#Budget 2025
No increase in pensions this month despite budget 2025 proposal
The pension allowance for the month of April has been deposited into pensioners’ bank accounts today. All pension payments for public servants and...
Cabinet nod to recruit over 18,500 for state sector jobs
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the recruitment of 18,853 new personnel to the state service in an effort to combat unemployment and...
Estate workers betrayed by NPP budget
Dr. Ilango Gandhi, leader of the All Lanka Progressive Workers Front, has criticized the National People’s Power (NPP) government for not fulfilling its...
Health unions slam 2025 Budget
The Government Medical Officers’ Forum (GMOF) has expressed disappointment with this year’s budget, stating that it does not offer any relief or incentives...
Sri Lanka’s 2025 budget: Balancing fiscal discipline and economic growth
Sri Lanka’s 2025 budget, presented by President Anura Kumara Dissanayake, lays out an ambitious roadmap for economic recovery following the financial crisis of...
Entrepreneurs raise concerns over budget 2025 proposal on private sector salary hike
The Sri Lanka United Businesses Alliance (SLUBA) has voiced concerns over the government’s proposal to increase private sector salaries, arguing that such an...
Government shifts tax burden to the public while exempting large corporations
The 2025 budget has shifted the financial burden onto the general public, including small businesses, while completely exempting large-scale companies, the Frontline Socialist...
Budget 2025: Health and education sector TUs raise concerns over allowance cuts
The Joint Council of Professions Supplementary to Medicine (JCPSM) has raised concerns that the government’s budget proposal for the year includes measures to...
