Foreign Exchange Archives

July 11, 2022

The Minister of Finance has issued an Order under Section 8 of the Foreign Exchange Act No. 12 of 2017 extending the amnesty period granted for persons in or resident in Sri Lanka to deposit or sell the foreign currency in possession to an Authorized Dealer (A Licensed Commercial Bank or […]

June 7, 2022

7th June 2022, Colombo: Vision Care, Sri Lanka’s largest vision and eye wear solutions provider, is marking World Environment Day 2022 and also stepping forward to provide support to the national effort to reduce energy consumption and thereby save valuable foreign exchange for the country by encouraging a number of simple […]

March 31, 2022

Considering the complaints received from general public that Prasanna Money Exchange (Pvt) Ltd is offering higher exchange rates, the Department of Foreign Exchange of the Central Bank conducted an on-site investigation at the Prasanna Money Exchange (Pvt) Ltd on 30.03.2022. As per the investigation, it was observed that the Prasanna Money […]

January 7, 2022

The budget for the year 2022 which has been approved by the parliament and commenced to effect from 01 st of January, 2022 and the Minister of Finance submitted the following information on the external outlook of the Sri Lankan economy in detail which is expected to achieve through the budget […]

December 24, 2021

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka wishes to inform the general public that the measures being taken at present will ensure that by end of 2021 official reserves will remain above US dollars 3 billion. Despite the headwinds of the economic impact of COVID-19 and challenges posed by adverse developments in the external sector, […]

Extending the Order issued on Possession of Foreign Currency

Vision Care marks World Environment Day 2022 by implementing company-wide campaign to increase energy efficiency and help the country

Central Bank suspends Money Changing permit issued to Prasanna Money Exchange (Pvt) Ltd

2022 Economy and Outlook

Expected Foreign Exchange Inflows and the Official Reserve Position