Hong Kong’s polished diamond imports decline 11% in 2015
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s polished diamond imports declined 11 percent to $17.52 billion in 2015, according to data from the...
US preliminary steel imports rise 10% in Jan
WASHINGTON: Based on preliminary Census Bureau data, the American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) reported today that the U.S. imported...
Sri Lanka’s exports fall 5.6% from 2014
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's exports fell 5.6 percent from a year earlier to 10,504 million dollars and imports fell 2.5 percent...
Kalabagh, Akhori dams can store 40m acres feet water
ISLAMABAD: Akhori, Munda and Kalabagh dams can store about 40 million acres feet (MAF) additional water. Official sources told that...
AIA Thailand to invest more in office buildings
BANGKOK: AIA Thailand will invest more in office buildings here to increase its property investment to 3.5% of its portfolio...
Iran petrochemical exports to increase
TEHRAN: Iran’s export of petrochemical products is moving forward according to plans, the director of production control of Iran's National...
Iran, South Korea seal €5bn pact
TEHRAN: Iran said on Sunday that it had signed a basic agreement with South Korea to attract funds worth a...
Saudi c.bank net foreign assets fall 2.4% in Jan
RIYADH: Net foreign assets at Saudi Arabia's central bank dropped 2.4 percent from the previous month to 2.23 trillion riyals...
Barclays set to exit African business
CAPE TOWN: Barclays' new chief executive is planning to announce on Tuesday that the British bank has decided to exit...
Govt urged to include southern KP districts in CPEC route
PESHAWAR: The government has been demanded to include southern districts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in the route of China-Pakistan Economic Corridor...
Cork to get €30m for big port expansion
WASHINGTON: The project, with the Port of Cork as borrower, is currently going through an appraisal process with funding expected...
Daiyaan Manuel shines in Port Elizabeth
WASHINGTON: FAST-RISING local motocross rider Daiyaan Manuel stole the limelight from his fellow young Zimbabwean riders during the opening round...
Conflicting interests on future development of Dublin Port
WASHINGTON: The Dublin Port Company’s opposition to plans for housing on the Poolbeg peninsula, on the basis that at least...
Chennai Port to renew MoU with Belgian ports
NEW DELHI: Belgium is working towards getting an agreement between the ports of Zeebrugge in Belgium and the port of...
Sumaira Nazir urges newly promoted superintendents to work with devotion
LAHORE: Chief Collector of Customs Central Region Sumaira Nazir has said that deputy superintendents’ promotion as superintendents is the result...
WCCI, TDAP to hold trade exhibition on March 4
PESHAWAR: Women Chamber of Commerce and Industry (WCCI) with collaboration of Trade Development Authority of Pakistan (TDAP) is going to...
Punjab Revenue Authority seals 33 shops
LAHORE: In order to recover sales tax in Gujranwala division, special teams of Punjab Revenue Authority (PRA), launched a drive and...
ASO detains Rs 8m Land Cruiser, Surf, Corolla
LAHORE: Customs Preventive anti-smuggling team has seized three non-customs paid vehicles including Toyota Land Cruiser, one Toyata Surf and one...
FBR asked to extend deadline for tax-amnesty scheme
LAHORE: Traders have asked Federal Board of Revenue to extend deadline of tax-amnesty scheme in order to ensure maximum benefit...
Mobile imports up by 10.39% to $433.276m in Jul-Jan
ISLAMABAD: Mobile phone imports in the country have reached US $ 433.276 million in current fiscal year (July-January), registering 10.39...
