Month: July 2026
A year after MSC ELSA 3: Sri Lanka’s long battle against the plastic tide
By The Pulseline News Desk Nearly a year after millions of plastic nurdles began washing ashore following the sinking of the Liberian-flagged container...
Tamil-speaking parties seek common ground as they turn to President
By The Pulseline News Desk Six of Sri Lanka’s principal Tamil-speaking political parties have taken a significant step towards coordinated political engagement, jointly...
Empty residences, full bills: Audit reopens debate on cost of the presidency
By The Pulseline News Desk President Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s decision not to occupy any of Sri Lanka’s official presidential residences has been one...
NPP’s day of reckoning: The battle to save judicial independence
By Vox Civis The Government’s proposal to increase the retirement age of judges of the Supreme Court and Court of Appeal has evolved...
Exchange rate costs put hidden price tag on Sri Lanka’s foreign debt
By The Pulseline News Desk Sri Lanka’s foreign debt burden is measured not only by how much the country owes, but increasingly by...
Calls for justice reforms as court backlog tops one million cases
By The Pulseline News Desk Former President Ranil Wickremesinghe has renewed the debate over Sri Lanka’s long-running judicial delays, proposing the appointment of...
Supreme Court draws a constitutional line on protest arrests
By The Pulseline News Desk Nearly four years after the mass protests that transformed Sri Lanka’s political landscape, the Supreme Court has delivered...
CAA’s healthcare crackdown exposes regulatory gaps beyond expired medicines
By The Pulseline News Desk The Consumer Affairs Authority’s (CAA) prosecution of 23 private hospitals, laboratories and diagnostic centres this week is about...
President orders crackdown on illegal coastal construction, puts elephant conflict delays on notice
By The Pulseline News Desk President Anura Kumara Dissanayake used this week’s pre-budget review of the Environment Ministry to send a pointed message...
CID probes how $ 626,755 meant for US Postal Service ended up in nine unknown accounts
By The Pulseline News Desk A suspected cyber-enabled fraud involving the Postal Department is now the subject of a widening criminal investigation, after...
