NEW DELHI: The Indian economy is poised to experience improvement in overall conditions during the ongoing first quarter owing to...

BALI: Customs seized 63.8 tons of smuggled ammonium nitrate on a boat bound for eastern Indonesia. The chemical compound is...

COPENHAGEN: Denmark’s Ministry of Energy, Climate and Buildings has submitted to public consultation a bill to introduce a tax on...

TELUK INTAN: Malaysian rubber gloves are highly sought after by many countries and for the first quarter of 2017, the...

DHAKA: Bangladesh Export Processing Zones Authority (Bepza) will set up an economic zone at Mirsarai of Chittagong with an eye...

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) has begun a crackdown on online criticism of its military, with up to 200...

PARIS: As the French organic market continues to thrive, organic dairy product supplies are becoming scarce on the French market,...

DUBLIN: Banks led the way in a positive first quarter for European corporate credit ratings, according to S&P Ratings, as...

HONG KONG: Shares in Hong Kong property developers were mixed in Monday morning trading after authorities had another crack at...

BERLIN: Germany and France have pledged to help strengthen the eurozone, with the harmonisation of corporate taxes among the possible...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's gross international reserves stood at $97.3 billion as of May 15, up from $96.1 billion on April...

BRUSSELS: The Governor of the National Bank of Belgium (the “BNB”), Jan Smets, considers that the Belgian economy is now...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand’s top trade official said his country wouldn’t gain much from major changes to a Pacific trade pact,...

SINGAPORE: Singapore's second largest lender Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC) on Monday launched an Indonesian private banking unit as the bank...

CANBERRA: Australian authorities have netted almost two tonnes of cocaine and more than one tonne of ice in the past...

KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee Monday strengthened against the US currency in interbank and remained firm in open market. As per...

WASHINGTON: By volume, polished imports slid 10% to 970,953 carats, while the average price of imports rose 8% to $2,045...

TOKYO: Japan’s exports grew for a fifth consecutive month in April albeit at a slower pace than the previous month...

COLOMBO: The Mirihana Special Crime Investigation Unit of Police has arrested three persons including a woman in connection with the...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's economy grew by 4.4% during the year 2016, although slightly low compared to 2015, amidst internal and...