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            <title><![CDATA[Ex-SriLankan Air CEO Found Dead Amid Fresh Bribery Probe]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2026 08:33:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Former Sri Lankan Airlines CEO Kapila Chandrasena arrives at the Magistrate&apos;s Court following his arrest, in Colombo on Feb. 6, 2020.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Discloses New Payment Lapse Days After Hack Revelation]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 05:48:15 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Probes $2.5 Million Hack of Finance Ministry Funds]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:45:23 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[IMF Gives Initial Nod to Sri Lanka for $700 Million Loan Tranche]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 05:33:26 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka in Talks for Russian Oil Products as War Jolts Market]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:56:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Keeps Policy Rate Unchanged as Oil Cost Risks Loom]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 02:03:14 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A rickshaw passes the Central Bank of Sri Lanka headquarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Tuesday, April 4, 2023. While some relief may be in sight for Sri Lanka after securing a $3 billion International Monetary Fund loan program last month, the road to turning the troubled economy around remains rocky as debt issues hang.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Growth Slows on Cyclone; Outlook Clouded by Conflict]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:15:13 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>workers transport goods on carts in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2024. Sri Lanka is scheduled to release gross domestic product (GDP) figures on Sept. 13.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Comes to Aid of Second Iranian Naval Vessel]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2026 00:12:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[US Sub Sinks Iranian Ship in First Torpedo Hit Since WWII]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 04 Mar 2026 09:51:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Keeps Key Rate Steady to Support Cyclone Recovery]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2026 02:02:19 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A landslide-affected area in the aftermath of Cyclone Ditwah, in Maspanna, Sri Lanka in Dec. 2025. Photographer: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[IMF Board Set to Meet This Month on Sri Lanka Emergency Financing]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2025 02:08:32 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Plans Fund to Rebuild From Worst Storms in About 20 Years]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2025 02:02:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Army personnel rescue stranded people as they wade through a flooded road in Colombo on Nov. 30. Photographer: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cyclone Kills 132 in Sri Lanka’s Worst Flood for 20 Years]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2025 07:37:52 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A youth carries an elderly man as they wade through a flooded street in Colombo on Nov. 30. Photographer: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Keeps Policy Rate Steady as Recovery Gains Pace]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2025 02:03:19 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Budget Aims Investment, Reforms to Protect IMF Bailout]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:17:53 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Anura Kumara Dissanayake on Nov. 7. Photographer: Ishara S. Kodikara/AFP/Getty Images</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Holds Rates as Growth Quickens, Tariff Risks Loom]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 02:02:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka’s Economic Growth Inches Higher After Rate Cuts]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 11:05:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>A garment factory in the the Export Processing Zone in Katunayake, Western province, Sri Lanka. Photographer: Buddhika Weerasinghe</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Set to Secure Yuan Loan Equivalent to $500 Million]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2025 07:35:47 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>The construction of Sri Lanka’s Central Expressway is expected to recommence later this month.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Ex-President Gets Bail After Arrest on Misuse of Funds]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 26 Aug 2025 11:09:23 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Sri Lanka&apos;s former president Ranil Wickremesinghe is escorted to his seat in a prison bus in Colombo on Aug. 22.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Sri Lanka Ex-President Remanded After Arrest on Misuse of Funds]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 22 Aug 2025 10:03:08 GMT</pubDate>
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