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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>Beyond “Cosmic Myth”: Buddhism, history and search for inclusive Sri Lankan Republic</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[I read Sarath de Alwis’s “Ghost of Gnanasara haunts our republic” (https://www.ft.lk/columns/Ghost-of-Gnanasara-haunts-our-republic/4-798359) with respect for the author’s long experience as a journalist and his evident concern about the future of Sri Lanka. His right to question religious institutions, political establishments and historical narratives is beyond dispute. A democratic society must protect that freedom.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 10 October 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>Myth of Tarshish: Was Galle truly King Solomon’s lost port?</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[For over a century, the claim that the port of Galle was the biblical port of Tarshish—King Solomon’s legendary trade hub—has lingered in local rumours, tourist brochures, and newspapers. However, a glance into the evidence shows that this rumour is incredibly difficult to verify, no matter how romantic it sounds.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 10 October 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>Beyond coalition arithmetic:  Rethinking Opposition strategy after Aragalaya</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[Dr Dayan Jayatilleka’s Daily FT column, “Opposition›s strategic dilemmas, Easter massacre matrix,” published on 1 October 2026, raises an important question about the future architecture of Sri Lanka’s Opposition.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 10 October 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>Who owns new security laws?</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Who-owns-new-security-laws-/4-798476</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The statute in the middle will not police itself. I am the son and the grandson of two police officers who rose from the lowest rank, and I was brought up inside a police training school. What I watched, from the first parade to the last entry in the book, was a duty with a name on it. It was a grand family environment, and it is the reason I could render whatever service I have rendered. The Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill, gazetted on 6 Oct]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 10 October 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>PTSA: Realistic options</title> 
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                <description><![CDATA[The clock has started ticking on the Prevention of Terrorism against the State bill; the first of many petitions against it have been filed at the Supreme Court. Many whose prime concern is human rights appear to believe this is a bad bill. What are the realistic options before us at this moment when a Government with a supermajority has decided to pay the political price of violating its election promise to repeal the abhorrent Prevention of Ter]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 10 October 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>Decryption, disclosure and detention: What the Prevention of Organised Crimes Bill brings back</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Decryption--disclosure-and-detention--What-the-Prevention-of-Organised-Crimes-Bill-brings-back/4-798474</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[A new week, a new draft law, and a new set of significant challenges.]]></description>

                <pubDate> Saturday, 10 October 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>Rabies-free Sri Lanka: One health and vital role of veterinarians</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Rabies-free-Sri-Lanka--One-health-and-vital-role-of-veterinarians/4-798426</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Rabies remains one of the world’s deadliest yet most preventable diseases. As a zoonotic disease transmitted mainly through infected animals, preventing human deaths ultimately depends on controlling the disease at its source. While Sri Lanka has made remarkable progress in reducing rabies over the years, achieving the goal of a rabies-free nation will require a renewed commitment to the One Health approach and greater recognition of the leadersh]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 9 October 2026 00:26</pubDate>

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                <title>Independence of Independent Director,  a key differentiator in Board effectiveness</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Independence-of-Independent-Director---a-key-differentiator-in-Board-effectiveness/4-798425</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[On paper, corporate governance in Sri Lanka is a picture of statutory precision. Open the annual report of nearly any listed enterprise on the Colombo Stock Exchange, and you will find a neatly arranged matrix certifying Board compliance. Checkmarks confirm that Directors meet every criterion required by the Securities and Exchange Commission, local listing rules, and corporate governance codes. No former executive ties, no material pecuniary tra]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 9 October 2026 00:24</pubDate>

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                <title>Sri Lanka voted for ‘system change’. Two years on, the harder question is whether power itself has changed</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Sri-Lanka-voted-for--system-change---Two-years-on--the-harder-question-is-whether-power-itself-has-changed/4-798423</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[The NPP came to office promising more than another change of government. It promised to break with the habits of Sri Lankan power. Two years into Anura Kumara Dissanayake’s presidency, there are genuine reforms to show for that mandate but also uncomfortable evidence that some of the country’s oldest political patterns remain remarkably resilient]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 9 October 2026 00:22</pubDate>

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                <title>Be empathetic</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Be-empathetic/4-798437</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Being empathetic in customer experience means seeing things from the customer’s perspective. It involves understanding their specific pain points, acknowledging their feelings and prioritising human connection over rigid scripts so that they feel valued and heard. It conveys a simple message: ‘I have your best interests at heart, and I am committed to helping you resolve this.’ Empathy can ease tension, acknowledge frustration and show customers]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 9 October 2026 00:20</pubDate>

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