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Sri Lanka approves controversial foreign debt deal

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said his government would honour his predecessor's deal

Sri Lanka frontrunner won't tear up IMF deal: party

The party of a Marxist leader on track to win Sri Lanka's presidential vote vowed Sunday not to scrap the country's unpopular $2.9 billion IMF bailout agreement, but instead renegotiate it

Sri Lanka raises taxes ahead of foreign debt deal

Sri Lanka slapped a new 18 % VAT on fuel, mobile phones and computers from Monday to raise revenue ahead of a foreign debt restructuring

October 5, 2024
October 5, 2024

Sri Lanka approves controversial foreign debt deal

President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said his government would honour his predecessor's deal

September 22, 2024
September 22, 2024

Sri Lanka frontrunner won't tear up IMF deal: party

The party of a Marxist leader on track to win Sri Lanka's presidential vote vowed Sunday not to scrap the country's unpopular $2.9 billion IMF bailout agreement, but instead renegotiate it

January 1, 2024
January 1, 2024

Sri Lanka raises taxes ahead of foreign debt deal

Sri Lanka slapped a new 18 % VAT on fuel, mobile phones and computers from Monday to raise revenue ahead of a foreign debt restructuring