Harsha questions why Finance Ministry, Central Bank silent on missing USD 2.5 million

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Colombo, April 22 (Daily Mirror) - Claiming that Parliament is Constitutionally responsible for public finance, Chairman of the Committee on Public Finance (CoPF) and SJB MP Dr. Harsha De Silva raised concerns why the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CBSL) have been silent all this time regarding the loss of USD 2.5 million of the Sri Lankan peoples’ money.

The MP said in a post on X, "Disappeared! This is not just negligence. This is a failure we warned about. When debt operations were moved from the Central Bank to the Treasury's PDMO, the COPF repeatedly urged the Treasury to hire competent, experienced staff. Managing a sovereign nation's debt in global financial markets is not a clerical task. Those warnings were ignored."

The MP said "Now we are paying the price, and the question is, technically, has Sri Lanka defaulted on payments as the creditor is alleged to have not received five debt payments?”

“This comes as the Ministry of Finance has failed to appear before the COPF for three consecutive meetings: on gaming regulation, Quarter 4 2025 fiscal performance and the critical discussion on fiscal-monetary policy coordination. In over 15 years in Parliament, I have never seen this level of contempt for parliamentary oversight," he said.

"This morning, we wrote to the Secretary of the Treasury. Parliament is Constitutionally responsible for public finance. We have yet to receive a response on how or when this happened, and why the Ministry of Finance and the Central Bank have been silent all this time.

“This is not a political issue. Regardless of where we stand, we must come together to address this, hold those responsible accountable, and rebuild the trust our country has worked so hard to restore. The people of Sri Lanka deserve nothing less but accountability on public finance."

Comments - 6

Jude Wednesday, 22 April 2026 11:09 PM

Hey Harsha, Nandalal is your man. Before he flee to Australia question him.

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Ram P Thursday, 23 April 2026 05:06 AM

Harsha, Please understand that in Finance Ministry situation silence is golden. If they start talking the people involved in the hacking /robbery will get clues to seal any avenue left for their arrest

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lion Thursday, 23 April 2026 05:39 AM

Tropic about coal dispute will be forgotten with this new tropic, These people will try their best to put the whole responsibility on the government siting that the government has failed to appoint capable people to handle the relevant subject.

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Sambo Thursday, 23 April 2026 08:01 AM

This government is also giving food for thought to the opposition, while the public defends the government in every possible way, but won't be for too long.

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Nish Thursday, 23 April 2026 10:21 AM

Which public is this? Colpetty crowd?

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Roger Thursday, 23 April 2026 08:37 AM

They have answers, the final say will most likely be yes we couldn't prevent it, the treasury will sort it out from the tax payer

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