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On 27 February 2015, newly appointed CBSL governor Arjuna Mahendran advertised the sale of Rs. 1 billion in 30 year government bonds at a coupon of 12.5% [7] Despite several accounts erroneously cite an indicative rate of 9.5%.
According to Transparency International's 2023 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI), Sri Lanka scored a 34 on a scale from 0 ("highly corrupt") to 100 ("very clean"). When ranked by score, Sri Lanka ranked #115 among the 180 countries in the Index, where the country ranked #1 is perceived to have the most honest public sector. [1]
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka was established in 1950, two years after independence. The founder governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka was John Exter, while the minister of finance at the time was J. R. Jayewardene. Under the former name of Central Bank of Ceylon, it replaced the Currency Board that until then had been responsible for ...
Sri Lanka has also sought an additional $500 million line of credit from India, and began negotiating a credit line of $1.5 billion. Sri Lankan minister of finance Ali Sabry has stated "We are a neutral country. We are a friend to all." [10] In May 2022, Sri Lanka defaulted on its debt for the first time in the country's history. [12]
The official website of Sri Lankan prime minister Mahinda Rajapaksa was hacked on June 3, 2021. The Information Technology Society Sri Lanka - ITSSL said the PM’s website was hacked in a manner in which any visitor to the website would be redirected to another website which displays content related to the Bitcoin cryptocurrency. [7]
Sri Lanka has seen external instability from around late 2014 suffering two currency crises and low growth with the rupee falling from 131 to 182 to the US dollar by 2018. [6] Foreign debt rose from 30% of gross domestic product in 2014 to 41.3% in 2019 while total debt went up from 76% to 86% as growth slowed amid [ 7 ] Sovereign bond ...
It is considered as one of the most systemically important banks in Sri Lanka. It is the largest lender to Sri Lanka's Small and Medium Enterprise sector. [7] The Ministry of Finance of Sri Lanka revealed that the Commercial Bank of Ceylon was the biggest lender to SME sector for the year 2020 amounting to an estimated amount of 21.6 billion ...
Ceylinco Consolidated is liable to repay nearly USD 200million for disgruntled [3] depositors [4] of failed Golden Key Credit Card Company, [5] F&G (Finance and Guarantee) PLC, Ceylinco Shiram PLC [6] The scandal, which erupted like a tsunami when the Ceylinco Golden Key Credit Card Company failed to honour its payments to depositors, soon spread to other institutions. it is estimated as at ...