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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>Parliament passes 22A</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[Parliament yesterday passed the 22nd Amendment to the Constitution (22A) with 158 votes in favour and 62 against with 220 MPs sitting. The vote cleared the two-thirds special majority required and extends the tenure of the country’s senior judges.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 26 September 2026 00:02</pubDate>

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                <title>SL can aim global market entry before IMF exit, but cautioned against overreach</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka should aim to return to international capital markets before its International Monetary Fund (IMF) program ends next year, but must avoid the aggressive borrowing that left it exposed in the past, Standard Chartered Bank Sri Lanka Chief Executive Officer Bingumal Thewarathanthri said.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 26 September 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>Herath to lead Sri Lanka delegation to 81st UNGA</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[Foreign Affairs Minister Vijitha Herath will lead the Sri Lanka delegation to the 81st Session of the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) from 27 to 30 September.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 26 September 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>Shift gears to growth or risk sliding back: Advocata CEO</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka must shift from stabilisation to growth or risk sliding back into instability, Advocata Institute Chief Executive Officer Dhananath Fernando warned, calling for land, labour and trade reforms.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 26 September 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>ADB says growth in developing Asia and Pacific to slow but remain resilient</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[Economic growth in developing Asia and the Pacific will moderate from 5.5% in 2025 to 5% this year before edging up to 5.1% in 2027, according to a new report released this week by the Asian Development Bank (ADB). The 2026 forecast is 0.1 percentage points higher than the previous outlook in July.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 26 September 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>Navy seizes drugs worth over Rs. 55 b this year</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[The Sri Lanka Navy has seized illicit drugs estimated at more than Rs. 55 billion in maritime and coastal anti-narcotics operations so far this year, Navy Spokesman Commander Chaminda Walakuluge yesterday said.
Around 300 suspects and 50 vessels allegedly linked to local and international drug trafficking networks have been taken into custody during the operations, according to the Navy.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 26 September 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>CSE edges down 0.1% during week, ends in red</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[The Colombo stock market yesterday ended the week in red amid subdued investor sentiment ahead of next Wednesday’s Monetary Policy announcement of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 26 September 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>TIN compulsory for key transactions from 1 Nov.</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[A valid Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN) Certificate will be compulsory for a range of key transactions from 1 November, 2026, including opening bank accounts, registering vehicles, land and businesses, and obtaining credit cards, the Inland Revenue Department (IRD) said.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 26 September 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>CBSL rate decision on 30 September</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) will announce the decision of its Monetary Policy Board under Monetary Policy Review No. 05 of 2026 at 7.30 a.m. on Wednesday (30).]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 26 September 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>Fitch says world growth holds up, but real interest rates rise</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[World growth is holding up well in the face of the energy price shock, but real interest rates are rising, Fitch Ratings says in its latest Global Economic Outlook.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 26 September 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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