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Central Bank Governor Dr. Nandalal Weerasinghe today noted that International Monetary Fund Executive Board approval to release the third tranche of the Extended Fund Facility Programme to Sri Lanka, can be received by the end of June.

Tensions ran high outside the North Central Provincial Council Building in Anuradhapura today due to a protest launched by a group of unemployed university graduates.

Central bank claims that the country's Eternal Sector growth lies in the successful completion of External Debt Restructuring and the perseverance along the reform path set out in the IMF-EFF-supported programme.