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Employment

ADB $100mn loan to boost Sri Lanka's vocational ed, female employment

The financing consists of a $50mn regular loan, a $50mn concessional loan, and a $500,000 technical assistance grant

October 2, 2026 2 min read

17,000 applications flood Sri Lanka ministry for 500 state sector jobs

Archaeology Department mainly needs watchmen and work assistants to maintain operations.

September 11, 2026 1 min read

Women in Tech Sri Lanka expands IT training to Trincomalee

Women in Tech Sri Lanka’s Trincomalee mission Women in Tech Sri Lanka expands its outreach to Trincomalee,

August 20, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka cabinet approves $100mn World Bank funding for Northern, Eastern provinces

August 12, 2026 2 min read
EXPLAINER - How Sri Lanka’s proposed PST, POC bills threaten business confidence, investment

Both bills are seen giving excess powers to police with vaguely defined clauses, legal experts say

Sri Lanka to get $100mn ADB loan to strengthen skills training

Aimed at strengthening the country's technical and vocational education and training (TVET) sector.

Sri Lanka must shape a fairer deal for gig workers, as ILO standard looms: CSF

Every aspect of a gig worker’s on-platform day is determined by algorithms they cannot see, whose logic never explaine...

June 1, 2026 10 min read

Sri Lanka appoints committee to reform state sector manpower agency hiring

Increase in number of state-owned enterprises employing workers on temporary basis through manpower agecies

May 26, 2026 2 min read

Low EPF transparency endangers Sri Lanka private sector savings: Verite Research

CBSL, as the manager of the EPF, applies lower transparency standards to the EPF than to other financial entities

May 25, 2026 3 min read

Sri Lanka to recruit 9,800 contract workers into public service

The move will see workers recruited into Sri Lanka's already bloated public sector across provincial, public bodies

April 28, 2026 1 min read

Sri Lanka looks for international jobs for Navy

Meeting to discuss foreign employment opportunities in the shipping and marine sectors for retired navy personnel

March 31, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka kills off attempt to defuse unfunded pension fiscal time bomb

The contributory pension fund was intended to ward off a unfunded fiscal bomb

January 20, 2026 2 min read

Sri Lanka eyeing foreign labour as construction recovery triggers 20,000 shortfall

"There a large number of youth in villages waiting for jobs. On the other hand there are vacancies in the construction"

Ranul Seneviratne
January 16, 2026 3 min read

Sri Lanka to send more workers to Israel

"Israel has expressed its willingness to recruit Sri Lankan workers for employment in commercial and services sectors

December 30, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka to sign MOU to improve employability in Japan

The MOU will see training for Sri Lankans in internationally recognised technological and professional subjects

December 16, 2025 1 min read

Standardized math, literacy skills low among Sri Lanka's children: UN official

When children graduate from school, they simply don't have the skills needed to enter the workforce

Nisheni Atapattu
November 17, 2025 2 min read
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Sri Lanka public sector recruitment through exams: President

“Hereafter, all recruitments, promotions and other employment related matters will only take place through exams

November 7, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka to recruit 8,547 more workers into public sector

In May, the cabinet approved the recruitment of 15,073 workers for vacancies in 18 line ministries, 4 provincial council

October 28, 2025 2 min read

Former Sri Lanka minister arrested over Israel job deal

Thousands of Sri Lankans were offered Israeli jobs in agricultural sector in 2023

October 15, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka to strengthen police force by 5,000 cadre recruitment

Looking to recruit GCE O/L qualified sub-inspectors for 91,630 rupee salary

July 8, 2025 1 min read

ADB urges education reforms to tackle youth joblessness in Asian nations, including Sri Lanka

Upgrade in vocational training essential to turn out large numbers of workers with skills required by growing economies

July 3, 2025 2 min read

Sri Lanka recruits mammoth 3,451 workforce to man elephant fences

Electric Fence Maintenance Assistant Grade III

June 14, 2025 1 min read

Sri Lanka to recruit 15,073 new state workers

Sri Lanka budgeted to hire 30,000 unemployed graduates into the public service this year

May 28, 2025 1 min read

15 Sri Lankans to be repatriated from cybercrime centres in Myanmar: Ministry

15 Sri Lankans in cybercrime centers in Myawaddy, Myanmar are scheduled to return to island on May 7

May 7, 2025 1 min read

UAE deputy PM in Sri Lanka; backs energy, tourism, investment, foreign jobs

UAE top delegation comes to Sri Lanka following President Dissanayake visit to Dubai in February

April 23, 2025 3 min read

IPC wire harness event aims to attract Sri Lanka school leavers to industry

Courses to be introduced for school leavers and Vocational Educational Institutes to attract more skilled workers

April 16, 2025 2 min read