Notable
Meeting to discuss foreign employment opportunities in the shipping and marine sectors for retired navy personnel
The contributory pension fund was intended to ward off a unfunded fiscal bomb
"There a large number of youth in villages waiting for jobs. On the other hand there are vacancies in the construction"
"Israel has expressed its willingness to recruit Sri Lankan workers for employment in commercial and services sectors
The EPF is the country’s largest state-managed pension fund, holding private sector worker savings managed under BC
Emerging trends in human trafficking, particularly technology-based recruitment, deceptive migration practices,
However, many women also go abroad to countries with better monetary regimes and send back remittances.
Ministry, International Labor Organization, International Organization for Migration to train care workers
“We are sending caregivers, construction workers, and workers in the agriculture sector to Japan,”
Remittances have improved after the central bank gave up parallel exchange rate policy
Sri Lanka has been trying to bring back retired military personnel who have joined Russian-Ukraine war for money
PM seeks employment opportunities for Sri Lankans with shipping companies.
Workers in production, fishing and construction industries
“Ages it can be decide by the employer,” Nanayakkara said when asked about job advertisements that specify age.
Around 700,000 Sri Lankans have left the country for foreign jobs legally in 27 months through March 2024
President Wickremesinghe, also the defence minister, is expected to contest in the presidency later 2024
| 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 | - | - |
RPCs are already brought under Finance Ministry by President Wickremesinghe
Remittances are on the rise after the central bank stopped parallel exchange rat
"We are being asked to deal with a mercenary group which is not a formal government. It’s a very difficult task."
Male prisoners have been given work by some private companies for which they are paid 1024 rupees a day.
"To nurture budding entrepreneurs through these centres," President
World University Service of Canada and Hatch, Yarl IT, LIIN, DMZ, the Criterion Institute empower women in North
Eight Sri Lankans trafficked for forced criminal activities in cyber scamming compounds in Myanmar returned to Sri Lanka
"Possibility of short-term provision of human resources required in Korea only for the harvesting season"
Mothers of infants should avoid working abroad, Sri Lanka’s Minister of Women’s Affairs, Geetha Kumarasinghe, has sa...
National minimum salary to be increased by 5,000 rupees, from 12,500 rupees to 17,500 rupees
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