Welcome to Our Blog - A Journey into Sri Lanka's Financial Markets and Institutes

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Hello everyone! 

We warmly welcome you to our finance blog website,"The Finance Ledger",where we dive into the heart of Sri Lanka's financial system.

Before we begin our journey into the Financial markets and institutes in Sri Lanka, we would like to introduce ourselves. We are a group of undergraduates with a shared interest in financial markets and institutions,especially in Sri Lanka.

The aim of our website is to breakdown current finance news and trends for individuals to better understand.Further,we will be integrating our own financial insights into the blogs,making them more understandable for the reader.We will be covering from financial markets such as equity and debt markets, along with financial instruments like share,bonds and bills.

 This is only the beginning and stay tune for our financial journey! 

 "Exploring finance, one week at a time"

Members of Group 04  

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