Sri Lanka, Feb. 18 -- Visiting IMF Managing Director Christalina Georgieva yesterday said that Sri Lanka has a unique opportunity to accelerate development and achieve sustained economic progress.

She highlighted the importance of achieving higher growth rates of around 7 to 8 percent to meet the aspirations of the public, alongside strengthening disaster preparedness through improved early warning systems.

"With the current Government committed to good governance and anti-corruption reforms, she noted that Sri Lanka now has a unique opportunity to accelerate development and achieve sustained economic progress," Georgieva said during a meeting with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake at the Presidential Secretariat yesterday.

The discus...