Sri Lankan lawmakers scrap their pensions, delivering on a campaign promise

Sri Lankan legislators overwhelmingly voted Tuesday to scrap their pensions, in a bid to fulfill a key preelection campaign promise by the ruling Marxist-leaning government following anger over the ...
The Economist

Led by a Marxist, battered by a storm, Sri Lanka is doing better

That is the plight of Sri Lanka, which since November has been recovering from Cyclone Ditwah. An inexperienced government—led by a former Marxist revolutionary committed to stamping out graft—has ...

Sri Lankan lawmakers scrap their pensions in a sweeping vote

Sri Lankan legislators overwhelmingly voted to scrap their pensions, as the ruling Marxist-leaning government delivers a key ...

Sri Lankan Parliament abolishes legislators' pensions in response to economic crisis

Sri Lankan lawmakers voted to abolish their pensions in a bid to address public discontent over the ongoing economic crisis, fulfilling a campaign promise from President Dissanayake.
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Sri Lankan court sentences 12 men to death for killing politician and bodyguard

A Sri Lankan court has sentenced 12 men to death for the killing of a lawmaker and his bodyguard in May 2022 during violence that erupted at the ...
Washington Times

Sri Lankan president’s visit to India signals growing economic and energy ties

NEW DELHI (AP) — Sri Lanka and India signed a series of energy, development and trade agreements on Friday, signaling growing economic ties between the neighboring countries. Sri Lankan President ...