Sri Lanka, March 16 -- Sri Lanka's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism, Vijitha Herath, has urged the public to contact the '1989' hotline for reliable information about private employment agencies when seeking employment opportunities abroad.

The Minister made this statement while responding to questions raised by Members of Parliament regarding individuals who defraud people by falsely claiming to arrange overseas employment, during the Ministerial Consultative Committee on Foreign Affairs, Foreign Employment, and Tourism, held in Parliament recently.

Furthermore, the officials present informed the Committee that all information regarding the agencies and fees approved by the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employ...