India to help Sri Lanka again; ‘Will send $500 million in fuel aid'

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister GL Peiris has said that India will give the crisis-hit island nation an additional $500 million in financial assistance to buy fuel. He added that Bangladesh was also willing to postpone $450 million in swap repayments to ease Colombo's burden. He was quoted by Reuters as saying, "Assistance by the IMF will take about six months to come to us and it will come in tranches. During the intervening period, we need to find funds to keep our people supplied with essentials." Watch this video for more details.