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India, Bangladesh to double onion imports
NEW DELHI: Prices have hit 100 taka (USD 1.29) per kg in Bangladesh and 80 rupees (USD 1.2) in India...
Portugal‘s Customs seizes 2Kgs cocaine at Lisbon airport
LISBON: The Portuguese Customs have seized 2 kilos of cocaine and Lisbon airport and arrested a passenger who had flown...
UAE foreign minister to visit India next week to discuss trade ties
NEW DELHI: Days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the UAE, its foreign minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al...
Saudi Arabia executes Syrian man for drug smuggling, 3 others
RIYADH: Saudi Arabia announced it had carried out four executions in different cities on Wednesday morning, bringing the total number...
Iran, Pakistan plan to increase annual trade to $5b in next 5 years
TEHRAN: Iran and Pakistan are planning to increase the volume of their annual trade to USD 5 billion over the...
Russian customs proposes to criminalize illegal food imports
MOSCOW: Eliminating tomatoes confiscated at the Russian-Belarusian border, at a consumer waste field near the village of Gusin in the...
Hong Kong Customs seizes 4kg suspected drugs worth $650,000
HONG KONG: Hong Kong Customs seized about 4 kilograms of suspected drugs in Tsim Sha Tsui and arrested a man....
Japan lifts US, Canada poultry imports ban after bird flu
TOKYO: Japan's Farm Ministry partiality lifted a ban on imports of live poultry and poultry meat from the United States...
Jamaica: FDI climbs to $577 million in 2015
KINGSTON: Jamaica attracted US$577.4 million in foreign direct investments (FDI) for the fiscal year ending March 2015, according to the...
Ireland customs seizes 1,940 counterfeit cigarettes in Wexford
WEXFORD: Officers executing a warrant at a private house in Enniscorthy seized 1,940 counterfeit cigarettes and approximately 4 kg of...
India police seize heroin worth Rs 7 crore in Moga
MOGA: The district police claimed to have arrested four notorious drug smugglers with 1.5 kg heroin from various places. Four...
South Africa customs seizes R150K worth of contraband
CAPE TOWN: Three men are expected to appear in the Wynberg Magistrate’s Court for the possession of contraband worth R150...
US customs seizes 3 pounds of heroin concealed inside coconut wafers
FORT LAUDERDALE: More than 3 pounds of heroin that was concealed inside coconut wafers carried in the luggage of a...
Venezuela aims OPEC emergency meeting on oil prices
CARACAS: Hard-hit Venezuela has been contacting other OPEC members to push for an emergency meeting in coordination with Russia to...
Mining investors prefer to invest in Canada, Australia, US, Chile and Mexico
OTTAWA: Mining investors, currently experiencing one of the industry’s worst times in over a decade, are braced for another round...
Guyana: Wood products exports totaled $5.14m in 1H of 2015
GEORGETOWN: Economies of Caribbean countries and some Latin American countries continue to strengthen and this is driving demand for a...
Guyana Geology, Mines strike resumes; management deems it illegal
GEORGETOWN: Employees of the Guyana Geology and Mines (GGMC) say management failure to approve a pay-hike, in keeping with a...
University of Guyana should explore income generation ideas: Rupert
GEORGETOWN: Education Minister Dr. Rupert Roopnaraine says cash-strapped University of Guyana (UG) should explore revenue-generating ideas, as means of bringing...
Guyana illegal traders use planes at Ogle Airport to smuggle gold to Suriname
GEORGETOWN: One day after Government confirmed that a major investigation has been launched into a huge gold smuggling racket that...
Bank of Spain to open representative office in Cuba
HAVANA: Banco Popular has requested the opening of a representative office in Cuba to join other Spanish banks already operating...
