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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 SOC flags Rs. 52 b Port City project delays and voting rights for residents</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[Parliament’s Sectoral Oversight Committee (SOC) on Infrastructure and Strategic Development has raised concerns over delays, rising costs, and gaps in economic assessment of infrastructure serving Port City Colombo, after officials were unable to provide timelines or expected returns for key components of the Port Access Elevated Highway project.
The Committee, chaired by MP S.M. Marikkar, was told that the project, estimated to cost Rs. 28 bill]]></description>

                <pubDate> Monday, 10 August 2026 00:28</pubDate>

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                <title>Record remittances boost economy in July, first seven months</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Record-remittances-boost-economy-in-July--first-seven-months/44-795781</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Workers’ remittances climbed to a record high in July, marking one of the strongest seven-month performances in the country’s history, despite economic uncertainty stemming from the ongoing Middle East conflict, a region that hosts a large share of Sri Lankan migrant workers.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Monday, 10 August 2026 00:26</pubDate>

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                <title>CBSL buys $ 905 m forex in 1H 2026, end-July reserves top $ 6.88 b</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/front-page/CBSL-buys---905-m-forex-in-1H-2026--end-July-reserves-top---6-88-b/44-795780</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Central Bank of Sri Lanka’s (CBSL) net US dollar purchases from the domestic market to build reserves topped $ 905 million during the first seven months of 2026
According to data released by the CBSL on Friday, it was a net purchaser of foreign exchange in July 2026 amounting to $ 348.6 million, a sharp increase from $ 70.5 million in June and reversing May’s net sale of more than $ 211 million, when it became a net seller of foreign exchang]]></description>

                <pubDate> Monday, 10 August 2026 00:25</pubDate>

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                <title>1H Budget posts Rs. 9.5 b surplus despite sharp fall in June</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/front-page/1H-Budget-posts-Rs--9-5-b-surplus-despite-sharp-fall-in-June/44-795779</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka ended the first half of 2026 with an overall Budget surplus of Rs. 9.51 billion, reversing a Rs. 405.6 billion deficit a year earlier, although the surplus narrowed sharply from Rs. 197.34 billion at end-May as expenditure accelerated in June.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Monday, 10 August 2026 00:24</pubDate>

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                <title>Budget Proposal Hub of Verité Research returns ahead of Budget 2027</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Budget-Proposal-Hub-of-Verité-Research-returns-ahead-of-Budget-2027/44-795778</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Verité Research has launched the second edition of its pioneering Budget Proposal Hub (BPH), inviting citizens, residents, and organisations to submit proposals for the Government’s consideration ahead of the 2027 National Budget.
Budget...
The initiative follows the successful debut of the BPH last year ahead of Budget 2026, where the proposals ranged from establishing a national-level program to manufacture pharmaceutical ingredients from Cey]]></description>

                <pubDate> Monday, 10 August 2026 00:23</pubDate>

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                <title>Private borrowing up 27% YoY to Rs. 11.3 t in 1H</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Private-borrowing-up-27--YoY-to-Rs--11-3-t-in-1H/44-795777</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Private sector borrowing from the banking system accelerated in June, with total outstanding credit increasing by Rs. 245.3 billion month-on-month (MoM) to Rs. 11.28 trillion, extending the rebound recorded in May. On a year-on-year (YoY) basis, private sector credit grew by 27.4%, compared with 27.8% in May.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Monday, 10 August 2026 00:22</pubDate>

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                <title>Data protection compliance regime takes effect on 1 Jan. 2027</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Data-protection-compliance-regime-takes-effect-on-1-Jan--2027/44-795776</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka’s core personal data protection compliance framework will become operational on 1 January 2027, bringing businesses and other entities handling personal data under requirements governing processing, data breaches, contractual arrangements, and cross-border transfers.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Monday, 10 August 2026 00:21</pubDate>

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                <title>Govt. calls for bids to unlock value of Colombo 5 State-owned heritage bungalows</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Govt--calls-for-bids-to-unlock-value-of-Colombo-5-State-owned-heritage-bungalows/44-795775</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Government has called for expressions of interest (EOIs) to unlock the value of several State-owned heritage bungalows in Colombo 5.
The Finance, Planning and Economic Development Ministry is inviting visionary investors to participate in an exciting Government initiative to unlock the economic value of a portfolio of prestigious State-owned bungalows situated in the highly sought-after Colombo 5 neighbourhood.
Through a transparent Nationa]]></description>

                <pubDate> Monday, 10 August 2026 00:20</pubDate>

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                <title>Sri Lanka-Maldives Business Council holds 18th AGM with new opportunities and challenges</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/business/Sri-Lanka-Maldives-Business-Council-holds-18th-AGM-with-new-opportunities-and-challenges/34-795791</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Sri Lanka-Maldives Business Council (SLMBC), under The Ceylon Chamber of Commerce and the Maldives Business Chamber (MBC), recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to boost ties between the private sectors of the two countries.
The MoU  was signed during the 18th Annual General Meeting of the SLMBC at which Chief Guest was Trade, Commerce, Food Security and Cooperative Development Minister Wasantha Samarasinghe and Guest of Honour]]></description>

                <pubDate> Monday, 10 August 2026 00:08</pubDate>

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                <title>India’s rise presents Sri Lanka with reform imperative</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/business/India-s-rise-presents-Sri-Lanka-with-reform-imperative/34-795790</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[By Devan Daniel
Sri Lanka’s economic future will increasingly be determined not by its proximity to India but by its ability to make itself competitive enough to participate in India’s rise, according to an emerging consensus among Government, business leaders, diplomats and strategic thinkers at the Lanka India Business Association’s India Calling forum yesterday.
Although approaching the issue from different perspectives, speakers repeatedly ]]></description>

                <pubDate> Monday, 10 August 2026 00:06</pubDate>

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