Bangladesh Customs seizes two containers over forgery
CHITTAGONG: Customs officials yesterday confiscated two export containers of garment products after being tipped off about forged bank documents on...
US court sentences 9 months jail to Canadian for smuggling people
FORT COVINGTON: Christopher Square, age 29, of Kahnawake, Quebec, Canada, was sentenced on Friday to serve 9 months in prison...
South Korea’s coal imports rise 3.1% YOY
SEOUL: South Korea's coal imports rose 3.1 percent in November from the same month a year earlier, customs data showed...
100 textile millers announce to close unites
LAHORE: The All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (Aptma) has revealed that as many as hundred mills have announced to close their...
Abu Dhabi authorities arrest woman with 13kg cocaine
ABU DHABI: The Abu Dhabi Police, in coordination with the Anti-Narcotics Federal Directorate-General at the Ministry of Interior, arrested an...
India’s palm oil imports rise 10% in Nov 2015
NEW DELHI: India's palm oil imports rose by about 10 per cent to 8,73,592 tonnes in November on account of...
India’s import of vegetable oils increase by 13% in Nov
NEW DELHI: Import of vegetable oils is up by 13% in November according to data complied by the Solvent Extractors'...
Japan stocks slip 0.7% to 1,517.70 as
TOKYO: Japanese stocks fell for a second day, with the Topix index headed for its lowest close in about two...
Brazilian imports of steel sheet products fall 46% in Nov
BRASÍLIA: Brazilian imports of carbon steel sheet products in November reached 39,154 mt, or 46% below the 72,491 mt imported...
Hong Kong stocks rise for first time in nine days
HONG KONG: Hong Kong stocks climbed for the first time in nine days, narrowly avoiding the benchmark index’s longest losing...
India’s coal imports set to fall for first time in 5 years
NEW DELHI: India's annual coal imports are set to fall for the first time in five years as domestic output...
52.8MW being produced thru wind power project
ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Water and Power Khawaja Asif has claimed that the Sapphire Wind Power Project, after a delay...
ADB to give Pakistan $1.5b loan for infrastructure
ISLAMABAD: Asian Development Bank (ADB) Country Director Werner Leipach has called on Finance Minister Ishaq Dar and apprised him of...
Addl Commissioner-IR Tariq’s performance allowance restored
ISLAMABAD: The performance allowance in respect of Muhammad Tariq Jamal Khattak, a BS-19 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has been...
Businessmen show concerns over rising public debt
ISLAMABAD: Businessmen in a meeting at Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) showed concerns over the trend of consistent...
PCSIR to set up state-of-the-art laboratory in Faisalabad
FAISALABAD. World Class and state-of-the-art PCSIR (Pakistan Council for Scientific and Industrial Research) Laboratory will be set up in Faisalabad...
US border agents arrest man with meth near I-5 checkpoint
SAN CLEMENTE: San Diego Sector Border Patrol agents arrested a 35-year-old man on Friday morning who had bundles of methamphetamine...
US customs seizes more than 9 pounds of heroin at Dulles airport
STERLING: U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Office of Field Operations (OFO) at Washington Dulles International Airport seized more than...
Nigeria customs arrests Senegalese woman with cocaine at Seme border
ABUJA: A 45-year-old Senegalese woman, Fatou Sall, has been arrested by officers of the Nigeria Immigration Service, NIS, Zone A,...
Argentina to remove export taxes on some agric products
BUENOS AIRES: Argentine President Mauricio Macri said Monday that his government will eliminate export taxes on some agricultural products, dismantling...
