The central bank in Sri Lanka will make a $500 million payment on Tuesday to bondholders, the first tranche of $4.5 billion in debt servicing obligations that Colombo is due to pay this year.
The South Asian island state is in the midst of a full-blown financial crisis brought on by a combination of surging inflation, higher import costs, and rising commodity prices.
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