COLOMBO Sri Lanka 's new leftist government has agreed to press ahead with a controversial IMF bailout programme that involves tough austerity and economic reforms , the international lender announced. The International Monetary Fund said on Nov. 23 it reached an agreement with President Anura Kumara Dissanayake's administration to continue with the four-year loan negotiated by his predecessor last year. "The authorities have committed to stay within the guardrails of the program," IMF team

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