COLOMBO (Reuters) -- Crisis-hit Sri Lanka will present a debt restructuring plan to the International Monetary Fund by the end of August, in a bid to win approval for a four-year funding programme, the prime minister said on Tuesday.
Economic mismanagement and the aftermath of COVID-19 have left the cash-strapped country of 22 million people unable to pay for essential imports of food, fertiliser, medicines and fuel because of a severe dollar crunch.
