Accordigly, the permission had been given for air passengers to bring any gold item without any standard or limit.

It has also been reported that some smugglers travel overseas daily along with the passengers and bring 24 carat gold ornaments with them.

It is estimated that 30 million dollars of foreign exchange is lost per month.

The decision was take following a report received by the minister from the customs director General.

A total of 231,982 candidates (74.52%) among those who faced the 2021 G.C.E. Ordinary Level examination have qualified for the G.C.E. Advanced Level examination.

According to the Exams Commissioner General, 10,863 have obtained ‘A’ passes in all subjects.

Meanwhile, the results of 498 candidates have been suspended.

The results of the 2021 G.C.E. Ordinary Level Examination were released online on November 25 (Friday).

A total of 518,245 candidates faced the exam, which was held from May 23 to June 01 this year at 3,845 centres island-wide.

Some 407,785 of them were school candidates while 110,460 were private applicants.

Sri Lanka Premier League (LPL) tournament has been played without the approval of the Sports Ministry, Sports Minister Roshan Ranasinghe said.

He told Parliament that neither the Sports Ministry nor he as the Sports Minister has seen the agreement.

“I have sent a letter to the Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) requesting for the agreement,” he said.

He said this while responding to a question by SJB MP Nalin Bandara Jayamaha during the Committee stage debate of the Sports Ministry.

The Minister said only through the media he got to know that the agreement has been reached to play T10 tournament as well.

“Definitely, there is a problem here,” he said.