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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>Asia Asset Finance Delivers 110% Growth in First-Half PAT to Rs. 838.5 Million</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/advertorial/Asia-Asset-Finance-Delivers-110--Growth-in-First-Half-PAT-to-Rs--838-5-Million/10529-799630</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Asia Asset Finance PLC (AAF), a subsidiary of Muthoot Finance Limited and a member of the Muthoot Group, recorded a 110% year-on-year increase in Profit After Tax (PAT) to Rs. 838.5 million for the six months ended 30 September 2026, compared with Rs. 400 million in the corresponding period last year.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Wednesday, 4 November 2026 15:25</pubDate>

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                <title>Seylan Bank bullish on better growth on the back of strong foundation in recent years</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Seylan-Bank-bullish-on-better-growth-on-the-back-of-strong-foundation-in-recent-years/44-799576</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[By Nisthar Cassim
Seylan Bank yesterday expressed a bullish outlook for both Sri Lanka and the industry, hinting at much higher growth for the Bank on the strength of the foundation laid in recent years and achievements including surpassing the Rs. 1 trillion assets mark.
“There are a lot of positives in terms of the country’s macroeconomic fundamentals, and if interest rates remain as they are, and with 4% to 5% GDP growth and private sector r]]></description>

                <pubDate> Wednesday, 4 November 2026 00:33</pubDate>

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                <title>Record Rs. 30 b  BOC debenture issue oversubscribed</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Record-Rs--30-b--BOC-debenture-issue-oversubscribed/44-799575</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Bank of Ceylon (BOC) yesterday said its debenture issue of up to Rs. 30 billion, the largest in Sri Lanka, had been oversubscribed, with applications exceeding 
Rs. 30 billion.
The State-owned bank initially offered up to 100 million debentures at an issue price of Rs. 100 each to raise up to Rs. 10 billion.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Wednesday, 4 November 2026 00:26</pubDate>

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                <title>Cabinet green lights over $ 8 m Sampur-Kappalthurai electricity transmission project</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Cabinet-green-lights-over---8-m-Sampur-Kappalthurai-electricity-transmission-project/44-799574</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Cabinet of Ministers has approved awarding a multi-currency contract worth over $ 8 million to a joint venture between Ceylex Engineering Ltd. and China’s Xingneng Electric Power Construction Co. Ltd. for the Sampur-Kappalthurai Transmission Infrastructure Development Project.
The contract, valued at $ 4.15 million, € 0.78 million (about $ 0.9 million) and Rs. 1,096.08 million (about $ 3.3 million), excluding applicable taxes, covers key tra]]></description>

                <pubDate> Wednesday, 4 November 2026 00:25</pubDate>

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                <title>Ceylex-Xingneng $ 6 m joint venture gets Kolonnawa grid BESS contract </title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Ceylex-Xingneng---6-m-joint-venture-gets-Kolonnawa-grid-BESS-contract /44-799573</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Cabinet of Ministers has approved awarding a multi-currency contract to a $ 6 million joint venture between Ceylex Engineering Ltd., and Xingneng Electric Power Construction Co., Ltd., to upgrade the Kolonnawa Grid Substation for the country’s first utility-scale battery energy storage facility.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Wednesday, 4 November 2026 00:24</pubDate>

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                <title>Kanwel Constructions gets Rs. 1.3 b to develop three sections along A9 road </title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Kanwel-Constructions-gets-Rs--1-3-b-to-develop-three-sections-along-A9-road /44-799572</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The Cabinet of Ministers at its meeting on Monday approved awarding of a Rs. 1,318.3 million (VAT-free) worth contract to M/s Kanwel Constructions & Civil Engineering Ltd., for the construction and improvement of three road sections along the Kandy–Jaffna (A9) road.
The project covers the section of the A9 road between the 176+000 km and 179+000 km markers, under the national highway rehabilitation and improvement program. A total of seven bids ]]></description>

                <pubDate> Wednesday, 4 November 2026 00:23</pubDate>

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                <title>SL fundamentals strong for frontier revival; Budget must focus on fiscal reforms momentum</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/front-page/SL-fundamentals-strong-for-frontier-revival--Budget-must-focus-on-fiscal-reforms-momentum/44-799571</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka’s economy is on a strong footing on the back of fiscal discipline and significantly higher Government revenue, and is well placed to gain as frontier markets enter a new cycle of global investment, executives of Capital Alliance Holdings PLC (CAL) and Asia Frontier Capital Ltd., (AFC) said yesterday.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Wednesday, 4 November 2026 00:22</pubDate>

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                <title>Three new investors acquire 64.5% of Chrissworld for Rs. 232 m</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/front-page/Three-new-investors-acquire-64-5--of-Chrissworld-for-Rs--232-m/44-799570</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Three investors acquired a combined 64.53% stake in Chrissworld PLC (CWL.N) for Rs. 232.3 million on 2 November, buying 19.36 million shares at Rs. 12 each.
Bartleet Religare Securities in a statement yesterday under the Take-Overs and Mergers Code said Hands International Group Ltd., bought 8,850,000 shares, or 29.5% of the issued shares, for Rs. 106.2 million, making it the largest of the three buyers. S.A.D.N. Suraj acquired 6,247,556 shares,]]></description>

                <pubDate> Wednesday, 4 November 2026 00:20</pubDate>

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                <title>SriLankan Airlines welcomes Raid Amazones 2026 contestants</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/travel-tourism/SriLankan-Airlines-welcomes-Raid-Amazones-2026-contestants/27-799619</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[SriLankan Airlines extended a warm Sri Lankan welcome to 146 participants, crew members and media personnel of Raid Amazones 2026, who arrived in Colombo on 2nd November on flight UL564 from Paris, marking the arrival of the first group for this year’s adventure expedition, which brings together a total of 300 people in the island.
 Adding a special touch to the occasion, the flight was operated by an all-female team of pilots and cabin crew, ma]]></description>

                <pubDate> Wednesday, 4 November 2026 00:10</pubDate>

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                <title>Businesses report growing benefits from gender equality</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/hr/Businesses-report-growing-benefits-from-gender-equality/47-799603</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Women are increasingly reaching the highest levels of business leadership, and enterprises report growing benefits from gender equality and diversity. Yet gaps in the management pipeline and a decline in the implementation of enterprise initiatives could make these gains harder to sustain, according to a new report by the International Labour Organisation (ILO).
The report, Women in Business and Management: Scaling Success, finds that women’s re]]></description>

                <pubDate> Wednesday, 4 November 2026 00:06</pubDate>

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