Sri Lanka is set to receive a swap of US 1.5 billion from the Central Bank of China to raise its foreign reserves.
The Central Bank (CB) last week explained that measures were being taken to ensure that by end of 2021 official reserves will remain above US dollars 3 billion.
The CB said as articulated in the Six-Month Road Map, number of foreign exchange inflows are envisaged in the very near term.
“Major foreign exchange inflows to the Central Bank include SWAP facilities with Middle Eastern and other regional central banks amounting to about US dollars 2 billion. The Government is also in the process of securing Government to Government financing, syndicated loans as well as loans from multilateral organisations,” the CB said.
Former Chairman of SriLankan Airlines, Nishantha Wickramasinghe, arrested on allegation of corruption by the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) has been remanded until July 1 by the Colombo Magistrate court.
Deputy Minister of Finance and Economic Stabilization and NPP National List MP Harshana Suriyapperuma who is tipped to be named the next Finance Ministry Secretary resigned from Parliament today.
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