Skip to content
LakFeed
ENසිංதமி

Display

Text size

Contrast

LakFeed Apps

News
FX Rates
Gold Rates
Card Offers
Tools
StocksSoon
LakFeedBeta
News
Markets

FX Rates

  • Every bank, today
  • Best rate per currency
  • Browse by bank
  • Sending money home

Gold Rates

  • Today's price
  • 22 karat
  • 24 karat
  • Price by weight
  • Price history
Colombo Stock ExchangeSoon
Card OffersTools
ENසිංதமி

Display

Text size

Contrast

LakFeed Apps

News
FX Rates
Gold Rates
Card Offers
Tools
StocksSoon
HomeTrendingLatestLocalPoliticsInternationalBusinessSportsScience & TechGossipsEntertainmentEducation
Sources

News Sources (26 available)

Ada Derana
Ada Derana Biz
Asian Mirror
Ceylon Today
Citizen News
Colombo Gazette
Colombo Telegraph
Daily FT
Daily Mirror
EconomyNext
ESPN Cricinfo
Examiner
Gossip Lanka News English
Groundviews
Hiru News - English
Lanka Business Online
Lanka Truth
News First
News.lk
NewsWire English
Siyatha News
Sri Lanka Cricket
Sri Lanka Mirror
Sunday Observer
The Island
ThePapare English
LakFeed

Sri Lanka, all in one place.

LakFeed reads Sri Lankan news sites in English, Sinhala and Tamil, and keeps bank exchange rates and gold prices in the same place.

Everything on LakFeed

News

  • News
  • Latest
  • Trending
  • Local
  • Politics
  • International
  • Business
  • Sports
  • Science & Tech
  • Gossips
  • Entertainment
  • All topics

Exchange rates

  • FX Rates
  • Best rates
  • All banks
  • Send money
  • USD
  • EUR
  • GBP
  • INR
  • AUD
  • AED
  • All currencies

Gold and stocks

  • Gold Rates
  • 22K gold
  • 24K gold
  • Gold by weight
  • Gold price history
  • Gold pawning
  • StocksSoon

Card offers

  • Card Offers
  • Visa offers
  • Mastercard offers
  • Amex offers
  • Expired offers

Tools

  • Tools
  • Currency converter
  • Gold pawning
  • EPF and ETF
  • Fuel cost

Newsrooms

  • Ada Derana
  • Ada Derana Biz
  • Asian Mirror
  • Ceylon Today
  • Citizen News
  • Colombo Gazette
  • Colombo Telegraph
  • Daily FT
  • All newsrooms

LakFeed

  • Help
  • About
  • Contact
  • Advertise
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service
  • DMCA
  • Sitemap

© 2026 LakFeed. All rights reserved.

Back to stories
4 sourcesDec 5, 2025

IMF considering $200 million emergency aid for cyclone-hit Sri Lanka

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said on Friday that it is considering an emergency request from Sri Lanka for about $200 million in rapid financial assistance, as the island nation struggles to recover from the sweeping devastation left by Cyclone Ditwah.

Hiru News - English•Dec 5, 2025
IMF considers US$ 200 million emergency aid for cyclone disaster
By Hiru News English
Read full article

Summary

The Sri Lankan authorities have formally requested financial assistance under the IMF's Rapid Financing Instrument (RFI). The requested amount is SDR 150.5 million, which is approximately 26% of Sri Lanka's quota, or about US$200 million.

Summarised from Hiru News - English

What this story is about

People
  • Julie Kozack2
  • Papageorgiou2
  • Evan Papageorgiou
  • Kozack
Organisations
  • International Monetary Fund6
  • Central Bank of Sri Lanka2
  • Ministry of Finance2
  • Department2
  • IMF Executive Board.Papageorgiou
  • United Nations
  • Treasury
Places
  • Sri Lanka6
  • Indonesia2
  • Malaysia2
  • Thailand2
  • Sri Lanka.The
  • Vietnam.On
  • Vietnam
Keywords
  • million4
  • aid4
  • emergency3
  • cyclone3
  • considers2
  • disaster2
  • for2
  • consideration
  • condolences
  • considering

Names and places drawn from every article in this story. The number shows how many of them mentioned it.

Share this story

Send the whole picture, not one version of it.

Also reported by

4 newsrooms have reported this story

  • IMF considering $200 million emergency aid for cyclone-hit Sri LankaAda Derana·Dec 5, 2025
  • IMF Considers $200 Million Emergency Aid for SLNews First·Dec 5, 2025
  • IMF to Expedite $350 Million Loan, Pledges Separate Disaster AidGossip Lanka News English·Dec 5, 2025
  • “Our Hearts Go Out to Sri Lanka” - IMFNews First·Dec 4, 2025
  • IMF extends condolences, assesses support measures following Cyclone impact in Sri LankaAda Derana·Dec 4, 2025
Full coverage