Workers’ remittances grew by 2.5%, year-on-year, to US dollars 537 million in June 2019, latest External Sector Performance report of the Central Bank of Sri Lanka outlines.

On a cumulative basis, however, workers’ remittances recorded a decline of 9.8% reaching US dollars 3,270 million during the first half of 2019 in comparison to the corresponding period of 2018.