The Central Bank of Sri Lanka (CB) has extended until further notice a scheme where Sri Lankans working abroad were provided an incentive of Rs. 10 per US dollar for worker remittances.
The CB in a statement on Monday said this scheme - first announced for the month of December and extended to end January 2022 - has been extended until further notice as it had drawn a good response from workers stationed abroad.
The CB said that banks are also required to sell to the banking regulator, on a weekly basis, 25 per cent of foreign currency held by them on behalf of the public.
Popular grade five tuition teacher, Hayeshika Fernando wanted over assaulting a 21 year old youth was granted bail today after she surrendered to courts.
A British national had been arrested over attempting to smuggle in the largest haul of kush( drugs) from Thailand, customs said.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
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