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The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has issued a warning against the use of word ‘Finance’ in business names.

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Sri Lanka’s ex-Central Bank Chief and senior economist this week urged policymakers to maintain a strong focus on structural ...

Sri Lanka's current reserves are at $6 billion, enough to cover four months of imports, the latest central bank data showed. In the depths of the crisis, reserves had shrunk to just $1.9 billion ...

COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's headline inflation is expected to peak around 2 percentage points above the central bank's target in the second quarter of 2026, the bank said in a monetary policy report on ...