Year: 2026
Sri Lanka moves to cap prices of 90% of imported medicines
By The Pulseline News Desk Sri Lanka is moving to impose maximum retail prices (MRPs) on around 90% of imported medicines over the...
Bitumen shortage slows Sri Lanka construction sector growth in August
By The Pulseline News Desk Sri Lanka’s construction sector continued to expand in August, but growth slowed as an ongoing shortage of bitumen...
Who controls the door? Who controls the narrative?
Judicial judgement on political power and media access By Ranel T. Wijesinha Here is an example of just a week ago, from the...
JVP-BJP engagement reaches higher level as Tilvin meets Jaishankar in Delhi
By The Pulseline News Desk The Janatha Vimukthi Peramuna’s (JVP) five-day engagement with India moved beyond party-to-party discussions on its final day, with...
Court rejects GR’s bid to block arrest over Easter Sunday probe
By The Pulseline News Desk The Court of Appeal has dismissed, without proceeding to a full hearing, a writ petition filed by former...
CIABOC’s focus on decade-old files puts Opposition figures under investigation spotlight
By The Pulseline News Desk A decade-old backlog of corruption investigations has emerged as a major challenge for the country’s anti-graft authorities, with...
Siriliya Saviya probe: FCID gives Shiranthi a two-week window?
By The Pulseline News Desk The investigation into former First Lady Shiranthi Rajapaksa’s Siriliya Saviya Fund is continuing, with the Financial Crimes Investigation...
Rs. 41 billion fuel bailout as CPC faces Rs. 70 loss on every litre of diesel
By The Pulseline News Desk Sri Lanka’s fuel market is coming under renewed financial pressure, with the Government approving a Rs. 41 billion...
Sirisena calls AKD over Polonnaruwa kidney hospital blast
By The Pulseline News Desk Former President Maithripala Sirisena has telephoned President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) recently following the explosion at the National...
Fuel price hike set to ripple through transport, household and business costs
By The Pulseline News Desk Sri Lankan motorists are set to feel the immediate impact of another fuel price increase, but the wider...
