INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
In view of Friday (June 30) being declared as a Special Bank Holiday, the 30th of June 2023 has also been declared as a Market Holiday by
gazette notification issued by Prime Minister Dinesh Gunawardena in his capacity as the Minister of Public Administration, Home Affairs,
Provincial Councils - Local Government.The special bank holiday was declared under Section 10(1) of the Holidays Act, No
29 of 1971.The Governor of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL), Dr
Nandalal Weerasinghe announced that that an extended bank holiday was declared from June 29 to July 03, 2023, including June 30, in order to
(June) 30th was to create a sufficient number of days for domestic debt optimization strategy that has been discussed with the Central Bank
is a bank holiday, all the banking activities that can be done during the period, with banks physically opening or not, can be carried out
restructuring domestic debt and that interests will not be affected.
