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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>Litmus test for  effective enforcement  of laws and regulations</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Litmus-test-for--effective-enforcement--of-laws-and-regulations/4-794467</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Background
Foreign and local investors, law abiding businesses, administrators and civil servants, investing public, journalists, professionals and rule of law and justice committed citizens have been shocked and dismayed by news reports alerting that perceived well run public and private sector leading entities, during the past 9 months of having reported massive losses of national resources, especially scares external resources. 
The extent o]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 10 July 2026 00:27</pubDate>

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                <title>How football became the field where global powers perform</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/How-football-became-the-field-where-global-powers-perform/4-794463</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[There was a time when the FIFA World Cup was simply about football. It was a month-long festival in which the world’s finest footballers competed for the game’s ultimate prize while the rest of humanity suspended its differences in favour of ninety minutes of shared passion. 
And politics, if it intruded at all, was expected to remain outside the touchline. But not anymore.
The FIFA World Cup 2026 may ultimately be remembered less for the team ]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 10 July 2026 00:26</pubDate>

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                <title>Governance beyond politics: Is Sri Lanka focusing on the right priorities?</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Governance-beyond-politics--Is-Sri-Lanka-focusing-on-the-right-priorities-/4-794462</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka has emerged from its worst economic crisis since Independence with signs of macroeconomic stabilisation. Inflation has fallen dramatically from its 2022 peak, foreign reserves have improved, debt restructuring has progressed, and confidence in economic management has begun to recover under the IMF-supported reform programme. These are significant achievements that deserve recognition.
Yet stabilisation is only the first stage of recove]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 10 July 2026 00:25</pubDate>

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                <title>Creating dynamic SME entrepreneur ecosystem for Sri Lanka is not rocket science</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Creating-dynamic-SME-entrepreneur-ecosystem-for-Sri-Lanka-is-not-rocket-science/4-794461</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[SME ecosystem creation is an art by understanding the scientific realities
Sri Lanka is a country that in the last 70 years received the facilitation of the World Bank, Asian Development and many other multilateral financial institutions to build an empowering banking and finance landscape to create a thriving SME entrepreneur ecosystem in Sri Lanka. The reality is thanks to solid Central Bank of Sri Lanka regulatory mechanism, we have a strong ]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 10 July 2026 00:24</pubDate>

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                <title>Sri Lanka looks stable, that is exactly the danger</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Sri-Lanka-looks-stable--that-is-exactly-the-danger/4-794459</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Sri Lanka has earned a visible degree of stability. Inflation has come down. Queues have disappeared. Essential supplies are available. Some confidence has returned. These achievements matter, and those who worked for them deserve recognition.
But stability is not the same as resilience.
A country can look calm on the surface while remaining deeply vulnerable underneath. Sri Lanka is still exposed to foreign exchange shortages, external debt re]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 10 July 2026 00:23</pubDate>

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                <title>An oasis for learning, discovery and innovation – Rice is sure to rise</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/An-oasis-for-learning--discovery-and-innovation-–-Rice-is-sure-to-rise/4-794458</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[As I scanned the Earthset pictures from the successful Artemis II mission launched from the Kennedy Space Centre, alongside the story of Rise, the plush toy designed by an 8-year-old Ye, my mind went back to my short stay as a Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Rice University.   As a strategic initiative, Rice University has donated land to establish the Johnson Space Centre and has initiated the first Space Science and Technology Department at a uni]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 10 July 2026 00:21</pubDate>

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                <title>Import dependence and food security</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/columns/Import-dependence-and-food-security/4-794453</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[Once again when the war in the Middle East broke out in February this year, the Government started panicking on possible food shortages.  One can easily see our import dependence just by analysing a few every day food and beverages that every Sri Lankan consumes.  For example, take our staple beverage of a cup of tea, other than the tea, the milk powder and the sugar is import dependent at least upto 85% and 95% respectively.  Take our staple mea]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 10 July 2026 00:20</pubDate>

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                <title>EFC refutes Columnist Dhanusha Gihan Pathirana</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/opinion/EFC-refutes-Columnist-Dhanusha-Gihan-Pathirana/14-794466</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[We write with serious concern regarding the article titled “EPF reforms by Employers’ Federation: A Trojan Horse masking corporate capture” published in Daily FT on 9 July 2026 (https://www.ft.lk/columns/EPF-reforms-by-Employers-Federation-A-Trojan-Horse-masking-corporate-capture/4-794404). The article contains numerous false/unwarranted allegations, and speculative conclusions that unfairly and unjustifiably impugn the reputation, integrity, and]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 10 July 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>Reply to the CPC’s Right of Reply: A response  that responds to nothing</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/opinion/Reply-to-the-CPC-s-Right-of-Reply--A-response--that-responds-to-nothing/14-794465</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[By Saliya Wickramasuriya, Nishan de Mel, Anushan Kapilan
We thank the Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC) for its response (Daily FT, 7 July 26 https://www.ft.lk/opinion/Right-of-Reply-CPC-responds-to-Verit%C3%A9-Research-opinion-column-on-pricing/14-794310) to our Op-ed “The price is wrong, twice: Sri Lanka’s fuel is both overpriced and underpriced” (Daily FT, 15 July 2026 See https://www.ft.lk/ft_view__editorial/The-price-is-wrong-twice-Sri-Lan]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 10 July 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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                <title>Entrepreneur decoding body’s hidden language</title> 
                <link>https://www.ft.lk/opinion/Entrepreneur-decoding-body-s-hidden-language/14-794454</link>
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                <description><![CDATA[By Dilrukshi Fernando 
Having honed his skills in engineering high-performance systems for Formula One and advancing cutting-edge artificial intelligence and neuroscience research, Emil Hewage has built a career at the forefront of deep technology. The Sri Lankan-born entrepreneur and computational neuroscientist has worked with leading global organisations across engineering, consulting and healthcare innovation before founding BIOS in the UK,]]></description>

                <pubDate> Friday, 10 July 2026 00:00</pubDate>

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