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        <title>www.ft.lk </title> 
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        <description>The only Sri Lankan newspaper with round the clock news updates - ft.lk Online Edition</description>  
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                <title>Emperor’s ‘Epic Fury’: The cycle of debt, war, and imperial decline</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[The trajectory of human civilisation is often defined by the rise and fall of great empires, each following a strikingly similar pattern of expansion, overreach, and eventual collapse. Historical evidence suggests that the demise of these powers is rarely a sudden event but rather a protracted unravelling triggered by the loss of strategic maritime control, the mounting costs of perpetual warfare, and the accumulation of unsustainable debt. As we]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 3 April 2026 00:55</pubDate>

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                <title>Sri Lanka’s energy crisis: A culmination of past actions</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka’s energy sector is facing a growing crisis; a combination of Governmental mismanagement, an absence of a clear energy policy and global tensions has brought the country to the brink of blackouts, which will accompany the recently announced energy price hikes (for both electricity and fuel).
Global headlines have been dominated by the war in Iran, which was launched last month by the US and Israel. The result has been steadily climbing]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 3 April 2026 00:49</pubDate>

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                <title>Facing the four horsemen of a modern ‘Apocalypse’ today</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[There are days when the world news reads like a policy brief on antidepressants. And then there are those few weeks in which it feels like a fever-dream ghost-written by the apocalyptic visionary. One who penned the more epileptic passages of the Book of Revelation. And that is scary in more ways than one.
If you will listen closely – beyond the buzz of the markets and the hum of the summits and the polite applause at the multilateral talk fests]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 3 April 2026 00:45</pubDate>

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                <title>India as partner, not patron</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/India-as-partner--not-patron/4-790433</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The war in the Middle East is destabilising the world, and South Asia is no exception. The key concern is ‘energy security’. With fuel supplies in the Strait of Hormuz being restricted, Sri Lanka too has faced uncertainty regarding fuel supplies, and fears of increasing prices that could derail economic growth. Sri Lanka has imposed rationing and a weekday public holiday to address the issue. 
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake spoke to PM Modi]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 3 April 2026 00:42</pubDate>

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                <title>A duo’s duel to shine beyond Bradby</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[History was already in the making when two schools realised that there exists a Multiverse beyond the Bradby Universe, and the one who conquers the Multiverse shall hold absolute power and supremacy to become the God of Rugby. With this in mind, both these institutions have done a remarkable job to hit their top form on the third week of the season, and are now more than ready and eager to venture unto the inaugural war to determine the Rugby God]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 3 April 2026 00:30</pubDate>

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                <title>Sri Lanka’s rising heat:  Is El Niño the real cause?</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Sri-Lanka-s-rising-heat---Is-El-Niño-the-real-cause-/4-790439</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka is currently experiencing unusually elevated temperatures, and weather experts increasingly point to El Niño conditions as a key driver. These global climate phenomena, though originating in the Pacific Ocean, have a strong influence on rainfall, temperature, and water availability across the island. Recent dry spells and high temperatures are consistent with El Niño influences, weakening monsoons and stressing water resources. Climate]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 3 April 2026 00:28</pubDate>

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                <title>Navigating the perfect storm: El Niño, input volatility, and seed strategy for survival</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka is currently navigating a ’’perfect storm’’ of converging crises that threaten to destabilise the agriculture sector and national food security. The looming El Niño event brings the dual threat of extreme heat and erratic rainfall—ranging from severe drought to excess storm water—while geopolitical tensions in the Gulf create profound uncertainty around fertiliser supplies. Simultaneously, volatility in fuel pricing is driving up produc]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 3 April 2026 00:26</pubDate>

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                <title>A lament for the rules-based international order</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[In 1648, the Thirty Years’ War came to an end. Beginning as a religious and political conflict between Catholics and Protestants regarding freedom of worship and the power of secular authorities to impose their beliefs on their subjects, the war fed upon itself, drawing in more combatants and intertwining with other rivalries and struggles. The devastation it wrought upon central Europe, in particular the regions that now constitute Germany, cann]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 3 April 2026 00:25</pubDate>

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                <title>Dismantling devolution, paralysing Provincial Councils: A counter-reform package</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[Speaking to the Jaffna Monitor, moderate ethnic nationalist, leading liberal democrat and senior lawyer M.A. Sumanthiran dropped a bombshell which strangely has been ignored. He warned unambiguously of a most dangerous possibility, namely the establishment of a one-party State by the JVP.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Thursday, 2 April 2026 02:30</pubDate>

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                <title>US–Israel war on Iran: Top dog bites the dust as underdog rises</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/US–Israel-war-on-Iran--Top-dog-bites-the-dust-as-underdog-rises/4-790374</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The success or failure of any action is ultimately measured by the extent to which its objectives are achieved. Against this backdrop, military aggression was launched on 28th February 2026 by the self-declared global policeman cum sole superpower, US, in collaboration with the regional power, Israel, targeting Iran.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Thursday, 2 April 2026 02:19</pubDate>

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