Sri Lanka financial crisis easing

By Agence France-Presse

Feb 06, 2024 12:11 am

COLOMBO: Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is 'gradually' emerging from its worst economic crisis after the austerity of an IMF bailout, the president said Sunday in a speech to mark independence day.

Recalling the 'indignity of being labelled a financially bankrupt country,' President Ranil Wickremesinghe dispensed with the customary annual address in favor of a brief statement.

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