Sri Lanka s foreign creditors had disbursed 1.5 billion US dollars in the nine months to September 2023, with Asian Development Bank giving the most support, official data show.
Sri Lanka s central government external debt fell slightly to 36,384 million US dollars by end September 2023, from 36,597 in June, official data showed.
Crisis-hit Sri Lanka will
focus on improving tax collection as it streamlines the
structure of the tax system, the treasury secretary said on
Wednesday, with new legislation planned to improve.