COLOMBO (News 1st) – The 2019 budget will be tabled in Parliament tomorrow(March 05) at 2 p.m.

The budget will be presented by Minister of Finance Mangala Samaraweera. The schedule of the budget debate session was presented to the parliament by Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe on February 26th.

The second reading of the budget debate is scheduled to be held from March 6^th to March 12^th and the committee stage debate from March 13^th April 5^th.

The voting will take place following the third reading of the budget.

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