International Customs

DHAKA: Bangladesh detectives hit the jackpot when they stopped Mohammad Belal at Chittagong airport carrying some surprising excess baggage. Under...

DUBLIN: Ireland is to sell 25% of Allied Irish Banks back to the public, eight years after it was rescued...

DUBAI: Traffickers are increasingly swallowing condoms filled with liquid cocaine to cheat traditional detection methods, Interpol said on Tuesday as...

WARSAW: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reiterated its concern that Poland's bank asset tax will undermine credit expansion and...

DUBAI: The non-oil trade between the UAE and Japan reached about $14.6 billion in 2016, and the countries are working...

HONG KONG: Home prices in Hong Kong – already considered the world’s least affordable major city – rose for 13th...

LISBON: Portuguese restaurateurs and hoteliers are calling for the repeal of the growing number of taxes being levied on tourists....

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's largest hotel operator, John Keells Hotels reported an increase of 10 percent in its profit-before-tax (PBT) for...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has to reduce effective protection re-build a foundation of peace and rule of law to draw investment...

HELSINKI: Finland equities were lower at the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Oil & Gas, Financials and Technology...

CANBERRA: The Australian Taxation Office (ATO) has publicly made it very clear there is intense focus on crossborder related party...

SYDNEY: Australia's corporate regulator said on Wednesday it is investigating how details of a A$6.2 billion (S$6.4 billion) banking levy...

OTTAWA: Canada's current account deficit widened more than expected in the first quarter of the year on an increase in...

ATHENS: The Greek government wants to persuade shipowners and shipping-insurance companies based in London to move their European Union headquarters...

OTTAWA: Canada's housing agency saw a sharp decline in the number of home buyers who qualified for mortgage insurance under...

LONDON: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has asked British authorities to cancel visas issued to two suspected human smugglers, who...

KIEV: In a decision laden with symbolic value, Dutch lawmakers agreed on Tuesday to closer ties and the creation of...

LONDON: Surging sales of salmon helped the UK to export a record amount of food and drink in the first...

ANKARA: Turkey’s foreign trade deficit rose 16.7 percent in April against the same month in 2016, the Turkish Statistical Institute...

HANOI: The Ministry of Finance recently made changes to a circular that regulates the terms of customs declaration for passengers...