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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
Hong Kong urged to improve PE fund tax exemption
HONG KONG: Hong Kong's Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) has proposed that the Offshore Private Equity Fund Tax Exemption should...
Bank of Ireland to pay out fifth of profits in dividend as bad loans fall
DUBLIN: Bank of Ireland has signalled plans to pay out 20 per cent of full-year profit to shareholders as it...
Singapore unemployment rate eases in Q2
SINGAPORE: The uptrend seen since September 2016 was halted. The unemployment rate in Singapore moderated in the second quarter of...
3,200 cartons of contraband cigarettes seized from Malaysia-registered lorry
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 3,200 cartons of duty-unpaid cigarettes were seized from a Malaysia-registered lorry, driven by a 34-year-old...
Palm oil falls on stronger ringgit, profit-taking
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian palm oil futures reversed the previous session's gains to fall in early trade on Friday, weighed down...
Bangladesh Bank raises farm loan target by 16% in FY2018
DHAKA: The central bank has raised the target for banks to disburse agricultural loans by 16.24 percent to Tk 204...
Bangladesh imports 31m handsets in 2016
DHAKA: Mobile handsets import in Bangladesh increased by 11 per cent in 2016. The country imported 31 million mobile handsets...
U.S. coal exports soar, in boost to Trump energy agenda
WASHINGTON: U.S. coal exports have jumped more than 60 percent this year due to soaring demand from Europe and Asia,...
French GDP maintains pace at 0.5% in Q2
PARIS: French economic growth held steady as Emmanuel Macron was elected new president in May, expanding 0.5 per cent in...
Switzerland’s UBS sees 2nd-quarter profit rise 14%
SWITZERLAND: Swiss bank UBS says its earnings rose 14 percent in the second quarter as its wealth management operation performed...
Algeria natural gas exports to reach 54 bcm in 2017
ALGERIA: Algeria's gas exports should reach 54 billion cubic metres (bcm) this year, up from 51 bcm in 2016, as...
QFB records QR185m revenue in H1
DOHA: Qatar First Bank , a leading Shari’ah compliant bank based in Qatar and listed on the Qatar Stock Exchange...
Exports to Iraq to pay duties
BAGHDAD: Custom duties on local agricultural and industrial exports to Iraq are now being levied, according to Iraq’s commercial attaché...
Weston sales tax goes into effect
AMMAN: Weston’s municipal sales tax will go into effect Jan. 1, six months earlier than originally scheduled. The tax was...
Taiwan to face exported steel duties
TAIPEI: United States Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross has announced an “affirmative final determination” in an antidumping duty (AD) investigation,...
Orange Spain revenues soar 9% in Q2
MADRID: Orange Spain was by far the parent group’s best performing unit in the three months to June, reporting revenues...
Airport Police nabs retired banker over charges of duping customs
PUNE: The Airport police have booked a retired employee of a public sector bank and his accomplice for allegedly duping...
Japan worries over US plan to curb aluminum import
TOKYO: Japan’s aluminum industry is worried that any US trade action to block imports of the metal may result in...
Thai finance ministry keeps 2017 GDP growth outlook at 3.6%
BANGKOK: Thailand's economy is expected to grow 3.6 percent this year as forecast earlier, although exports are likely to increase...
Woman held at South African airport for rhino horn smuggling
JOHANNESBURG: South African police Wednesday arrested a 24-year-old woman with 20 kilogrames of rhino horn before boarding a flight bound...
