Dissanayake Government Unveils 1st Budget For Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka's budget likely to lead to slower fiscal consolidation, Moody's says
Sri Lanka's budgeted expenditure for 2025 will likely lead to a wider fiscal deficit and slower-than-expected fiscal consolidation, Moody's Ratings said on Tuesday, a day after the island nation unveiled its budget.
Sri Lanka's New President Presents First Budget With Focus on Crisis Recovery
COLOMBO (Reuters) - Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will outline the government's revenue and policy goals in his first full-year budget on Monday, seeking to extend the country's recovery from a financial crisis and signal its alignment with a $2.9 billion IMF bailout program.
Dissanayake Government Unveils First Budget For Sri Lanka After 2022 Financial Crisis, Economy Ready For 5% Growth In 2025 - Top Points
President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, while introducing the first full budget since taking office last year, said the Sri Lankan economy is expected to grow at 5 per cent in 2025. "Budget is a "reflection of the government’s approach to building the economy and overall policy,
Sri Lanka budget aims to transform economy, help repay debt, Dissanayake says
Sri Lanka aims to transform its crisis-hit economy to prepare to resume debt repayments from 2028, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on Monday as he unveiled a budget that is seen as a key step towards durable,
Sri Lanka’s 2025 budget focuses on recovery
Sri Lanka’s economy is projected to grow by 5% in 2025, according to President Anura Dissanayake. He presented the country’s first full-year budget under the national people’s power government. This budget is a crucial step in Sri Lanka's post-crisis recovery,
Sri Lanka: Dissanayake urges Sri Lanka to move beyond cash-based economy
Colombo, Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka's President, Anura Kumara Dissanayake, said on Monday during the presentation of his first budget to Parliament that "it is necessary to gradually move away from a cash-based economy" and develop a digital economy.
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Sri Lanka's new President Anura Kumara Dissanayake will present his first budget on Monday to outline how the island nation plans to strengthen its recovery from a financial crisis.
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