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
USBP checkpoint yields over $250k in drugs
WASHINGTON: U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Highway 57 immigration checkpoint arrested one Mexican man for narcotics smuggling on...
U.S. oil may fall more to $47.92
WASHINGTON: U.S. oil may break a support at $48.51 and fall to the next support at $47.92 per barrel, as...
Consumers more optimistic about economy, job market in Switzerland
BERN: Consumer sentiment in Switzerland is on the rise again in July. The index reached -3 points – well above...
Australia’s Port Kembla Coal Terminal ships 494,942 mt in July, down 12% from June
CANBERRA: Australia’s Port Kembla Coal Terminal shipped 494,942 mt of coal in July, down by 12% from 562,890 mt in...
National Australia Bank builds SME lending features
CANBERRA: With home loan growth expected to slow to 4 percent in 2018, National Australia Bank (NAB) wants to build...
RBC first bank in Canada to enable bill payments using Siri
OTTAWA: The Royal Bank of Canada (RBC) just announced that its personal banking clients are now the first in Canada...
Canada egg production up nearly 5% this year
OTTAWA: Egg production in Canada is on the rise, increasing 4.4 percent in the last year. Statistics Canada, the nation’s...
DP World to launch sustainability drive in Egypt
DUBAI: Dubai-based DP World, a leading global trade enabler, has unveiled its corporate sustainability plan for Suez and Sokhna in...
Slight dip in Dubai gold prices after 7- week high
DUBAI: Gold prices held early on Wednesday near a seven-week high struck in the previous session, as downbeat US data...
HSBC reports higher profit, plans $2B more in share buybacks
HONG KONG: HSBC said Monday it plans to buy back another $2 billion in shares after reporting a strong set...
Hong Kong’s I-Cable 1H net loss widens to HK $141.14 mln on lower ad revenue
HONG KONG: Hong Kong's pay-television operator i-Cable Communications said Wednesday its net loss in first half of 2017 widened owing...
Sri Lanka cuts import taxes on rice, maize wheat fish amid drought
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has cut import taxes on maize, rice, flour, and fish, to bring down prices amid a drought,...
Sri Lanka’s Seylan Bank group net up 24%
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's Seylan Bank Plc group's net profits in the June 2017 quarter rose 24 percent to 1.32 billion...
€2m still available in low-cost agri loans from Ulster Bank
DUBLIN: Ulster Bank has approximately €2m of low-cost agri loan scheme monies still available for new applications. The bank reported...
Profits fall 11% at drug company Servier
DUBLIN: Pre-tax profits at the Irish unit of French pharmaceutical company Servier fell 11% to €54.97m even as revenues jumped....
OCBC targets $3b housing loans in Singapore
SINGAPORE: Housing loans helped it achieve an 11% growth in lending. After posting a robust 11% growth in loans for...
Malaysia seizes ivory, pangolin scales from Africa
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian authorities say they've seized 23 pieces of elephant tusks and 301 kilograms (664 pounds) of pangolin scales...
Six Customs officers nabbed for allegedly helping secret society in trafficking drug
KUALA LUMPUR: Six Royal Malaysian Customs officers have been arrested over the past two days for alleged involvement in helping...
Bangladesh tenders to import 50,000 tonnes of rice
DHAKA: Bangladesh's state grain buyer has issued its seventh international tender since May to import 50,000 tonnes of parboiled rice...
Bangladesh’s share in global clothing jumps to 6.4%
DHAKA: Bangladesh’s share of the global clothing market rose again in 2016 as the country sealed its place as the...
