Exclusive-Crisis-hit Sri Lanka Strikes Preliminary Loan Pact With IMF – Sources
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Crisis-hit Sri Lanka has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout, four sources with direct knowledge of the plan have told Reuters. The debt-laden country has been seeking up to $3 billion from the global lender in a bid to escape its worst…