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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>US-Israel war and panicking Gulf regimes</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/US-Israel-war-and-panicking-Gulf-regimes/4-790768</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that the war against Iran was started by Israel and got US dragged into it with pressure from the powerful Zionist lobby in Washington. Recently even Pete Hegseth the US Defence Secretary admitted that Iran posed no threat to US. Yet, the war has entered its second month, and Trump administration is desperately looking for a way out to get out of it with some dignity. Only a couple of weeks ago the megalomaniac President was]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 11 April 2026 04:02</pubDate>

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                <title>Two ceasefires, one crisis: The dangerous gap between Washington and Tehran</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[Two ceasefire announcements were issued within hours of each other on the same night—one from Washington, the other from Tehran. They appeared, at first glance, to signal a pause in a rapidly escalating confrontation. Yet a closer reading reveals something far more complex: not a shared agreement, but two distinct and competing interpretations of what that agreement entails.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 11 April 2026 01:43</pubDate>

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                <title>Towards an ‘aluth’ (new) national identity in 2026</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Towards-an--aluth---new--national-identity-in-2026/4-790758</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[There had been a close silence on the matter of bringing past miscreants in high places to justice until the renewed demand – and fresh deadline – for a former President to prove his bona fides as regards assets, revenue streams and sources of wealth.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 11 April 2026 01:00</pubDate>

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                <title>Oil, power, economy and stability: Strait of Hormuz and did global community neglect vitality</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Oil--power--economy-and-stability--Strait-of-Hormuz-and-did-global-community-neglect-vitality/4-790756</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Gravity of geo-political and geo-economic crisis:]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 11 April 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>Future-proofing Sri Lanka’s banking sector: Building resilience against shocks</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Future-proofing-Sri-Lanka-s-banking-sector--Building-resilience-against-shocks/4-790722</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[I was numbed when I learned of a fraud at a listed commercial bank, reportedly amounting to around Rs. 13.2 billion. Having served on bank Boards since 2002/03, I must say this has shaken the credibility the sector has built over many years.
The principal gap exposed is in board oversight, alongside weaknesses in internal controls, technological complexity, governance practices, and regulatory supervision. This is not merely a single bank’s fail]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 10 April 2026 00:24</pubDate>

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                <title>Cracks in the citadel: NDB fraud and banking sector’s crisis of confidence</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Cracks-in-the-citadel--NDB-fraud-and-banking-sector-s-crisis-of-confidence/4-790721</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The recent, high-profile fraud unearthed at National Development Bank PLC (NDB) sends a chill far beyond the balance sheets of a single institution. 
It is not merely a story of financial misconduct; it is a profound failure across every layer of institutional oversight of internal, external, and regulatory watchdogs. This incident has exposed a conceivable critical fault lines within Sri Lanka’s financial system, casting serious doubts on the i]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 10 April 2026 00:22</pubDate>

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                <title>Notifiable data breaches:  How banks, regulators  and Central Bank all forgot to catch the ball</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[Somewhere in a gleaming bank headquarters: marble floors, mahogany desks, framed ISO certificates on every wall, a data breach notification form is sitting in an inbox. It has been sitting there since Tuesday. Nobody is quite sure whose job it is to send it. The compliance officer says it’s IT. IT says it’s Legal. Legal says it’s the Central Bank. The Central Bank is in a meeting.
Welcome, dear reader, to the magnificent, decades-in-the-making s]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 10 April 2026 00:20</pubDate>

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                <title>My ‘Big’ question?</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[On my way to a location adjacent to one of our foremost research institutes, I was struck by two ‘near stone age’ scenes: paddy drying along the roadside and someone inviting me to drive over the harvest for threshing, revealing how rudimentary our agricultural technology remains. 
This illustrates my main concern—despite advances and repeated inquiries about paddy production and variety, our post-harvest processes have remained stagnant for dec]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 10 April 2026 00:20</pubDate>

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                <title>Schools Rugby 2026: Beyond blame, toward systemic reform</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[The 2026 Schools Knock-Out Rugby Tournament concluded only last week, with Trinity College, Kandy securing a commendable victory over their long-standing rivals, Royal College, Colombo. The final was a fitting showcase of skill, discipline, and competitive spirit, reflecting the high standards associated with school rugby in Sri Lanka.
While due recognition must be accorded to the players for their commendable performances, the post-tournament d]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 10 April 2026 00:18</pubDate>

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                <title>Namal’s inescapable challenges; Sajith’s unfinished tasks;  Easter massacre originators</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Namal-s-inescapable-challenges--Sajith-s-unfinished-tasks---Easter-massacre-originators/4-790658</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Speaking in Vavuniya on the 55th Anniversary of the April 1971 Uprising, JVP General Secretary Tilvin Silva expressed a sentiment with the most ominous implications.  
‘...Silva said some countries in the world such as Singapore and China took about 10 to 25 years to change those countries.
“It takes years to change the entire society. We need to protect the Government until we achieve the objectives of forming the Government. We cannot finish ]]></description>

                <pubDate> Thursday, 9 April 2026 00:40</pubDate>

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