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Dutch Customs seizes 16,000 kg drugs, cocaine popular
AMSTERDAM: Dutch Customs officers intercepted around 15.758 kilograms of drugs in 2014, nearly 10,000 kg less than the 25,000 kg...
Port of Laem Chabang gets approval for development projects
VICTORIA CITY: Infrastructure developments in Thailand are proceeding erratically, thanks to rocky implementation and significant political shifts in the Southeast...
US customs seizes marijuana worth $2.5m in Bahamas
MIAMI: A joint task force from Operation Bahamas, Turks and Caicos (OPBAT) seized 2,842 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated...
SL increases import tax on potatoes, sugar
COLOMBO: The import tax on a kilo of potatoes has been increased by Rs.10 with effect from last night, while...
Customs Tribunal appoints Member Omer Mehdi as controlling officer for bench-I Lahore
LAHORE: Customs Appellate Tribunal has appointed Member Technical Khawja Omer Mehdi as controlling officer for bench-I. The decision has been...
Iran, Oman to ink deal on gas pipeline on Sept 14
TEHRAN: Iran and Oman are expected to a sign a deal on appointing an Iranian consultant for a study to...
China plans to invest in Afghanistan economy through new Silk Road
BEIJING: China is planning an increased economic role in Afghanistan through its Silk Road initiative and through the Shanghai Cooperation...
Edmonton lawyer sentenced for smuggling drugs
OTTAWA: An Edmonton lawyer who smuggled drugs into the remand centre has been sentenced to spend four years behind bars....
Iran, Oman to ink deal on gas pipeline on Sept 14
TEHRAN: Iran and Oman are expected to a sign a deal on appointing an Iranian consultant for a study to...
Saudi Arabia faces cut in spending as oil prices fall: FM
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia will cut spending and delay some state projects after the recent decline in the price of oil,...
Govt committed to control of HIV/AIDS in country: President
ISLAMABAD: UNAIDS Regional Support Team for Asia and the Pacific Director Steven Kraus has called on President Mamnoon Hussain. The...
Need to bridge gaps in taxpayers, govt stressed
LAHORE: Pakistan Tax Bar Association (PTBA) newly elected president Mohsin Nadeem said that there is need to bridge gaps and...
Japan’s composite economic index fall in July for first time in 2 months
TOKYO: Japan’s key composite index of economic indicators, reflecting the current state of the economy, fell in July for the...
Hungarian banks disburse HUF 684 b of loans in phase II of Funding for Growth Scheme
BUDAPEST: Net of repayments, banks disbursed HUF 684.1 bln in loans as of August 28 to small and medium-sized enterprises...
Polish manufacturing index PMI suffers largest drop in 15 years
WARSAW: Poland's manufacturing sector purchasing managers' index PMI, a gauge of manufacturing sector activity, fell by 3.4 pts month on...
Portugal’s card transactions hit €2.2b in H1
LISBON: Portugal’s ATM machine and sale point operator SIBS has revealed a record amount of transactions were made last month....
Nippon Paint plans to set up new facility in NCR worth Rs 80-90 crore
KATHMANDU: In a move to to increase its presence in North and Western markets in India, Nippon Paint is planning...
Sri Lanka seafood exports fall by 36% to $85.8m in H1
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka seafood exports dived 36 percent to 85.8 million US dollars in the first six months of 2015,...
Ijaz Mumtaz urges govt to promote alternate energy resources
LAHORE: President of the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ijaz A. Mumtaz urged the private sector to utilize...
Cuba exports 700 tons of pineapple to Europe in 8 months
HAVANA: Cuba exported 700 tons of pineapple to Europe after a harvest of eight months in Ciego de Avila province,...
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