ISLAMABAD: Kashif Manzoor Malik, a BS-18 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of Deputy...

TEHRAN: Iran’s oil exports have risen to 1.8 million barrels per day (bpd) for the first time since 2012, Managing...

BEIJING: China's producer price index (PPI), which measures costs for goods at the factory gate, slid 4.9 percent year on...

ISLAMABAD: Syed Roman Ali Shah, an Inland Revenue Service officer of BS-18, has been exonerated from allegations levelled against him....

BEIJING: China's consumer prices grew 2.3 percent in February from one year earlier, up from January's 1.8 percent, official data...

TOKYO: Japan's Ministry of Agriculture said it would import 26,230 tonnes of feed-quality wheat, and 20,750 tonnes of barley for...

KARACHI: Federal Board of Revenue (FBR), expediting its drive to extend tax net, has started investigating the assets of ‘rich’...

SEOUL: Foreign currency deposits in South Korea reduced last month due to soft demand for Chinese yuan deposits and withdrawal...

BEIJING: Global merchandise import growth slowed to 1.7 percent in 2015 as China’s slower growth path and difficulties in commodity...

RIYADH: State-run utility Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) and its partners in a gas-fired power plant in Saudi Arabia have refinanced...

TOKYO: Japan-based forwarder, Yusen Logistics, has reached into Southeast Asia, opening its own import operation at Halim Perdanakusuma International Airport...

HONG Kong-based carrier Cathay Pacific said net profit almost doubled last year as tumbling oil prices slashed fuel costs and...

KATHMANDU: Nepal’s spending on oil imports plunged 55.4 percent in the first seven months of the fiscal year as the...

BERLIN: The cylinder tower of the German carmaker BMW is seen in Munich. BMW yesterday reported a record profit of...

NEW DELHI: India, the world's third largest steel producer, imported steel worth Rs 36,073 crore in the first 10 months...

ISLAMABAD: With the aim to achieve the budgetary targets, Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has barred the officers from going...

AMSTERDAM: Dutch lender ABN AMRO has opened a branch in Shanghai focusing on supporting the bank's corporate clients in the...

ABUJA: Nigeria, Africa’s top oil producer wants to end its need for imported petroleum products within 18 months, the country’s...

BRUSSELS: Seven Belgian pharmaceutical companies are accused of supplying a Mexican drugs baron with ingredients to make millions of methamphetamine...

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa, which needs to import millions of tons of maize this year because of a drought, will source...