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Customs Inspector suspended
ISLAMABAD: The Competent Authority of Federal Board of Revenue has suspended Muhammad Arshad, Inspector, Model Customs Collectrate, Islamabad for a...
Malaysia’s Fajarbaru Builder plans to build projects worth RM728m
PETALING JAYA: Small-cap contractor Fajarbaru Builder Group Bhd has property projects with a gross development value (GDV) of RM728mil in...
Indian Rajesh Exports agrees to buy Swiss Valcambi for $400m
MUMBAI: Jeweller Rajesh Exports Ltd has agreed to buy Swiss company Valcambi, the world's largest gold refiner, for $400 million...
Rawalpindi Cantonment Board’s Rs2.72b budget approved
RAWALPINDI: Rawalpindi Cantonment Board (RCB) Cantonment Executive Officer (CEO) Fahim Zafar has approved the board’s Rs2.72 billion budget for fiscal...
Ex-Pakistan leave of Chief Commissioner Shahzada extended
ISLAMABAD: Ex-Pakistan leave granted to Shahzada Tahir Zaman, an Inland Revenue Service officer of BS-20, has further been extended upto...
Researchers revealed that T. rex’s teeth had secret weapon
PARIS: Secret structures hidden within the serrated teeth of Tyrannosaurus rex and other theropods helped the fearsome dinosaurs tear apart...
India expects to earn $933m from iron ore exports
NEW DELHI: The government is expecting to earn over USD 933 million (about Rs 5,989 crore) from exporting 16.5 million...
New measurements reveal that Pluto is slightly larger than expectation
WASHINGTON: Hoping to capture lawmakers’ imaginations and perhaps loosen their purse strings, NASA officials said Tuesday that the new scientific...
Kotoka Air customs exceeds revenue target for Q2 of 2015
ACCRA: The Kotoka International Airport (KIA) branch of the Customs Division of the Ghana Revenue Authority, exceeded its revenue target...
Singapore authorities seize drugs worth S$80,000
SINGAPORE: Authorities have seized about S$80,000 worth of drugs from a Malaysia-registered taxi at Woodlands Checkpoint, said the Immigration and...
Secret Escapes secures $60m in funding for expansion
BRUSSELS: Secret Escapes, the travel website that offers its members deals on luxury travel, has raised $60m (£38.7m) of funding...
Sri Lanka Customs seizes 682 live lobsters worth Rs 1.4m
COLOMBO: An employee of a private company in Colombo, who tried to import 682 live lobsters without the sanction of...
Nigerian customs blocks three banks from collecting customs duty
ABUJA: Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has suspended three commercial banks from collecting customs duties over their noncompliance with the partnership...
Equal to cost of KBD: $ 5.8b power generation machinery imported in five years
KARACHI: The federal governments imported power generation machinery worth $5.80 billion during the last five years. According to the figures...
Nawaz to sign three agri accords during visit to Belarus
ISLAMABAD: A four-member delegation from Belarus has visited the research establishments at the National Agricultural Research Centre (NARC) and also...
Meezan Bank earns Rs2.6 billion in six months
KARACHI: Meezan Bank’s after-tax profit has increased by 18.8 per cent in the first six months of 2015 to Rs2.6...
Blue moon can refer to the second full moon in any calendar month
MEXICO: As rare as a blue moon? Not this week, when the first blue moon since August 2012 will grace...
Our sun blasts out over 50% of its energy as “near-infrared” light
CANADA: Our sun blasts out over 50 percent of its energy as "near-infrared" light, but solar cells only harvest visible...
Russia-Thailand 6th commission meet in Moscow to discuss trade
MOSCOW: The 6th Russia-Thailand Intergovernmental Commission on Bilateral Cooperation met in Moscow this month. The meeting was co-chaired by Denis...
Bodies formed to resolve issue of withholding tax on banking transactions
ISLAMABAD: The federal government has formed three committees to address the issue of 0.3 per cent withholding tax imposed on...
