President orders review of Central Bank salary increase

Responding to mounting pressures from Members of Parliament,  the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) and public concerns President Wickremesinghe in his capacity as the Minister of Finance, Economic Stabilization and National Policies has established an independent remuneration committee to review the recent increase in staff remuneration at the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL).

The Independent Remuneration Committee members include Mr Dinesh Stephen Weerakkody, Mr Arjuna Herath, Dr Indrajit Coomaraswamy, Mrs Sudharma Karunarathne, Mr Anthony Nihal Fonseka, Mr Anushka S Wijesinha and Mr Duminda Hulangamuwa.