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...

WASHINGTON: The US market could be worth $15m to the Irish sheepmeat industry, assuming that country’s TSE ban on EU...

KIEV: The European Investment Bank (EIB) plans to expand support of large corporate business in Ukraine in 2016, Senior Corporate...

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakthunkhwa government utilised only 18 per cent budget of the annual development programme in the first six...

DUBLIN: Irish airlines Ryanair’s net profits have doubled in third-quarter on surging passenger numbers, and unveiled an 800-million-euro ($866-million) share...

RAWALPINDI: The local business community has demanded the government to supply gas to industrial sectors uninterruptedly. Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce...

BRASÍLIA: Brazil’s December 2015 exports of wood-based products (except pulp and paper) fell 12.4% in value compared to December 2014,...

DUBLIN: Ryanair’s pretax profits rose 110 per cent in the third quarter from €49 million to €103 million while passenger...