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India steps up push to deepen ties with Sri Lanka beyond diplomacy

By The Pulseline News Desk India is stepping up efforts to deepen its relationship with Sri Lanka by expanding cooperation beyond traditional diplomatic...

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Iranian ‘dark fleet’ tankers disperse from Sri Lankan waters amid US sanctions concerns

By The Pulseline News Desk A fleet of US-sanctioned Iranian crude oil tankers that had been lingering for more than a month off...

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Another blow to household budgets as flour price hike pushes up food costs

By The Pulseline News Desk Consumers are once again being forced to dig deeper into their pockets as a Rs. 17 per kilogram...

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Sevanagala shutdown puts sugarcane farmers and local economy at risk

By The Pulseline News Desk The temporary closure of the Sevanagala Sugar Factory has raised concerns well beyond the factory gates, with sugarcane...

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Drug shortage drives more users towards rehabilitation, says NDDCB

By The Pulseline News Desk A decline in the availability of illicit drugs appears to be pushing more drug users towards rehabilitation, with...

Politics

When the guardian is asked to guard the hand that holds the key

By Vox Civis “Judges should behave within the judiciary as well as outside it in such a manner as to consolidate the confidence...

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Govt rejects UN concerns over judges’ retirement age, says reforms not aimed at extending specific tenures

By The Pulseline News Desk The Government has pushed back against concerns raised by a United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteur over proposed changes...

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Rupee slides 5.7% as markets watch rates, liquidity and global oil prices

By The Pulseline News Desk The Sri Lankan rupee has depreciated 5.7% against the US dollar so far this year, adding to the...

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‘Malayagam people are equal citizens’: AKD signals rights-based shift in plantation community policy

By The Pulseline News Desk President Anura Kumara Dissanayake (AKD) has pledged to place the rights, dignity and living standards of Sri Lanka’s...

Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the commissioning ceremony of the offshore patrol vessel Samudravijaya, Port of Colombo, 4 June
Opinion

Sri Lanka has one last chance to become a strategic hub in Indian Ocean

By Milinda Moragoda Sri Lanka has three assets that could make it a logistics and energy hub in the Indian subcontinent comparable in...