Sri Lanka's Central Bank is planning to raise $3.5bn through International Sovereign Bonds in order to tackle the emerging and serious debt crisis, the Sunday Times reports.
The bank said in a statement that the issuances in single or multiple tranches would be in US Dollar and Chinese Renminbi with a fixed coupon and medium to long term maturities where non-resident investors will be eligible to invest at the primary issuance.
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