The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Mr. Ajith Nivard Cabraal met with Bangladesh High Commissioner to Sri Lanka, His Excellency Tareq Md Ariful Islam today, to discuss strengthening of economic ties and greater utilization of the Colombo Port for Bangladesh exports.

Headline inflation, as measured by the year-onyear (Y-o-Y) change in the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI, 2013=100), decreased marginally to 6.7 per cent in August 2021 from 6.8 per cent in July 2021. This decline was entirely due to the statistical effect of the high base prevailed in August 2020. Meanwhile, Food inflation (Y-o-Y) increased marginally to 11.1 per cent in August 2021 from 11.0 per cent in July 2021, while Non-Food inflation (Y-o-Y) decreased to 3.0 per cent in August 2021 from 3.2 per cent in July 2021.

The NCPI, measured on an annual average basis, increased marginally to 5.5 per cent in August 2021 from at 5.4 per cent in July 2021.