{"id":2291,"date":"2026-10-02T07:39:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/?p=2291"},"modified":"2026-10-02T07:39:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T07:39:48","slug":"liquor-outlets-to-close-on-october-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/2026\/10\/02\/liquor-outlets-to-close-on-october-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Liquor Outlets to Close on October 3"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">All licensed liquor outlets across Sri Lanka will remain closed on <\/span><b>Saturday, October 3, 2026<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, in observance of <\/span><b>World Temperance Day<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, according to the Department of Excise.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The closure applies to liquor stores and other licensed establishments selling alcoholic beverages, with sales prohibited throughout the designated day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">World Temperance Day is observed annually on <\/span><b>October 3<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and focuses on awareness around alcohol consumption, moderation and its social and health considerations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All licensed liquor outlets across Sri Lanka will remain closed on Saturday, October 3, 2026, in observance of World Temperance Day, according to the Department of Excise. The closure applies to liquor stores and other licensed establishments selling alcoholic beverages, with sales prohibited throughout the designated day. World Temperance Day is observed annually on October &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2291","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-alcohol-news-srilanka"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2291"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2293,"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2291\/revisions\/2293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2291"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alcohol.lk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}