Sri Lanka, May 8 -- Sri Lanka's gross official reserves have continued to increase through the end of April topping the US$ 5.0 billion level for the first time since December 2020 when the country was coming out of the second wave of the virus outbreak.

While the official data is just a few days from its release to the public, the Central Bank Governor, Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe this week disclosed the latest foreign currency levels in the country by the end of April which was at US$ 5,438 million.

This was a robust US$ 487 million increase in foreign currency reserves within April.

April reserves also marked the highest from over three years in January 2021 when the reserves were at US$ 4,814.6 million.

Thereafter the country's reser...