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Airport Customs Branch Asks for More from Importers

Imports through the customs branch at Bole International Airport are being charged deposits that are 25pc to 100pc beyond normal import tax rates based on accompanying invoices, if the items’ market values are not already catalogued, until the correct amounts are figured out.

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Education Ministry Bans Distance Learning

The Ministry of Education (MoE) scrapped all distance education programmes provided by both private and public institutions in the country;  private colleges are also no longer to offer training in law and teaching fields.

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Court: Natenael Plc to Stitch up Default Due Hawassa Textile

The state owned textile mill, Hawassa Textile SC, won a civil suit against Natenael Plc, a company engaged in textile and industry product distribution, involving a claim of around 1.2 million Br, after the latter failed to pay for the textile products supplied to it.

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Second Year Profits Surprise Oromia Int’l Bank

Oromia International Bank (OIB), in its second year after establishment, has made its first profit at 21.5 million Br.

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Court Grants Askallukan Plaintiffs 10.6m Br

The Federal High Court, Ninth Civil Bench, awarded nearly 10.6 million Br to 282 plaintiffs in a case instituted in 10 separate court filings against Askallukan Trading Plc, while the criminal suit was further adjourned due to the absence of the first defendant and the defence lawyer.

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The Addis Abeba City Administration has begun to reclaim land leased to...

 
   

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Editor's Note  

The Addis Abeba City Administration has had a bad track record when it ...

 
   

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Commentary  

Despite recent debates and public discontent in relation to the enforcement of value-added tax (VAT), a large segment of the population that earns low wages enjoy exemptions on basic needs such as housing, grain, flour, injera, bread, and milk and the cost of healthcare, education, transport, and utilities, writes MAMMO ABDI, a tax and customs affairs advisor to the deputy general of the ..

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Opinion  

In recent years the country emerged from mono and state owned banks to experience the opening and expansion of many private banks, one after the other, totalling around 15 today. Credit should be given to the ..

   

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Here it goes again; regime change in Somali Regional State, one of the half dozen over the past decade. Claiming notoriety for such political turmoil, the regional state and a few of its ...

   

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"In one moment, you are a hero of two wars, (and then) suddenly, you are a disgrace, simply because you have a certain opinion. "

Tsadikan G. Tensae, formerly chief-of-staff of the Ethiopian Army with a rank of Lieutenant General, recalled in the English weekly Sub-Saharan Informer what it was like to suddenly be relieved of his duties. Subsequent to the split within the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF), where he was one of the senior military leaders, Tsadikan was discharged from the army nearly 10 years ago and replaced by Samora Yenus (Gen), who is currently the chief-of-staff.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Unraveling ZTE’s Network

 
 

Despite all the cable laying going on around the capital, connection speeds for many uses remain far from satisfactory, especially in certain areas and at certain times of day. Hailu Teklehaimanot, Fortune Staff Writer, sat down ........ More

 
 

FEATURE-Escape to Kenya

 
 

Ever since the ousting of Imperial rule back in the early 1970s, tens of thousands of Ethiopians have journeyed to neighbouring countries, hoping for transit to a western nation. Kenya remains one of these countries that continues to host Ethiopian refugees, .....More

 
 
 
View Point

Seasoned lawyers often advise that, “before trying to lend someone money or ‘investing’ with a guaranteed return, see your attorney to make sure...

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The Fine Line

It is indeed very trying to describe the mood in the camp of the Revolutionary Democrats. It is as if no one appears to know what is to come. Perhaps uncertainty and ....

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View From Arada
 

Every generation blames the one before it for everything perceived to be wrong with the current times.

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