International Customs

OSLO: Norway named central bank executive board member Egil Matsen as deputy governor in charge of overseeing its $860 billion...

Maldives Customs imposes state TV only policy

MALÉ: Maldives customs body blocked viewing of television channels other than the state broadcaster at its offices. In a circular,...

Japanese import rises 10% in September

TOKYO: Japan’s year –on-year door imports rose by around 10% in September 2015 and compared to August, September imports were...

Prices of petrol up, food items down in Kabul

KABUL: The price of petrol went up while the prices of sugar, flour, ghee and gold declined during the outgoing...

India, Malaysia agree to expand bilateral trade

NEW DELHI: India and Malaysia agreed to deepen defence and security cooperation and expand bilateral trade while signing three accords...

UK keens to enhance trade ties with Egypt

CAIRO: Transport Minister Saad el Gioushi met Wednesday the UK Trade Envoy to Egypt Jeffrey Donaldson to discuss ways of...

Nippon Life’s premium revenue grows 17.3% in H1

TOKYO: Nippon Life Insurance Co. regained its title as the top premium revenue earner in the Japanese life insurance industry...

Indian police foil attempts to smuggle animals

RAJOURI: Police today foiled two different attempts of bovine smuggling and rescued 11 animals besides arresting one accused. Reports said...

Oman, Austria expect 70% increase in bilateral trade

MUSCAT: The bilateral trade relations between Oman and Austria is expected to experience a major growth of 70 per cent...

Chinese entrepreneurs keen to invest in Bangladesh economic sector

DHAKA: Planning Minister A.H.M Mustafa Kamal urged the Chinese entrepreneurs to invest more in Bangladesh, capitalising on its positive demographics,...

Taiwan police arrest man for smuggling 1,003 kg of chloroephedrine

TAIPEI: Police said Friday that they recently nabbed a Taiwanese man for allegedly smuggling more than 1,000 kilograms of chloroephedrine,...

India asks Bangladesh to strengthen border security

DHAKA: India has asked Bangladesh to secure its own side of the international border to check citizens of that country...

India to convince Bangladesh for lifting jute exports ban

DHAKA: Taking note of the steep hike in jute price, the Indian government is likely to approach Bangladesh and ask...

Philippines police seize shabu worth P800k

CEBU: A suspected drug pusher, who has been previously sent to jail, was arrested for illegal possession of drugs. Rustom...

Spain authorities seize 41 tonnes smuggled tobacco

MADRID: The Guardia Civil, in collaboration with the Treasury Ministry, has seized more than 41 tonnes of tobacco in the...

Beirut Air Customs seizes 25kg cocaine at airport

BEIRUT: Beirut Airport customs thwarted an attempt by a Dutch national to smuggle 25 kilograms of cocaine into Lebanon.. Customs...

120710 Manila, Philippines. Port of Manila. A container scanner at the Port of Manila scans a container truck as part of the Customs evaluation and examination of cargo that enter the country.

The utilization of the non-intrusive x-ray machines at the Port of Manila greatly improved the apprehension of contrabands and anti-social goods with an approximated of Php 3 million in total worth of articles seized as a result of the scanning from May 2007 to August 2010.

Senate to propose customs modernization bill

MANILA: Senators will try to pass the proposed salary hike for state workers, the Bangsamoro Basic Law and customs modernization...

7 Customs officers join frontlines after rigorous training

SAIPAN: After 14 weeks of rigorous training, seven newly certified Division of Customs officers have joined the frontlines of those...

Indian police clutch two liquor smugglers

NOIDA: Two people were arrested for allegedly smuggling liquor and police recovered 400 cartons of illicit liquor from their possession...

India’s BSF seized worth Rs. 15bn of heroin in 2015