Sri Lanka, Oct. 13 -- Sri Lankans working abroad sent US$ 695.7 million in remittances in September 2025, compared to US$ 680.8 million in August 2025 and US$ 555.6 million a year ago, in a sign that the year-on-year in growth in the country's largest foreign income source continues unabated, helping the country to continue to record current account surpluses and also to rebuild buffers to withstand shocks.

The September earnings helped bring the total nine months inflows to US$ 5,811.7 million in remittances, which translated into a robust 20.0 percent growth from the same period last year.

With the current pace continuing, and in fact with more intensity towards the latter part of the year, as emigrants send a little more of their ear...