The legislation was approved after multiple amendments and a third reading without a vote in the 225-member parliament, the deputy speaker added
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COLOMBO - Sri Lanka's parliament on Thursday approved a new law to improve the independence of the country's central bank as part of reforms linked to a $2.9 billion International Monetary Fund bailout package, the parliament's deputy speaker said.
The legislation was approved after multiple amendments and a third reading without a vote in the 225-member parliament, the deputy speaker added.
(Reporting by Uditha Jayasinghe; Editing by Shivam Patel)
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