Religion has been an essential part of Sri Lankan society for more than two millennia, shaping culture, moral values, and social traditions. Buddhism in particular has played a foundational role in ...

Amid public anger, Sri Lanka abolished MPs’ pensions, cutting political perks, while comparisons highlight how India, ...

Lanka has described the move as a moral obligation towards greater accountability since lawmakers should not receive benefits ...

Recently our country suffered one of its worst ever environmental crises – the Ditwah cyclone. “The hills are crumbling and crushing us,” one friend declared when she saw the landslides, rubble and ...

Sri Lanka MPs vote overwhelmingly to scrap their pensions in post-crisis reform move - Sri Lankan legislators have overwhelmingly voted to scrap their pensions, as the Marxist-leaning government fulfi ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan legislators overwhelmingly voted on Tuesday to scrap their pensions, in a bid to fulfill a key preelection campaign promise by the ruling Ma ...

Sri Lankan legislators voted to scrap pensions for lawmakers, fulfilling a government promise amid economic crisis. The decision follows public outrage over elites' perks amidst a severe economic ...

Sri Lankan lawmakers voted to abolish their own pensions, fulfilling a campaign promise by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake. This decision, following public anger over economic crises, aims to ...

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