ISTANBUL: Turkey’s dependence on imported energy is a major bottleneck for the country’s economy, which is suffering from a chronic...

  ISLAMABAD: The country’s total public debt increased to Rs 18,467.3 billion by end of December 2015 as compared with...

ATHENS: A senior government official continued Athens’s attack on the International Monetary Fund on Wednesday, accusing it of “ideological obsessions...

TOKYO: Japan's Ministry of Agriculture bought a total of 126,190 tonnes of food quality wheat from the United States, Canada...

BUDAPEST: An expected 3 percent drop in investments will push down Hungary’s economic growth rate to 2.3 percent this year...

ISLAMABAD: Farooq Ahmad Nasir, a BS-20 officer of Inland Revenue Service, is going to retire from the government service on...

TOKYO: Japan’s Softbank has invested $250 million in WME-IMG, which values the talent and sports agency at $5.5 billion, the...

  LAHORE: The Punjab government has asked Federal Finance Minister to release Rs 12.7 billion under cross adjustment of sales...

HANOI: Credit growth by February 20 rose 0.39 per cent while capital mobilisation increased 0.34 per cent against December last...

KABUL: While insisting on a proper irrigation system, President Ashraf Ghani acknowledged on Sunday the government’s failure in producing, supplying...

JAKARTA: At least 2,000 foreign companies in Indonesia have been avoiding billions of dollars of tax in the last 10...

DOHA: The global oil demand is expected to grow by 1.25 million barrels per day (mbpd) to average 94.23 mbpd...

PARIS: France has voted to slash the "Nutella tax" - a surcharge on imported palm oil, which is used in...

SEOUL: South Korea has imported its 76% of ferrous scrap from Japan during the month of February this year, as...

GENEVA: The recent news that Zurich-based Swiss Bank Julius Baer has set aside $547 million in anticipation of a U.S....

  PESHAWAR: With the aim to enhance regional trade with Afghanistan and Central Asian Republics (CARs), the federal government has...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka will charge newly proposed from April and September 2015 to bring down the budget deficit and stabilize...

BANGKOK: Thailand keeps its interest rate frozen for the seventh consecutive meeting as policymakers believe the economy will benefit from...

LAHORE: The country’s textile exports have further decreased by 5 percent to $1.02 billion, whereas the value added shipments declined...

KUCHING: Astro Malaysia Holdings Bhd (Astro) is poised to register a middle single digit revenue growth in financial year 2017...