The Monetary Policy Board of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka, at its meeting held on 28 January 2025, decided to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) of the Central Bank at its current level of 8.00 per cent.

Indicative rate of the USD/LKR Spot Exchange Rate is the weighted average rate of all actual USD/LKR Spot transactions executed in the domestic inter-bank foreign exchange market, including the CBSL spot interventions carried out via “Request for Quote (RFQ)” method throughout the previous/latest available business day.

Buy and Sell Exchange Rates. The average rates currencies quoted on that day at 9.30 a.m. by commercial banks in Colombo for Telegraph Transfers (TT).

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (abbr. CBSL; Sinhala: ශ්‍රී ලංකා මහ බැංකුව, romanized: Sri Lanka Maha Bankuwa) is the monetary authority of Sri Lanka. It was established in 1950 under the Monetary Law Act No.58 of 1949 (MLA) and in terms of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka Act No. 16 of 2023, the CBSL is a body ...

The Digital Payments Promotion Campaign 2025 under the theme of “Shaping the Future through Digital Transactions” was launched by Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) on 9th January 2025, at the Magam Ruhunupura Administrative Complex in …

The Central Bank's website is updated whenever necessary. Usually, press conferences are held by the Governor and senior Central Bank officials after each monetary policy review. In addition, senior officials of the Central Bank are frequently interviewed by the media.

The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) is the apex financial institution in Sri Lanka. The CBSL Act No. 16 of 2023 (CBA) brought into law in September 2023, supersedes the Monetary Law Act (MLA) No. 58 of 1949 that established the CBSL In 1950 as a semi-autonomous body.