Back in the day when the separatist Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) ran a de-facto state in Sri Lanka...

That Kerala has an alcohol problem is not a secret. The southern state has the highest per capital liquor consumption in the country–about 8 liters per person a year. There are also a lot of social ills associated with such high consumption. But...