Year: 2026
CPC says fuel stocks secure through August, but weaker rupee clouds price outlook
By The Pulseline News Desk The country’s state-run fuel supplier has assured the public that the country holds sufficient fuel stocks through August,...
Money and the mind
By Dr. Nadee Dissanayake A man stands near a small tea shop in Colombo carefully counting a few folded notes before ordering his...
Pushing electricity sector reforms amid calls for lower power costs
By The Pulseline News Desk Sri Lanka’s electricity sector is entering a new phase of reform as the government moves ahead with a...
Electricity tariffs and SMEs: The hidden threat to economic recovery
By The Pulseline News Desk Sri Lanka’s economic stabilisation programme may be showing signs of macroeconomic recovery, but beneath the surface a quieter...
Sri Lanka faces growth-inflation trade-off?
By The Pulseline News Desk Sri Lanka cannot pursue extremely low inflation targets without sacrificing economic growth, Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL)...
Sri Lanka’s vehicle tax debate highlights fragile economic recovery
By The Pulseline News Desk Sri Lanka’s latest move to impose a temporary surcharge on vehicle imports has sparked a sharp debate between...
Remembrance porridge (Mullivaikkal kanji) keeps Sri Lanka’s war memories alive
By The Pulseline News Desk Along roadsides and church grounds in Sri Lanka’s war-scarred north, volunteers stirred large pots of thin rice porridge...
A state bank’s exchange rate error sparks questions over controls
By The Pulseline News Desk State-owned People’s Bank has stated an exchange rate error in one of its remittance platforms which led to...
Inside the INR 22 million fraud allegation rocking SriLankan Airlines
By The Pulseline News Desk SriLankan Airlines is facing renewed scrutiny after alleging that several employees at its Chennai office in India misappropriated...
From hope to hesitation: The price of incompetence
By Vox Civis The most revealing political lesson of recent months may not have come from Colombo at all, but from a magazine...
