Photo: Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFP/FileSource: AFP"The cost is going high, every day it is going higher, but the salary amount is the same", Maduranga said. Photo: ISHARA S. KODIKARA / AFP/FileSource: AFPThis year through May, 433,000 overseas travel documents have been issued, according to the Immigration and Emigration Department. Newspapers are awash with reports of shortages of doctors, nurses, engineers and other skilled workers because so many have left. Sri Lanka's construction industry, one of the biggest employers, is reporting losing skilled workers and professionals at an alarming rate. Photo: Ishara S. KODIKARA / AFPSource: AFP"There is large-scale migration of construction workers," said Nissanka Wijeratne, secretary-general of the Chamber of Construction Industry.

Source: Daily Nation July 07, 2023 03:30 UTC