Sri Lanka, Sept. 8 -- Sri Lankans living abroad continue to send back home their hard earned money in large sums every month, helping to further bolster the country's still fragile external sector and thereby strengthening the overall economy which appears to be firing from all cylinders at present as seen from virtually every economic reading.

The country received US $ 680.8 million as worker remittances in August 2025 compared to US $ 577.5 million received in the same month a year ago, logging a solid 17.9 percent growth between the two periods.

In July 2025, Sri Lanka received US $ 697.3 million in worker remittances, slightly higher than what the country received in August.

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