Sri Lanka says India to provide additional $500 million for fuel

India will provide an additional $500 million in financial assance to Sri Lanka for it to buy fuel, Sri Lanka’s foreign miner told reporters on Wednesday, adding Bangladesh was also willing to postpone a $450 million in swap repayments.
“Assance the IMF will take about six months to come to us and it will come in tranches,” Sri Lankan Foreign Miner G. L. Peiris said. “During the intervening period, we need to find funds to keep our people supplied with essentials.”