Sri Lanka, March 19 -- The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) has introduced a new board, called the Catalyst Board, to facilitate the listing of State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs), as proposed in the 2025 Budget presented by the government.

This was revealed by CSE Chairman Dilshan Wirasekara in response to a journalist's query at the Invest Sri Lanka Media Conference held in Colombo yesterday (18).

CSE Chairman Dilshan Wirasekara stated:

"What we've done is establish an SOE board, called the Catalyst Board, which has a framework that allows any SOE to get listed-banks, the CPC, the CEB, or whoever. There's a framework now enabling them to list"

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