Year: 2026
Prime Group construction in Otters Club premises challenged
Court of Appeal is to hear petition alleging ‘brazen illegality’ and breach of public trust over apartment project planned for Otters Aquatic Club...
SJB-UNP alliance signals new opposition front against NPP Government
By The Pulseline News Desk Opposition Leader Sajith Premadasa has signalled a new phase of cooperation between the Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) and...
Opposition and civil society seek common ground on democracy and judiciary
By The Pulseline News Desk More than 20 political parties, trade unions and civil society groups came together in Colombo on Thursday (17)...
Sri Lanka gets near-maximum weighting in new J.P. Morgan frontier bond index
By The Pulseline News Desk Sri Lanka is set to occupy one of the largest positions in a new J.P. Morgan local-currency government...
Supreme Court clears path for taxing judicial officers’ salaries
By The Pulseline News Desk The country’s Supreme Court has dismissed three appeals challenging the taxation of judicial officers, ruling that judges serving...
Straw burning becomes flashpoint as farmers challenge Government’s approach
By The Pulseline News Desk A dispute over the burning of paddy straw has exposed a wider frustration among farmers, with agricultural organisations...
Namal’s Airbus probe enters new phase
By The Pulseline News Desk The legal spotlight on Parliamentarian Namal Rajapaksa intensified on Wednesday (16) when the Fort Magistrate’s Court ordered him...
In the Iran war, a tale of old American dilemmas
Japan in 1945 and Iran today are fundamentally different cases. Nor can the atomic bomb of 1945 simply be compared with today’s sophisticated...
J.R., Governance and the Middle Path: Ranil and Sajith set to share stage
By The Pulseline News Desk Sri Lanka’s political past and its possible lessons for the country’s future will come under the spotlight today...
Death penalty still off Government table as organised crime remains a challenge
By The Pulseline News Desk The Government has yet to make a decision on calls to reintroduce the death penalty for organised crime,...
