"Sri Lanka is in an extremely favorable situation and the overall confidence of the international community is much higher," Narhari Rao, ADB's South Asia lead economist was quoted as saying by Bloomberg newswires.
"We are trying to push ahead on various fronts since we feel it’s just the right time to give resources to Sri Lanka."
Bloomberg said ADB's board may approve 300 million US dollar loan from its newly set up quick disbursement, counter-cyclical support facility (CSF).
Sri Lanka has clinched a 2.5 billion US dollar deal from the International Monetary Fund to boost the balance sheet of the country's central bank which was hit by an episode of peg defence till a float rescued it in March.
The first tranche of 312 million dollars is expected on Friday after IMF's executive board approves it. But IMF funding helps the American budget deficit rather than Sri Lanka's as the proce