Year: 2026
NPP says it has won Government but is still battling for ‘state power’
By The Pulseline News Desk The National People’s Power (NPP) Government may control Parliament and the executive, but Deputy Minister Prasanna Gunasena says...
Saudi pipeline crisis raises fresh oil shock risk for Sri Lanka
By The Pulseline News Desk Saudi Arabia could run out of oil stocks available for export within days if its crucial East-West oil...
Sri Lanka’s reserves near $7 billion as remittances provide continued external support
By The Pulseline News Desk Sri Lanka’s gross official reserves climbed to a provisional US$ 6.905 billion by the end of August 2026,...
Desalination, deep wells and bowsers: Sri Lanka braces for a prolonged water crisis
By The Pulseline News Desk Sri Lanka is turning increasingly to seawater desalination and deep groundwater extraction as prolonged dry weather puts pressure...
Questions over Port City legal oversight and state bank debt write-offs
The Pulseline News Desk Questions over legal oversight at the Colombo Port City Economic Commission (CPCEC) and the transparency of large-scale debt write-offs...
Sri Lanka holds fuel prices as global oil tops $100 amid West Asia conflict
By The Pulseline News Desk Sri Lanka is bracing for another round of pressure on fuel prices as global crude oil prices surge...
Speaker under international spotlight as Dayasiri lodges complaints
By The Pulseline News Desk Opposition Parliamentarian Dayasiri Jayasekara has taken his dispute with Speaker Jagath Wickramaratne beyond Sri Lanka, lodging written complaints...
‘Law applies to everyone’: AKD takes aim at Rajapaksas as Namal speaks from remand prison
By The Pulseline News Desk President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) has turned up the political heat on the Rajapaksa family, declaring that the...
SRI LANKA THIS WEEK: What happened. What mattered. What comes next.
6–12 September 2026 THE WEEK IN A MINUTE Sri Lanka’s political and institutional landscape became considerably more charged this week as the Government...
Almost two years on: NPP’s selective urgency
By Vox Civis In a few days, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake and his National People’s Power (NPP) will mark two years in office....
