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SL workers’ remittances sinks by 50% in Jan-July 2022 compared to same 2021 period
Sri Lanka’s workers’ remittances for the period January-July 2022 have dropped by 50 per cent compared to the amount remitted in the corresponding 2021 period, according to the latest data prepared by the Central Bank released on Friday.
Accordingly, remittances for the 2022 period were recorded at US$1,889.4 million as against $3,777.6 million in January-July 2021 while July 2022 remittances were $279.5 million compared to $453.3 million in July 2021.
In the case of forex from tourism it was a different story. Earnings grew to $824.9 million in January-July 2022 compared to $50.4 million in the same 2021 period with the increase largely due to higher arrivals this year.
Arrivals in the 7-months ending July 2022 were 458,670 compared to 19,337 in the same 2021 period.
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Badminton: World No.2 ranked Anders to play exhibition match against Viren at MBA Courts on Friday
An exhibition badminton match between Sri Lanka’s youngest Olympian shuttler, Viren Nettasinghe, and Anders Antonsen, the World No.2 ranked in Men’s Singles, will take place at the Mercantile Badminton Association (MBA) Courts at Malalasekara Mawatha, Colombo 7 on Friday (13).
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SriLankan flight grounded in Indonesia
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Alert Moratuwa resident averts railway derailment
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Former Sri Lanka spinner Sachithra Senanayake indicted
Former international spinner Sachithra Senanayake is set to become the first Sri Lankan cricketer indicted under the country’s Prevention of Offences Relating to Sports Act (Act No. 24 of 2019).
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