The Customs Department has vowed to continue its checking process despite protests by container drivers that it was taking long hours to clear goods.
A senior customs official Sunil Jayaratna said that the checking process was intensified in view of a couple of incidents of illegal smuggling.
"We have started a process of checking more items instead of random checks", he said.
The container drivers claim that they have to wait for long hours inorder to get goods cleared and thereby were suffering losses.
The funeral of arguably the Queen of the Sinhala cinema Malini Fonseka, will be held with state honours on Monday, May 26, 2025, at the Independence Square.
First Bishop of the Batticaloa Diocese, Retired Bishop Joseph Ponnaiya, passed away today at the age of 74, following a brief illness.
The NPP government has been at the wheel for almost 6 months now. The time to keep looking at the rear view mirror and living in the past is about over.
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