The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has recently received many public complaints indicating that some schemes operating through online platforms are misleading investors into depositing money/investing in these schemes by stating factors such as indicated below, in an attempt to justify that they are lawful schemes: 

• The scheme is protecting investors’ funds by adhering to the regulations of CBSL;
• The scheme is paying the relevant taxes to the Government; 
• Participants of the schemes have to pay a personal income tax from their funds to CBSL, in order to withdraw funds and if not, their funds would be frozen by CBSL; 
• The scheme has had discussions with CBSL.

CBSL strongly denies the above statements and wishes to inform the public that there is no truth in these statements. 

The list of institutions licensed and regulated by CBSL is included in the CBSL website and the website of the Foreign Exchange Department and can be accessed through the following links. 

‘Economic and Social Statistics of Sri Lanka – 2023’, an annual publication of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, is now available for public access.

Statistics Department of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka publishes this booklet, which consists of statistical tables categorised under eight major areas, i.e. ‘National Accounts’, ‘Economic and Social Infrastructure’, ‘Prices, Wages and Employment’, ‘External Trade and Finance’, ‘Government Finance’, ‘Money and Capital Markets’, ‘Financial Sector’ and a section including statistics of other countries. This publication will be a useful collection of information for those who are interested in socio-economic statistics.

The English version of this publication is available in electronic form and can be accessed through the Central Bank website (http://www.cbsl.gov.lk).