Sri Lanka, April 7 -- Over 30,000 workers exempted from mandatory training

Caused over Rs.2,500 Mn losss to Foreign Employment Bureau

Multiple probes have been called following revelations that over 30,000 people, mainly females had been sent overseas for employment without the mandatory job training causing a loss of over Rs.2,500 million to the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment.

Already six individuals, including an Additional General Manager of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment (SLBFE) have been interdicted, but an SLBFE source said a wider network including more officials and foreign employment agents are suspected to be involved.

In addition to an SLBFE probe, complaints will be lodged with the Criminal Investigat...