Indian air Customs arrests Surat diamond trader in old smuggling case
MUMBAI: The air intelligence unit (AIU) of Customs has arrested two passengers, including a Surat based diamond merchant, for smuggling...
UNIDO to help improve Kenya’s pharmaceutical industry
NAIROBI: The United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) says it will help Kenya’s pharmaceutical industry reach international standards in order...
Indonesia achieves $71bn tax reveneu
JAKARTA: Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro claimed that tax revenue realization figure per December 25, 2015 had reached Rp1,000 trillion (US$71.5...
Zimbabwe seeks to release investment to $900m
HARARE: Zimbabwe seeks to unlock investment and trade flow amounting to $900 million, once President Robert Mugabe signs the instrument...
KSA seizes 5m amphetamine tablets in biggest hit
RIYADH: Saudi authorities have seized more than five million amphetamine tablets and arrested 11 people in one of the kingdom’s...
Zimbabwe utility affects for power tariff hike in 2016
HARARE: Zimbabweans should brace for a massive hike in electricity charges in 2016 after the power utility approached the energy...
Ajman tourism revenue shoot up by 47% to Dh80.05 million
AJMAN: Tourism revenue in Ajman reached Dh80.05 million during the third quarter of the year, jumping 47 per cent from...
Cal-Maine revenue jumps by 44% to $546m
MISSISSIPPI: Cal-Maine Foods Inc. reported a surge in profit and revenue in its fiscal second-quarter, as the southern egg producer...
Thailand’s exports fall 7.42% YOY in Nov
BANGKOK: Thailand's exports fell 7.42 percent year-on-year in November, according to data released by the Thai Commerce Ministry Monday. Economists...
New York cigarettes tax collection falls by $400m
NEW YORK: New York state cigarette tax collections have plunged by about $400 million over the past five years, according...
Assist Commissioner Tehsin to retire on Jan 29
ISLAMABAD: Tehsin-ur-Rahman, an Inland Revenue Service officer of BS-17, is going to retire from the government service on attaining the...
Assist Director Nazim Khan mourned
ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has expressed deep regret over the sad demise of Nazim Khan, Assistant Director (BS-17), posted...
Union Bank revenue declines by 13%
CALIFORNIA: Union Bank faces the challenges of inability to grow revenue and that could lead to a drop in gross...
ICCI remembers Munawar Mughal, holds Quran Khawani
ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) has held Quran Khawani at the occasion of first death anniversary...
Cheap energy a must for LSMS growth: LCCI
LAHORE: The Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) has urged the government to avail all resources to ensure affordable...
Businessmen Group not participating in FPCCI elections: Siraj Teli
KARACHI: Renowned industrialist and Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) former president Siraj Kassam Teli has reiterated that the...
Border agents foil attempt to smuggle drugs by sea
KUWAIT: The Sea Borders Security Department found 56 items suspected of being drugs, following a tip from an undercover source...
2 men arretsed at Plumtree Border for smugling 8kg of gold
HARARE: TWO men who were arrested at Plumtree Border Post while driving a vehicle which was carrying gold have been...
Cambodian rosewood exports down in first 9 months of 2015
PHNOM PENH: In the first nine months of 2015, exports of Cambodian rosewood to China – the Kingdom’s largest market...
Philippines Customs seizes P1m misdeclared steel products
MANILA: Misdeclared steel products valued at almost P1 million have been forfeited in favor of the government, the Bureau of...
