Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena has visited the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on 9th July 2015, the Bank said today. “Sirisena was accompanied by Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe and jointly received by Governor Arjuna Mahendran, members of the Monetary Board and the senior management of CBSL.” the Central Bank said. A new silver coin minted for the 150th Birth Anniversary of Srimath Anagarika Dharmapala was presented as a memento in honor of the President’s visit to the Bank. Sri Lanka’s President Maithripala Sirisena has visited the Central Bank of Sri Lanka on 9th July 2015, the Bank said today.
The 8th International Research Conference of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka was held on 7 December at the John Exter International Conference Hall of the Central Bank The conference, organised by the Economic Research Department of the Central Bank, aims to stimulate research on current themes while providing a forum for researchers of central banks, monetary authorities, universities and other research institutions to present recent theoretical and empirical work on issues relating to central banking and the macro economy.
The Central Bank of Sri Lanka will commence operations at its Regional Office in Nuwara Eliya on 17 January to further expand its regional presence to promote financial inclusion and to facilitate economic activities in the region. The Nuwara Eliya Regional Office is to be declared open by the Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, Arjuna Mahendran, with the participation of the senior management of the Central Bank and senior officials of commercial banks and government institutions.