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“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
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
Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara has said he signed several agreements
The Central Bank's salary hike has angered public sector employees
Sri Lanka’s Department of Prisons has earned 116 million rupees through inmate labour, particularly that of women
| Latest | Last | |
|---|---|---|
| US Dollar | 305.1018 | 305.3339 |
| UK Pound | 386.9523 | 387.2371 |
| Euro | 330.8712 | 332.1141 |
| Aus Dollar | 201.0018 | 201.4980 |
| Yen | 2.0266 | 2.0278 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| Indian Rupee | 3.6453 | 3.5932 |
| Korea Won | 0.2342 | 0.2292 |
| Oman Rial | 780.3569 | 769.4973 |
| Saudi Riyal | 80.1114 | 78.9849 |
| UAE Dirham | 81.7952 | 80.6569 |
| pts | % | |
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| S&P SL20 | 2,573.80 | 1.00% |
| CSE All Share | 9,073.41 | 0.65% |
| Turnover Rs million | 1,591,766,524.95 | 1,029,335,694.32 |
| Latest | Last | |
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| 3-m bill | 21.72 | 21.79 |
| 6-m bill | 19.55 | 20.31 |
| 12-m bill | 17.72 | 19.28 |
| 5-yr bond | 21.00 | 22.53 |
| 8-yr bond | 19.42 | 20.55 |
| today | yesterday | |
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| Overnight Money | 13.93 | 14.00 |
| Gilt Repo | 13.50 | 14.00 |
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Entrepreneurs and industrialists are invited to set up industries in the prison premises,
NVQ will be introduced by PUCSL for technicians who do not have a recognized professional qualification now.
Saudi Arabia has cut the maximum limits for recruiting domestic labour services.
A database containing details of tuk tuk (three-wheeler) drivers will be introduced and drivers will be issued a QR code
Several health sector unions struck work demanding a 35,000 rupee allowance given to doctors.
Another 5 projects are in clearance.
Employed individuals encountered changes in their main job due to the economic crisis.
The last year's annual remittances recorded their highest since 2019
Parental responsibility belongs to both the mother and father.
The new employment bill, expected to be ready by next month, will ensure that discrimination would not continue
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