Worker remittances lowest since 2009

COLOMBO (News 1st); The workers remittances received by Sri Lanka last month were at at its lowest since November 2009.

Central bank data show that Sri Lanka had received foreign remittances of 271.4 million US dollars in November.

This is a drop of 56% from 611.7 million US dollars received in November last year.

Sri Lanka has received 5.1 billion US dollars in workers remittances between January and November.

It's a decrease from 6.2 billion US dollars recorded during the same period last year.