Year: 2015

BERN: Italy and Switzerland have agreed an amendment to their double tax agreement to enhance tax information exchange provisions. It ...

TEHRAN: Iran and Kazakhstan have affirmed the need to expand cooperation in the banking and mining spheres. In a meeting ...

WELLINGTON: The Australian and New Zealand dollars drifted near multi-month highs versus the euro on Monday, with financiers awaiting key ...

DUBAI: The United Arab Emirates’ Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) is seeking 288,000 tonnes of gasoline for delivery over ...

KARACHI: A fire broke out at a shop in Tibet Centre, one of the main car accessories and spare parts ...

COLOMBO: Sri Lankan customs seized a stock of illegal imported cigarettes when customs officials opened a suspicious container. The legal ...

DHAKA: Bangladeshi telecoms authorities Sunday shut down smartphone messaging and voice services Viber and Tango, which have become a popular ...

NEW DELHI: Indian Government deliberated customs duty at 2.25% in the Union Budget 2015-16.This plan will successfully reduce the impact ...

SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Jurong Port, an international shipping terminal for dry bulk and containerized cargo, is installing the largest port-based solar ...

NEW YORK: Toyota dealers can look forward to production increases for the Tacoma compact pickup, which they see as key ...

BEIJING:  Over 210,000 tonnes of smuggled rice worth 1.26 billion yuan ($205 million) was seized in China last year, a ...

WASHINGTON: A geological survey of the volcanic motion between Hunga Tonga and Hunga Ha’apai started over the weekend while ash ...

CALIFORNIA: The jumbo-sized iPad Pro that according to KGI Securities analyst Ming-chi Kuo will slide out of the box later ...

ISLAMABAD: The Federal government has taken corrective measures in shape of 7th NFC Award, Aghaz-e-Haqooq-e-Balochistan, 18th Amendment and substantive allocations ...

HONG KONG: Human activity has affected half of the processes crucial to planet stability, posing a risk to current and ...

HARROW: The Minerals Research Laboratory is a world leader in research, development, and implementation of mineral processing techniques. The method, ...

ISLAMABAD: The Capital Development Authority (CDA) is yet to recover Rs6.2 billion dues of land utilisation charges from the two ...

LAHORE: Bull-run kept the stocks sail high after scaling all-time high of 34,000 points level as benchmark mark KSE 100-index ...

BEIJING: China economic growth may be as high as 7.3 percent this year, partly due to falling commodity prices, the ...

TOKYO: Tokyo stocks increased 0.89 per cent on Monday, tracking an upbeat lead from Wall Street, as oil value raised ...