Pak-Spain bilateral trade to reach $1 billion: Spanish Ambassador

ANKARA: The Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Public Health of the government of Punjab, Tanveer Aslam Malik, leading a...

Sialkot FIA arrests four human traffickers

SIALKOT: Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) team raided at Gujranwala and Gujrat on other day and arrested four human traffickers including...

Business, industrial community not to accept Friday as weekly holiday: KCCI

KARACHI: The leadership of Businessmen Group (BMG) and Office Bearers of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (KCCI) have...

EAD, World Bank sign agreement on water sector management

ISLAMABAD: Secretary Economic Affairs Division (EAD), Tariq Bajwa and Country Director World Bank, Patchamuthu Illangovan signed agreement of $34.95 million...

STBA appeals FBR to extend date of filing income tax returns

SIALKOT: The Sialkot Tax Bar Association (STBA) has asked the Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) to extend the date of filling...

Bangladesh stocks continue slide for fifth day

DHAKA: Bangladesh stocks continue sliding for the fifth day. Indices at the twin bourses -- Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) and...

Ghana producer inflation jumps to 10.5% in Dec

ACCRA: Ghana's producer price inflation rose sharply to 10.5 percent in December from 3 percent the month before, pushed by...

Export turnover of Vietnam likely to touch VND308,202b in Jan

HANOI: The export turnover of Viet Nam is estimated to touch VND308,202 billion in January, slightly increasing by 0.5 per...

Iraq consider deal on global oil cuts

BAGHDAD: Iraq is ready to take part in an extraordinary OPEC meeting and even reduce its fast growing output if...

Italy business confidence drops sharply in Jan

ROME: Sentiment among Italian businesses dropped sharply in January but consumer morale rose to a new record high, data showed...

EMEA PC market contracted by 18.2%, says IDC

WASHINGTON: PC shipments in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) reached 20.8 million units in the fourth quarter of...

Nigeria’s Govt revenues rise 5.6% in Dec

ABUJA: Nigeria's government revenues rose by 5.6 percent in December to 315.019 billion naira, from 297.450 billion naira the previous...

Newcastle’s Sage Group reports 6.6% rise in revenues in Q1

WASHINGTON: Good growth across Europe triggered a revenue rise of 6.6% in Sage Group Plc’s first quarter, the firm said....

Nepal, India proposes to construct six power corridors

KATHMANDU: Nepal and India propose to construct at least six cross-border power corridors to ensure trading in energy between the...

Bank lending drops by half as firms flounder

KATHMANDU: Lending by commercial banks has nearly halved as businesses are floundering due to the effects of the April 25...

India aims to more than double trade with Jordan

AMMAN: India, a major importer of rock phosphates, potash and finished fertilisers from Jordan, targets to more than double trade...

Postal, courier firms revenue continue to decline

HARARE: Revenues generated by local postal and courier companies have continued to decline steadily during the past five years as...

Ukraine ready to restart power exports to Belarus, Moldova from April

KIEV: Ukraine could resume exports of electricity to Belarus and Moldova from April 2016, Deputy Energy and Coal Industry Minister...

Ukraine exports 24 mln tons of grain since start of current agri-year