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Posts published in “Day: June 23, 2017

Pakistan imposes anti-dumping duty on Chinese billets

Report in Dawn, June 23rd, 2017 KARACHI: The National Tariff Commission (NTC) on Thursday imposed a definitive anti-dumping duty of 24.04 per cent on continuous casting (CC) steel billets imported from China for a period of five years effective from June 22. However, the CC billets imported from other countries shall not be subject to the definitive anti-dumping duty, said Amreli Steels Limited in a notice sent to Pakistan Stock Exchange (PSX) along with a…

Court in Shandong sentences man to five years for stabbing debt collectors in retrial

Report in Global Times, June 23, 2017 A higher court in East China’s Shandong Province on Friday morning sentenced the defendant to five years in prison at the second trial for a high profile case in which a son stabbed and killed a violent debt collector while defending his mother. The Shandong Provincial Higher People’s Court sentenced Yu Huan, the defendant, to five years in prison for the crime of intentional injury caused by excessive…

China orders websites to remove unlicensed multimedia content about politics and public affairs

Report in Global Times, June 22, 2017 at 20:42:49 China’s media watchdog on Thursday announced it is requiring several websites, including Sina Weibo and AcFun, to shut down its multimedia content for failing to obtain a license and for broadcasting negative social commentaries. A statement published on the website of China’s TV and film watchdog said that some websites, including Sina Weibo, AcFun, ifeng.com, did not obtain the administration’s license on audio-visual services, and ran…

Fake Awami organisations a big headache for AL

by Tarek Mahmud in Dhaka Tribune, June 22, 2017 at 08:51 PM Hundreds of organisations have mushroomed across the country over the last decade, claiming to be adherents of the ruling party Awami League’s ideology. None of these organisations have official status as AL affiliates, but they nevertheless use names that appear Awami League-ish, giving them a veil of legitimacy. Individual party leaders are often seen attending events organised by such groups, but they do…

”Safety of military airports in China threatened by nearby high-rises”

Report in Global Times Published: 2017/6/21 16:43:39 Many of China’s military airports are facing safety problems caused by the construction of high-rise buildings nearby, with many facilities being forced to relocate or close certain flight routes, the official newspaper of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) reported recently. According to an article published in the PLA Daily Wednesday, “many military airports were built in the 1960s or the 1970s, their location at that time was far…