Sri Lanka, Nov. 14 -- The targeted number of individuals to be directed for foreign employment this year is 250,000, and the number registered during the first six months of the year stands at 125,018, the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment states.

Additionally, the Marketing Division of the Sri Lanka Bureau of Foreign Employment planned a national-level job promotion programme across all nine provinces, it is reported.

So far, six programmes were conducted centring on the Southern, Western, Sabaragamuwa, Uva, North Central, and North Western provinces, while foreign employment promotion programmes are planned to be held in the Northern, Central, and Eastern provinces by the end of this year.

The Marketing Division conducted 87 voc...