The board of directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is due to meet today to finalise Sri Lanka’s second tranche under the US$2.9 billion Extended Fund Facility (EFF).
The amendments to VAT were rushed through parliament on Monday in anticipation of today’s likely approval of the over $300 million second tranche of the IMF loan.
A Sri Lankan man was apprehended at Suvarnabhumi airport for attempting to smuggle wildlife out of the country after three ball pythons were found hidden in his underwear, the Bangkok post reported.
Read these and more on tomorrow’s edition of the Sunday Times
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