10th Parliament· 154 sittings on record · 30,475 speeches · latest 10 June 2026

The Hon. Ravi Karunanayake

New Democratic Front· National List· 23 January 2025 ·Oral question: Oral Question No. 3 & 4 – 149/2024 & 176/2024: Bank of Ceylon Financial Status and Performance

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Ravi Karunanayake acknowledged the response given and contrasted deteriorated financial discipline before 2022 with improvements under the new Board and CEO Russel Fonseka appointed in 2022–2023. He asked whether the fall and subsequent recovery in return on equity was accepted, and whether the causes related to administrative costs or staff competencies and efficiency issues.

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¶ 01 Mr. Speaker, thank you for the detailed answer. It appears that prior to 2022, financial discipline had deteriorated, and that the new Board appointed in 2022–2023 together with CEO Russel Fonseka has restored discipline. Do you accept that ROE fell sharply and is recovering? Is this due to administrative costs or to staff competencies and related efficiency issues?

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Hansard, Thursday, 23 January 2025 ·No. 1738314169039521 ·English daily/uncorrected Hansard
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