Sri Lankan workers' remittances up 11.3 pct in first half of 2024

COLOMBO, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- Sri Lankan workers' remittances saw an increase of 11.3 percent during the first half of 2024 compared to the corresponding period of 2023, a state minister said on Thursday.

State Minister of Finance Ranjith Siyambalapitiya said in a statement that Sri Lanka received remittances amounting to 2.8 billion U.S. dollars during the first half of 2023 and it increased to over 3.1 billion d