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Sri Lanka to seek central bank dollars for debt repayment if IMF tranche delayed

ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka’s Treasury can manage debt repayments with Asian Development Bank loans and a Rapid Finance Instrument up to the first two months of 2026, Additional Director General, Treasury Operations, Damitha Rathnayake said. Sri Lanka was counting on the 350 million dollar, IMF tranche for debt service, she said, responding to questions from opposition member Ravi Karunanayake during a hearing of Committee on Public Finance. The IMF’s fifth review was due to have been completed in December. “From the side of the government we were planning to use the cash inflow (from the IMF loan) for debt service,”…

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