 | Forex crisis: Sri Lanka lowers limit of foreign currency people can hold to USD 10,000Amid fuel crisis, Energy Minister Kanchana Wijesekera said that posts shared on MPs being given subsidised fuel rates are false. |
 | Sri Lanka repays USD 500 million international sovereign bonds amidst economic crisisThe settlement of these bonds, issued in 2012, came despite calls from the business fraternity, economic analysts and opposition politicians to defer the payment in view of the severe forex crisis. |
| Sri Lanka will not default on debt repayments despite forex crisis: Finance MinisterFinance Minister Basil Rajapaksa said Sri Lanka was in a major foreign reserves crisis. "I admitted in my budget speech that we are in a serious situation." |
