Sri Lanka’s overall rate of inflation, as measured by the Colombo Consumer Price Index (CCPI), rose to 27-month high of 5.5 percent in May 2026, near the Central Bank’s upper inflation target rate, ...

Sri Lanka’s tighter macroprudential restrictions on vehicle and gold-backed lending will benefit lenders’ risk profiles, ...

A team of 20 legislators and 4 parliament officials are participating in a Workshop for Members of Parliament of Sri Lanka ...

Sri Lanka President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has urged all citizens to embrace peace, brotherhood and sacrifice, in an Eid al ...

Commercial Bank of Ceylon now lets Sri Lankan freelancers, digital entrepreneurs and exporters transfer their PayPal balances directly to a local Commercial Bank account through ComBank Digital.

Lanka has sold 4,300 million rupees of treasury bills offered on tap at average rates of 9.36 percent, 9.68 percent and 9.83 ...

The International Monetary Fund aid it has approved a 695 million US dollar payment to Sri Lanka under its program in ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s rupee closed at 328.50/332.00 to the US dollar in the spot market on Wednesday, weaker from 324.00/325.50 the previous day, dealers said, while bond yields closed up. The ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka has sold all offered 240 billion rupees in 2030, 2033 and 2035 bonds, data from the public debt management office showed. All offered 90 billion rupees of 01 August 2030 ...

ECONOMYNEXT – The country’s banking sector is stable and secure despite recent financial fraud incidents, the Sri Lanka Banks’ Association (SLBA) has said, adding that these do not pose a threat to ...

ECONOMYNEXT – Panicked importers had bought dollars at prices as high as 380 to 400 especially in the forward market in the recent period of uncertainty in the forex markets, Central Bank Governor ...