(AFX UK Focus) 2010-03-15 07:24 Sri Lanka to issue $100 mln bonds to fund interim budget (Interact
COLOMBO, March 15 (Reuters) - Sri Lanka plans to raise $100 million through the sale of dollar-denominated development bonds to finance its interim budget, the central bank said on Monday. Sri Lankan government had announced an interim plan for the first four months of 2010 with expenditure set at 361 billion rupees ($3.1 billion) as it delayed the full-year budget ahead of parliamentary polls ...