COLOMBO – Banks in Sri Lanka have been ordered to delay dividends and foreign banks’ gains to halt profit repatriation until the 2020 accounts have been audited, and cut some spending in a bid to conserve capital and liquidity.
Banks have also been asked as far as possible to cut spending on…
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