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
Greek current account gap shrinks in March on lower trade deficit
ATHENS: The Greece's current account deficit shrank in March from the same month a year earlier, helped by a lower...
Pressure mounts for major overhaul of Dutch pension system
AMSTERDAM: Pressure is mounting in the Netherlands for a major overhaul of the current three-tier pension system, with a string...
Qatar Chamber keen to empower private sector
DOHA: Sheikh Khalifa bin Jassim Al Thani, Chairman of Qatar Chamber, said yesterday that chamber’s efforts being exerted over the...
Kuwait oil price down 96 cents to $41.84 pb
KUWAIT: The barrel price for Kuwaiti oil went down Thursday by 96 cents to settle $41.84 per barrel after being...
US Customs seizes meth, cocaine worth $575,525
DEL RIO: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Del Rio International Bridge recently discovered more than half...
Spain’s public deficit being cut by 8 bln euros: Finance Minister
MADRID: Spain is cutting its public deficit by 8 billion euros (8.99 billion U.S. dollars), according to Spain's acting Finance...
Indonesia to face tougher economic challenges next year: official
JAKARTA: Indonesian government has designed moves to cope with much-anticipated economic hardships next year with apparent slowdown signals both in...
Norway’s greenhouse gas emissions rise by 1.5% in 2015
OSLO: After many years of greenhouse gas reductions, Norway's emissions rose by 1.5 percent in 2015 due to higher emissions...
Deutsche Bank withholds bonuses, probes workers
FRANKFURT: Deutsche Bank AG halted bonus payments to a group of employees while examining whether they improperly traded with the...
Daimler glum over trucks
BERLIN: Daimler AG said its truck unit’s profit will be “significantly lower” this year and increased its estimate for costs...
Taiwan exports fall 11.1% to $33.16bn in April
TAIPEI: The nation’s export orders showed a worse-than-expected 11.1 percent decline to US$33.16 billion last month from a year earlier,...
Customs taps Microsoft in P170-M antihack move
MANILA: Bureau of Customs (BOC) commissioner Alberto Lina said the rising cases of cyberattacks continued to compromise government data and...
Vnukovo airport customs official arrested for power abuse
MOSCOW: The Meshchansky district court in Moscow on Friday took Vyacheslav Latskikh, a deputy customs post chief at Moscow’s Vnukovo...
Donations for Mindanao poor held by Philippines Customs
MANILA: On May 20, 2015, two container vans of medicines and medical equipment worth $1 million, donated by Montero Medical...
Customs, Navy sink boat load of rice, seize 575 bags
ABUJA: The Patrol officers of Western Marine Command of Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) and the Nigerian Navy sank a boat...
Illinois’ unemployment rate rises to 6.6% in April
WASHINGTON: Illinois' unemployment rate ticked up to 6.6 percent in April as more people continued to join the labor force...
Morocco annual inflation slows to 1.6% in April
RABAT: Morocco's annual consumer price inflation slowed to 1.6 percent in April from 1.8 percent in March as food prices...
Crude output in Iraq likely peaked
BAGHDAD: Crude output in Iraq, OPEC’s second-largest producer, has probably peaked and is likely to fall short of the country’s...
Nepal to need 10,000 megawatts electricity by 2040
KATHMANDU: The World Bank (WB) study has revealed that Nepal will be in need for 10,000 megawatts of electricity by...
HSBC to shut half of its branches in Bangladesh
DHAKA: British banking giant HSBC is set to shutter six of its 13 branches in Bangladesh as part of its...
