Sri Lanka receives $222m in bridge financing from World Bank

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COLOMBO - Sri Lanka has received US$160 million in bridge financing from the World Bank in order to pay for essential imports, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe said on Wednesday .

"We are working to see if these funds can be used for fuel imports," he told the country's parliament.

The country’s Power Minister had told citizens not to join lengthy fuel queues that have galvanised weeks of anti-government protests.had said in an address to the nation on Monday that the country urgently needed US$75 million in foreign exchange to pay for essential imports.

 

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