Sri Lanka, Oct. 29 -- The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has projected that Sri Lanka's economy will grow by 3.1% in 2026.

This was stated by Thomas Helbling, Deputy Director of the IMF's Asia and Pacific Department, during a press conference on the Asia and Pacific Region's Economic Outlook.

Helbling noted that Sri Lanka has experienced a strong economic recovery as the government continues to implement its reform program supported by the IMF.

He said the country's economic growth was recorded at 5% last year and 4.8% in the first half of this year.

Commenting further, Helbling stated:

"Now some of that strong rebound was just normalization and economic activity in level term, some of the growth effect is a bit more temporary. Th...