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These Sri Lankans traveled to Myanmar seeking foreign employment using tourist visas, and were lured into cybercriminal
Called for decisive action against cybercrime centres and employment rackets taking place in some parts of the Asia-Pac
The island wants to boost tourism but lacks trained human resources
"Digital program that is accessible from their smart mobile phones where domestic workers can notify us"
The MOU will see training for Sri Lankans in internationally recognised technological and professional subjects
When children graduate from school, they simply don't have the skills needed to enter the workforce
Poverty has already doubled last year with higher inflation and rising unemployment.
Despite intense political concern with Buddhism and socialism, Ambedkar strangely relegates them to separate spheres.
The app will be an incentive for expatriates who use formal banking channel
"We are working towards achieving the target of earning one billion dollars as monthly foreign remittance"
14 companies signed onto a commitment to boost female representation at the board level and in management to 20% by 2025
Sri Lanka govt is desperate for foreign inflows
"A reforms office will be opened at the Ministry of Power & Energy to see through the transformation."
Sri Lanka is desperately looking to boost remittances
Foreign workers shifted to black market to send their remittances from Dec 2021 after CB kept rupee artificially up
Sri Lanka sees new political risks since its sovereign debt default
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 331.7485 | 330.8514 |
| UK Pound | 443.7468 | 438.3450 |
| Euro | 372.5204 | 371.0168 |
| Yen | 2.0969 | 2.0916 |
| Aus Dollar | 233.0533 | 231.1659 |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| Indian Rupee | 3.4948 | 3.4202 |
| Korean Won | 0.2499 | 0.2479 |
| Oman Rial | 861.6397 | 859.3320 |
| Saudi Riyal | 88.4403 | 88.0955 |
| UAE Dirham | 90.3209 | 90.0766 |
| pts | % | |
|---|---|---|
| S&P SL20 | 5,656.91 | -0.43% |
| CSE All Share | 19,927.30 | -0.28% |
| Turnover Rs | 1457.79 million | 1193.67 million |
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| 3-m bill | 7.61 | 7.84 |
| 6-m bill | 7.91 | 8.26 |
| 12-m bill | 8.23 | 8.3 |
| 3-yr bond | 9.24 | 9.25 |
| 5-yr bond | 9.82 | 9.56 |
| 8-yr bond | 10.50 | 10.48 |
| today | yesterday | |
|---|---|---|
| Overnight Money | 7.70 | 7.69 |
| Gilt Repo | 7.74 | 7.72 |
| I-m SLIBOR | - | - |
Sri Lanka's state trade unions likely start trade union actions if government fails to reduce taxes
Sri Lanka's relationship with Saudi was hit by forced cremation under former president Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Sri Lanka sees new anti-government protest amid high cost of living, taxes
Sri Lanka saw number of boat people increasing over 11 folder last year
Sri Lankan expatriate workers sent money via illegal methods after the central bank propped up rupee artificially
Businesses in Sri Lanka are preparing for a tax shock from this month
Incentive was granted in December 2021 to discourage using illegal hawala/undiyal money transactions
Though number of Sri Lankans migrated more than doubled, remittances are still down significantly
Sri Lanka has over 1.4 million state workers for 22 million population.
By today the 300,000 mark has been exceeded,
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