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විදේශ විනිමය අනුපාතය – Nishan de Mel on Hiru Evening NewsCast

by |08 September 202113 September 2021|Interviews & Articles

Executive Director Nishan de Mel speaks to Hiru Evening News on the Central Bank's valuation of foreign exchange rates and how it could potentially lead to a deepening of the foreign exchange crisis Sri Lanka is facing.

Sri Lanka Declares Economic Emergency – Nishan de Mel on Al Jazeera Inside Story

by |04 September 202113 September 2021|Interviews & Articles

Executive Director Nishan de Mel appears on Al Jazeera's Inside Story segment alongside State Minister Ajith Nivaard Cabraal and MP Harsha de Silva to discuss the sudden depreciation of the Sri Lankan rupee and the recent forex crisis.

Rethinking the rupee crisis

by |27 September 201827 September 2018|Verité in the News

The call by the Government to reduce imports as an effort to counter the impact of Sri Lanka’s fast depreciating rupee was met with disdain by many members of the public. This is largely because an import contraction is seen...