COLOMBO, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said on Wednesday that the government aims to utilize the three-year debt moratorium granted through debt restructuring effectively and implement proper economic management to regain debt repayment capacity by 2028.

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,

The government aims to grow Sri Lanka's digital economy to a level in excess of 15 billion dollars or 12 percent of the national economy over the next five years and the government proposes to allocate 3 billion rupees (about 10 million dollars) to bolster the acceleration of digital economy development, he said.

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,