Sri Lanka, June 9 -- Opposition MP Ravi Karunanayake today sought clarification from the Government on the outcomes of Sri Lanka's International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme and the country's economic strategy beyond the current arrangement.

The questions come after the IMF Executive Board approved the combined Fifth and Sixth Reviews under the Extended Fund Facility (EFF), enabling the release of a further tranche of approximately US$ 695 million to Sri Lanka.

Raising the matter in Parliament, Karunanayake noted that the IMF agreement is due to lapse in seven months and called on the Government to disclose whether it has assessed the economic, social and fiscal outcomes of the IMF-EFF programme entered into in 2023.

He questioned wh...