A guidance peg for interbank transactions weakened by one cent to 360.97 rupees

Immigration officials stated that the police and SSD were on the lookout for Fraser.

The website also recorded a surge in search traffic from countries such as the UK, Australia, US, Canada and UAE.

He said inflation may peak around September below 70 percent before showing a downward trend.

 At the moment, the Central Bank is in the process analysing its creditors before it reaches out to them.

There has been no request to restructure domestic debt

The Governor of the Central Bank says that Sri Lanka s negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is making good progress and that an IMF delegation is expected to visit the island by the end of August to reach a staff-level agreement.

The Monetary Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) has decided to maintain the Standing Deposit Facility Rate (SDFR) and the Standing Lending Facility Rate (SLFR) of the Central Bank at their current levels of 14.50 per cent and 15.50 per cent, respectively.

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