Sri Lanka, March 11 -- The Economic Monitoring Committee, established on the proposal by the President Anura Kumara Dissanayake to safeguard Sri Lanka's economic stability and protect the welfare of citizens due to the conflict in the Middle East, met last afternoon (10) at the Presidential Secretariat.

The Committee is chaired by Deputy Minister of Finance and Planning and Minister of Labour, Dr Anil Jayantha Fernando, while Senior Additional Secretary to the President (Finance and Economic Affairs), Russell Aponsu, serves as the Secretary and Convener of the Committee, according to the President's Media Division (PMD).

The members of the Committee include Governor of the Central Bank, Dr P. Nandalal Weerasinghe, Secretary to the Treas...