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<news:title>Tackling non-transparency in Sri Lanka to attract sustainable Foreign Direct Investment</news:title>
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<news:title>Deshabandu denies accepting consultancy position at SLC</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.ft.lk/other/SIA-Education-Consultants-Pvt-Ltd-expands-reach-with-new-office-in-Sri-Lanka/10538-755189</loc>
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<news:title>Will Online Safety Bill make online harms worse?</news:title>
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<news:title>Will Online Safety Bill make online harms worse?</news:title>
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<news:title>COYLE, NTB partner to facilitate entrepreneurship</news:title>
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<news:title>HNB Assurance Group completes impressive 3Q with 21% growth in GWP</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.ft.lk/Financial-Services/Bond-market-active-yields-dip-further/42-755195</loc>
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<news:title>Bond market active; yields dip further</news:title>
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<loc>https://www.ft.lk/Agriculture/Nelna-to-harvest-1-million-kilos-of-mango-in-2023-2024-season/31-755196</loc>
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<news:title>Nelna to harvest 1 million kilos of mango in 2023/2024 season</news:title>
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<news:title>159 Sri Lankan Parliamentarians write to UN Chief over brutal Israeli onslaught on Gaza</news:title>
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