Year: 2015

SINGAPORE: Thousands of sachets of chewing tobacco and more than 1,000 cartons of contraband cigarettes were seized at Tuas and ...

‘India still to pay $8.8 billion to Iran for oil imports’

TEHRAN: Iranian Trade Minister, Nirmala Sitharaman, said that India still to pay $8.8 billion to Iran for oil imports. Iran ...

China imports 450,000 tons protein wheat within a week

BEIJING: China has imported 450,000 tons of high protein wheat within a week and expected more imports due to domestic ...

HMRC arrests 4 men on suspicion of money laundering

LONDON: Four men have been arrested in London and Hampshire on suspicion of money laundering offences. Three of the men ...

HK Customs seize illicit electronic products worth $22m

HONG KONG: Customs officers seized electronic products worth $22 million and shut down a syndicate using cross-boundary coaches for smuggling. ...

Unity, Faith, Discipline: Celebrating 68th Pakistan day with zeal, Azm-e-Pakistan parade, different shows, performances to organized on the occasion

LAHORE: All types of arraignments are finalized for the Azm-e-Pakistan parade on 68th Pakistan Day to be held after many ...

HK airport gets green signal for $18bn third runway

HONG KONG: The Hong Kong government gave final approval for a third runway at the Asian financial center’s airport, aiming ...

‘Port of Kavkaz sees bunker sale up 330% to 55,500 tones’

MOSCOW: Russian FSI Azov Sea Port Authority said that Port of Kavkaz saw bunker sales rose 330 percent to 55,500 ...

UK’s TradeLink Solutions seeks $3.7m through bond initiative for small hydro projects

LONDON: TradeLink Solutions (TLS) Energy Group, based in Hertfordshire, England, is attempting to increase its affect on the European small ...

SL Customs seizes illicit foreign currency worth Rs. 48,309,692.00

COLOMBO: A Sri Lankan was arrested at the Bandaranaike International Airport (BIA) departure lounge this with foreign currency worth Rs. ...

Dubai index up 2% to 3,473.42pts after interest rate announcement

DUBAI: Dubai Financial Market General Index rose 2 percent to 3,473.42 points, recovering from its lowest level in ten weeks ...

HMRC introduces new strict liability offence for offshore tax evasion

LONDON: HM Revenue & Customs has introduced a new strict liability criminal offence on both offshore tax evaders and those ...

Turkey, EU launch high-level energy dialogue, strategic cooperation

ANKARA: A high-level energy dialogue and strategic energy cooperation process has been launched between Turkey and the European Union, both ...

Tariq Bajwa vows indiscriminate action in Ayyan’s money smuggling case

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LAHORE: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) Chairman Tariq Bajwa has said that all accused in supermodel Ayyan’s money smuggling case ...

Red alert: Indian defence ministry directs arm forces to ensure cyber security of secret information as espionage attempts by foreign intelligence agencies

DELHI: Indian defence establishment has issued a fresh red alert to ensure physical as well as cyber security of classified ...

Turkish Islamic lender bank Bank Asya records loss of 877 million lira in 2014

ANKARA: Turkish Islamic lender Bank Asya, whose management was taken over by regulators earlier this year, swung to a net ...

DP World profit up 25% as revenue grows

DUBAI: DP World Chairman, Sultan Ahmed bin Sulayem, said that DP World earned double digit growth of over 25 percent ...

80% or 3.5m vehicles on gas: CNG being reopened from April 1

RAWALPINDI: The Punjab government is going to reopen Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) from April 1, 2015 in throughout the province. ...

Amazon Web Services to help Bharti Airtel in its cloud computing services