DOHA: The trade figures between Qatar and Indian are likely to rise in current year, despite sharp decline in oil...

TAIPEI: Housing transactions in the nation’s major municipalities plummeted 40 percent last month from a year earlier, as cold weather...

JAKARTA: State-run construction company Waskita Karya is planning to double both its revenue and net profits this year, thanks to...

JAKARTA: State-owned port operator PT Pelabuhan Indonesia (Pelindo) III has allocated at least Rp 1 trillion (US$72.4 million) to revamp...

  ISLAMABAD: The federal government has banned all labour union activities in public institutions through invoking services act with aim...

  ISLAMABAD: The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) has imposed a fine of Rs 1 million on the Central...

HARARE: Zimbabwe’s annual raw milk output for 2015 increased by a five percent margin to record 58 million litres, up...

COLOMBO: One of the youngest  conglomerates in Sri Lanka, Laugfs Holdings PLC, broke ground on one of South Asia’s largest...

GENEVA: Switzerland’s chief prosecutor said a criminal investigation into state fund 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) had revealed that about US$...

MINSK: In 2015 Belarus reduced its commodity imports by 25.2% to $30.3 billion as compared to 2014, BelTA learnt from...

CAPE TOWN: South African banks’ earnings will be lower in the year ahead after interest-rate increases cut consumers’ ability to...

ISLAMABAD: The National Accountability Bureau (NAB) has recovered Rs 265.977 billion looted public money since its inception through prosecution of...

LAHORE: MCB Bank Ltd has won the SAFA Award in the category of Private Sector Banks at the SAFA Conference...

LONDON: Rolls-Royce, the British aircraft engine maker, Monday said that it has won a lucrative engines contract from Scandinavian carrier...

KATHMANDU: Motorcyclists and motorists in the Kathmandu Valley will now get fuel every alternate week, as Nepal Oil Corporation has...

DUBAI: Distressed investment opportunities in the UAE and the Arabian Gulf will rise this year as stock markets and companies...

WARSAW: In a vote early on Sunday, the lower house of the Polish parliament accepted the 2016 budget, which foresees...

LISBON: As from today, banking transfer rules will change, with the so-called NIB number being replaced by an International Bank...

MUSCAT: Share prices on the Muscat Securities Market (MSM) staged a major recovery on Sunday, with the general index climbing...

HELSINKI: The volume of Finland’s gross domestic product fell by 0.7 per cent in 2014, while previously the decrease was...