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, with a primary focus on fiscal discipline and long-term stability. The government is targeting a budget deficit of 6.7% of GDP, slightly reduced from 6.8% in 2024.

Sri Lanka’s 2025 budget focuses on recovery

Sri Lanka's government has unveiled its ambitious 2024 budget, aiming for a lower-than-anticipated deficit while projecting a significant surge in revenues crucial for sustaining its International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout program, Reuters reported on Monday.

Sri Lanka's ambitious 2024 budget targets higher revenues and a controlled deficit

Sri Lanka will call China, India and Japan to a donor conference to drum up more foreign assistance and present an interim budget in August, the prime minister said on Wednesday, amid ongoing negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka plans donor conference, interim budget in August

Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa will present the 2021 budget in the Parliament on Tuesday with unprecedented COVID-19 health protocols in place, including the assembly seats being arranged outside the chamber, officials said.

Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa to present 2021 budget amid strict COVID-19 protocols

Sri Lanka Tuesday sharply raised taxes on alcohol, tobacco and gambling to pay for public sector salary increases and subsidised loans for small businesses in an election year.

Sri Lanka raises sin taxes ahead of elections

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Sri Lanka’s 2025 budget focuses on recovery

Sri Lanka's ambitious 2024 budget targets higher revenues and a controlled deficit

Crisis-hit Sri Lanka plans donor conference, interim budget in August

Lankan PM Mahinda Rajapaksa to present 2021 budget amid strict COVID-19 protocols

Sri Lanka raises sin taxes ahead of elections