Goods and services tax (GST) collections retained their momentum, rising 28% year-on-year to around Rs 1,43,612 crore in August, the sixth straight month of over Rs 1.4 lakh crore mop-up.
International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to provide a 2.9 billion dollar extended facility to Sri Lanka for a four-year period, with conditions on debt restructuring and action on corruption.