International Customs
Pakistan’s first in-depth newspaper that presents balanced news reports, analysis and reviews regarding Customs, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) and Sales/Income Tax Departments beside covering import and export sectors comprehensively. Up-to-the-minute news bulletins regarding Customs and FBR departments are also displayed regularly on both website and face book for the interest of common people
BPC’s power import deal blocked
DHAKA: A highly complex two-pronged deal involving a 100MW power import arrangement to Botswana on one hand and a $300...
Google teams up with Norway’s largest wind park
OSLO: Google has agreed to purchase the entire output of the Tellenes wind power park in Rogaland, where construction is...
EU to make decision on Spanish budget-breach penalties after election
MADRID: EU will hand down a decision on Spain and Portugal’s budget violations after general election. The two countries received...
Philippines slides in competitiveness of ports, logistics businesses
MANILA: The marching order given by President Duterte to government agencies to honor contracts is seen to improve the global...
Starbucks still pays low taxes in the Netherlands: FD
AMSTERDAM: Starbucks is continuing to pay low tax bills in the Netherlands by using a tax ruling which the European...
Alibaba and Cosco to open direct route for Greek exports to China
ATHENS: Alibaba, the global leader in online sales, is launching an integrated plan to develop electronic trade between Greece and...
BP to kick off Tangguh Train 3 construction in Q4
JAKARTA: British oil and gas company BP has submitted its final investment development (FID) decision over Train 3, the expansion...
Siemens appoints new CFO for Mideast region
DOHA: The German engineering giant Siemens has appointed Alia Al Rifai as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the company’s...
RWE, Qatargas sign 7.5 year deal for LNG deliveries to Europe
BERLIN: RWE has signed a seven and a half year deal with Qatargas for liquefied natural gas (LNG) deliveries into...
Hong Kong and Guangdong continue to combat smuggling of illegal immigrants across boundary
HONG KONG: The Secretary for Security, Mr Lai Tung-kwok, attended the third meeting in Shenzhen today with the Border Control...
Kuwait posts $18B deficit as lower oil prices slash revenue
KUWAIT CITY: Kuwait's finance minister says the oil-exporting country has posted a budget deficit of $18.2 billion for the most...
Number of IPOs increases despite global slowdown
TAIPEI: Initial public offering (IPO) activity in Taiwan in the first half of this year was unfazed by the sluggish...
Afghan authorities crack down on drug smuggling
KABUL: During the past three months 740 suspected drug smugglers have been arrested in Afghanistan. Afghanistan Deputy Interior Minister for...
300kg ganja seized in Khon Kaen
KHON KAEN: Highway police seized 300 kilogrammes of compressed marijuana from an abandoned car after a chase early Sunday. Pol...
NZ Police seize millions worth of cocaine inside horse head
CHRISTCHURCH: A multimillion-dollar shipment of cocaine - smuggled to New Zealand inside a diamante-encrusted horse sculpture - may have been...
More than 100,000 bottles of illegal wine seized at Johor port
JOHOR BARU: The Customs department seized 105,342 bottles of illicit wine stored inside a warehouse at the Port of Tanjung...
Finance Minister demands 40% more from Jamaica Customs
KINGSTON: Minister of Finance Audley Shaw expects to increase revenues from Jamaica Customs Agency by up to 40 per cent...
Swedish utility to sell German coal assets
CANBERRA: Swedish state-owned utility Vattenfall has secured government approval to sell its lignite operations in Germany, an energy sector it...
Nepal- India inter-governmental committee meeting
KATHMANDU: A three-day inter-governmental committee (IGC) meeting between Nepal and India concluded on Thursday without any substantial outcomes under a...
Oman’s narrow money supply rises
MUSCAT: The nation’s narrow money stock (M1), when measured on a year-on-year basis, grew by 4.4 per cent to OMR5.4...
