to give Sri Lanka loans of at least $200 million from the foreign exchange reserves under a currency swap deal. The currency swap initiative was taken after Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa’s visit to Bangladesh to attend the joint celebrations of the golden jubilee of Bangladesh's independence and the birth centenary of Bangabandhu. In December 2021, Sri Lanka announced that it would pay off a $251 million oil debt to Iran by sending $5 million worth of Ceylon tea every month. See also List of companies of Sri Lanka Central Bank of Sri Lanka 2019–present Sri Lankan economic crisis Colombo Stock Exchange References Notes External links Global Economic Prospects: Growth Prospects for South Asia The World Bank, 13 December 2006 World Bank Trade Summary Statistics Sri Lanka 2012 CSE ALL-SHARE CIA Factbook Company registration in Sri Lanka Information and News Economics in developing countries Sri Lanka