Washington, March 20 -- An International Monetary Fund (IMF) team will visit Colombo from next Monday to hold discussions on the fifth and sixth reviews of Sri Lanka's reform programme, the global lender said in a statement.
"An IMF staff team will visit Sri Lanka from March 23 to April 9, 2026, to hold discussions with the authorities the combined fifth and sixth reviews of Sri Lanka's reform programme supported by the IMF's Extended Fund Facility (EFF)," Evan Papageorgiou, the IMF Mission Chief for Sri Lanka said in the statement.
In January, an IMF team led by Papageorgiou visited Sri Lanka for a six-day mission and discussed the impact of Cyclone Ditwah, EconomyNext reported.
The discussions focused on the fiscal response to the natu...