Month: July 2026
Former Defence Secretary sentenced to death over Easter Sunday attacks
By The Pulseline News Desk In a historic judgment that marks the most significant criminal accountability ruling arising from Sri Lanka’s Easter Sunday...
Death sentence for former IGP marks historic turning point in Easter Sunday accountability
By The Pulseline News Desk More than seven years after the Easter Sunday terrorist attacks shook Sri Lanka, the country’s justice system delivered...
Drought reaches Wilpattu as wildlife authorities truck in water to save animals
By The Pulseline News Desk Sri Lanka’s prolonged dry spell has now begun to take its toll on one of the country’s most...
Sri Lanka’s unfinished task
By Milinda Moragoda Sixteen years after the guns fell silent, Sri Lanka finds itself at another defining moment. The military defeat of the...
Government eyes 2027 Budget to complete nearly 5,000 abandoned housing projects
By The Pulseline News Desk The government is preparing to allocate funding through the 2027 Budget to revive thousands of unfinished housing projects...
No water cuts for now as reservoir levels can meet three months of demand, says Minister
By The Pulseline News Desk The Government has ruled out the immediate need for water rationing, with Water Supply Minister Susil Ranasinghe assuring...
Government urged to withdraw proposal on judicial retirement age amendment by Church of Ceylon
By The Pulseline News Desk The Church of Ceylon has joined a growing chorus of opposition to the government’s proposed constitutional amendment to...
Sajith accuses government of undermining judicial independence through constitutional changes
By The Pulseline News Desk Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has launched a scathing attack on the government over its proposed constitutional amendment to...
Can bamboo stop elephant raids? Sri Lanka turns to China for green solution
By The Pulseline News Desk After decades of electric fences, trenches and costly mitigation programmes that have failed to end Sri Lanka’s deadly...
Bigger spending, leaner state signaled in 2027 as government shifts to growth mode
By The Pulseline News Desk President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has unveiled the broad contours of the government’s economic strategy for 2027, promising a...
