Cabraal was not asked to resign

There is no truth to claims that president Gotabaya Rajapaksa had asked Central Bank governor Ajith Nivard Cabraal to resign, his media office said.

A local newspaper report claiming that the IMF delegation had laid down such a condition is a total canard, it said.

The IMF did not discuss officials and the talks covered only the monetary issues.

The president and the government have the fullest confidence in the CBSL governor and there is no reason whatsoever to seek his resignation, it said.