KARACHI: The Pakistan rupee Tuesday strengthened against the US dollar in open market. According to the local money market, the...

WASHINGTON: US-based Scholastic Corp said revenues rose 5.6% in the third quarter, although international sales (including the UK) fell because...

MUSCAT: The economic climate has been relatively challenging for the coastal state in the Arabian Peninsula. The rough global macroeconomic...

CANBERRA: The University of Sydney Business School has today released a white paper report looking into the potential of the...

LAHORE: Delay in construction of Kalabagh Dam has cost over Rs 132 billion per year, said former Wapda chairman Shamsul...

WELLINGTON: New Zealand Post announced today it would cut about 500 jobs by July as part of wider cuts. It...

ABUJA: Nigeria earned N1.94 trillion from the export of crude oil and other petroleum products in the fourth quarter, Q4,...

DOHA: The Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics of Qatar has announced that Qatar’s trade surplus was 7.4 billion Qatar...

TOKYO: Fresh economic data from Japan have economic pundits wondering whether Prime Minister Shinzo Abe can afford to push ahead...

KIEV: In February 2016 barley exports from Ukraine reached 24 KMT that was slightly higher than during the previous month...

ISLAMABAD: Zahid Hussain Bhayo, a Pakistan Customs Service of BS-20, has retired from the government service on attaining the age...

SÃO PAULO: The Brazilian government has sanctioned a law which increases the amount of biodiesel in the diesel oil mixture,...

BRASÍLIA: Ambassador of Brazil Claudio Raja Gabaglia Lins on Monday said Brazil was the most prominent trade partner of Pakistan...

ANKARA: Turkey imported 83 million cubic meters of liquefied natural gas from the United States in January after the latter...

HANOI: Vietnam has lost rice export contracts as some of its major markets including Indonesia and the Philippines have canceled...

DHAKA: Bangladesh is holding discussion with Indonesia and Australia for importing coal to set up coal-fired power plants.   The sources...

SEJONG: South Korea has decided to cut the discretionary spending of government agencies by 10 percent next year in a...

KARACHI: Bank Alfalah has posted profit-before-tax of Rs12.604 billion for the year ended December 31, as compared to Rs8.514 billion...

NEW DELHI: India has extended a 25 per cent import tax on wheat by three months to June 30, a...

BANGKOK: Thailand’s industrial output fell again in February compared to the same period a year ago, as exports and domestic...