Former Sri Lanka skipper Matthews set to retire from Test cricket
Former Sri Lanka skipper and veteran all-rounder Angelo Mathews is set to retire from Test cricket after the first Test against Bangladesh in Galle, starting June 17.
Sri Lankan migrant workers remitted over $1.8 billion in the first four months of 2023, Minister of Labour and Foreign Employment Manusha Nanayakkara said on Saturday.
The Minister said workers remitted $454 million in April, which marks an 82.4 per cent increase from inflows recorded in April 2022, reports Xinhua news agency.
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Official figures for the 2021 and 2022 totals were $5.49 billion and $3.8 billion, respectively.
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Migrant workers’ remittances are one of main sources of foreign revenues for Sri Lanka.
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