Sri Lanka, July 5 -- Minister of Agriculture, Land, Irrigation and Livestock Development K.D. Lalkantha asserted that the government would comply with the IMF programme regardless of public protests.

Making remarks to the press after attending the meeting of the Kandy District Coordinating Committee, he said that the government had already been implementing the programmes proposed by the IMF and that it would continue to do so.

"We are with the IMF programme. The government is not prepared to sabotage it. The government is achieving the targets as agreed with the IMF. It has been a complete success. The rest of the proposals will be fulfilled. We have to start debt servicing after 2028," he said.

"The government will not change its dec...