NEW DELHI: India's coal imports fell for a seven straight month in January, a government official said, as the world's...

JAKARTA: Indonesia will host the 30th World Ports Conference of the International Association of Ports and Harbors (IAPH) in 2017,...

HYDERABAD: Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT), one of India's leading state-owned ports that lost significant business to neighbouring privately-owned Gangavaram Port...

WASHINGTON: The rise of the smartphone continued apace in 2015, with close to 1.5 billion devices shipped over the course...

WASHINGTON: Total shipments of Portland and blended cement in the United States and Puerto Rico in November 2015 were about...

LONDON: Bank of England Deputy Governor Ben Broadbent said on Friday the recent drop in oil prices is likely to...

MANILA: Inflation went down to 1.3 percent in January from 1.5 percent in December 2015, the National Economic and Developement...

ISLAMABAD: Under the public-private partnership policy of the government, Pakistan Railways is planning to engage private sector for running the...

ABU DHABI: State-owned Abu Dhabi National Oil Co (Adnoc) plans to start a new liquefied natural gas floating import terminal...

DHAKA: Tea prices in Bangladesh fell more than 2 percent at a weekly auction on Tuesday, dragged down by inferior...

AMMAN: Jordan on Thursday secured around $1.7 billion in grants and grant equivalents for its Syrian refugee response plan for...

MUSCAT: Oman Qatar Insurance Company, a subsidiary of Qatar Insurance Group, plans to float an initial public offering (IPO) on...

KARACHI: Chairman of National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Finance, Revenue, Economic Affairs, Statistics and Privatization, Qaiser Ahmed Sheikh, while assuring...

WARSAW: Kompania Węglowa (KW), Poland’s largest producer of coal, is understood to have entered talks with investors over a planned...

HELSINKI: The nominal earnings of wage and salary earners rose by 1.1 per cent in October–December 2015 when compared to...

LISBON: Portuguese bank BCP made a profit of €235.3 million in 2015, compared with a loss of €226.6 million in...

KATHMANDU: Food imports through Sirsiya Dry Port in Birgunj have jumped sharply in the last three months. The Sirsiya Customs...

KIEV: The surplus of Ukraine's consolidated balance of payment in 2015 reached $849 million, while in 2014 its deficit was...

KIEV:  Exports of Ukrainian agricultural products to Russia in 2015 fell by 68%, to $300 million, total goods turnover with...

KIEV: In 2015, the exports of flour from Ukraine totaled 304.6 thsd tonnes, an increase of 24% compared with the...