More Rates
Subscribe to Central Bank of Sri Lanka RSS

News

New Primary Issuance System for Treasury Bonds

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka will introduce a new primary issuance system for Treasury bonds (T-bonds). Effective from July 27, 2017, the new system replaces the existing fully auction based issuance system for T-bonds, that has been in practice since February 2015. The main purpose of introducing the new system is to further enhance the efficiency and transparency of the domestic borrowings of the Government.

The new system is more structured and includes regular monthly T-bond auctions. Each monthly auction offers two T-bond series of different maturities and tenures of the series are expected to match the resource availability in the market.

Statement Issued by the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on the Leakage of Customer Information by Hatton National Bank PLC

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) wishes to inform the general public that a preliminary investigation was conducted by CBSL and as per the information available at present, it appears that this incident had occurred inadvertently relating to certain banking information of 4,630 customers. It is also observed that this incident is attributable to internal lapses in managing and using customer information within HNB. Therefore, this subject is under further investigation by both HNB and CBSL.

Accordingly, interim supervisory measures have already been initiated to take action against those who are responsible for the incident in terms of legal provisions as well as relevant supervisory standards.

Inflation in June 2017

Inflation, as measured by the change in the National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) (2013=100), which is compiled by the Department of Census and Statistics (DCS), decelerated to 6.3 per cent in June 2017 from 7.1 per cent in May 2017, on year-on-year basis. Both Food and Non-food categories contributed towards the year-on-year inflation in June 2017.

The change in the NCPI measured on an annual average basis remained at 6.1 per cent in June 2017, at same level of the previous month.

The International Monetary Fund to Release the Third Tranche of US Dollars 167.2 million under the Extended Fund Facility

The second review of the three-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) obtained by Sri Lanka in June 2016 has been successfully completed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the third tranche to the value of SDR 119.894 million (approximately US dollars 167.2 million) will be disbursed on 19 July 2017.

46th Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Clearing Union Colombo, Sri Lanka, July 12-13, 2017

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka hosted the Standing Technical Meeting on July 12, 2017 and the 46th Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Asian Clearing Union (ACU) on July 13, 2017, respectively.

The ACU presently has a membership of nine Central Banks/ Monetary Authorities. Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Iran, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka are the current members of ACU. The Board of Directors of the ACU consists of the Governors of Central Banks/Heads of Monetary Authorities in these countries. The ACU functions under a Secretary General, responsible to the Board of Directors and has its Secretariat located in Teheran, Iran.

SL Purchasing Managers’ Index Survey - June 2017

The Manufacturing Sector PMI recorded 56.1 in June which is a decrease of 1.8 index points compared to May 2017. This indicates that the manufacturing activities expanded, albeit at a slower rate in June 2017, mainly due to the decrease in New Orders and Production sub-indices which were partly influenced by the adverse weather conditions. As a result, excessive stock levels were created and a marginal decline in lengthening of the suppliers’ delivery time was experienced. However, the Employment level improved recovering from the contraction experienced in the previous month. Further, all the sub-indices of PMI recorded values above the neutral 50.0 threshold signalling an overall expansion. Moreover, the expectation for activities indicates an improvement for the next three months.

Pages

Press Releases

09.05.2025 Open Market Operations - 09 May 2025
09.05.2025 Treasury Bond Issuance held on 09 May 2025
08.05.2025 Open Market Operations - 08 May 2025
08.05.2025 Treasury Bill Issuance held on 07 May 2025
07.05.2025 Open Market Operations - 07 May 2025
07.05.2025 Treasury Bill Auction held on 07 May 2025

more

Government Securities

Treasury Bills/Bonds for Foreign/Non-Resident Investors

Sri Lanka Development Bonds

T-bills and T-bonds Primary Auction Calendar

Secondary Market Trade Summary

LankaSecure Services

GOSL Outstanding Debt Securities

Daily Report

more

Notices

08.05.2025 Tender for Janitorial Services for the Centre for Banking Studies – Rajagiriya, Central Point Building and Whiteaways Building at Colombo-01 of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka
07.05.2025 Rs. 173,000 million Treasury bills are to be issued through an auction on 14th May 2025
06.05.2025 Issue of Rs.80,000 million Treasury Bonds
02.05.2025 Rs. 130,000 million Treasury bills are to be issued through an auction on 07th May 2025
24.04.2025 Rs. 145,000 million Treasury bills are to be issued through an auction on 29th April 2025
24.04.2025 Refurbishment of Steel Fire Staircases & Roof Canopies of Towers 3, 4 & 5 of Head Office Building of Central Bank of Sri Lanka

more

About

More Services

Useful Sites

Follow Us