Nandalal Weerasinghe Re-appointed as Central Bank Governor
The Central Bank announces that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has re-appointed Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe as the Governor of the Central Bank for a further …
The Central Bank announces that President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has re-appointed Dr. P. Nandalal Weerasinghe as the Governor of the Central Bank for a further …
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission team led by Peter Breuer and Masahiro Nozaki visited Colombo from June 20 to 30, 2022 to discuss IMF support for …
The year-on-year GDP growth rate for the first quarter of 2022 has been estimated as negative 1.6 percent which indicated a considerable contraction of the …
The remaining fuel stocks will be distributed only for essential services with effect from midnight today (June 27) until the 10th of July, Cabinet spokesman …
Earnings from the merchandise exports increased by 9.9 % y-o-y to US$ 980.2 Mn in May 2022 as per the data released by the Sri Lanka Customs. This was mainly …
Bell Geospace, the world leaders in gravity gradiometry, has conducted the first aerial mapping of petroleum resources in Sri Lanka in Q4 of 2021, and will be …
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka Prof. G. L. Peiris held a meeting with Australia’s Minister for Home Affairs, Clare O’Neil MP during her …
The Central Bank Executive Officers' Union (CBEOU) representing all staff grades up to the Deputy Governor position of the Central Bank, says that they are …
Cabinet nod has been received to instruct the legal draftsmen to prepare necessary bills to amend the following Acts with a view to increasing government …
The Ministry of Finance issued Import Control Regulations on Payment Terms No.07 of 2022, dated 06 May 2022, and to be effective from 20 May 2022, by …
The World Bank Country Director for Sri Lanka, Faris H. Hadad-Zervos in a tweet has rejected the numbers mentioned in a statement issued by the Ministry of …
The World Bank Country Manager in Colombo, Chiyo Kanda, called on the Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G.L. Peiris at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on 27 …
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa had a meeting today (28) with the Governor of the Central Bank, Dr.P. Nandalal Weerasinghe and Monetary Board member Sanjeeva …
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team led by Peter Breuer and Masahiro Nozaki conducted a virtual mission with the Sri Lankan authorities during May 9-24 …
President Gotabaya Rajapaksa expects that the negotiations now underway regarding bridging funds from Japan will conclude soon. The President made these …
The Minister of Foreign Affairs Prof. G. L. Peiris met the UN Resident Coordinator in Colombo, Hanaa Singer- Hamdy on 23 May, 2022 to discuss multiple …
The Cabinet has previously approved the provision of the services of an International Financial Adviser and an International Legal Adviser for the …
Statement on Sri Lanka Defaulting on Foreign Debt Payments by Eran Wickramaratne M.P., Former State Minister of Finance On 12 April 2022, Sri Lanka suspended …
2022 has so far been a tumultuous year for Sri Lanka. With the country teetering dangerously close to defaulting, economists have noted that the situation will …
On 18 May, Sri Lanka (Ca stable) defaulted on its international bonds for the first time, after failing to make its coupon payments that were due on 18 April …