TAIPEI: Taiwan might have difficulty revitalizing its economy this year after slipping into a recession in the second half of...

TEHRAN: Austria’s Raiffeisen Bank International (RBI), plans to become a leading bank in Iran following the removal of international sanctions...

JAKARTA: Pertamina will buy crude oil from several oil contractors operating in the country in a bid to secure the...

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has earned 232 billion rupees from vehicle taxes in 2015, Finance Minister Ravi Karunanayake said and a...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian exports rose 1.4% to RM68.3 billion in December from a year earlier driven by higher sales of...

RIYADH: Islamic finance is a mature and developed industry in Saudi Arabia, representing about two-thirds of total bank financing, according...

LAHORE: The government spent a huge amount of Rs 600 billion annually on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) to meet its...

KARACHI: Traders can enjoy all benefits of tax amnesty scheme in just three days after joining the scheme, top Federal...

DOHA: Industries Qatar, one of the region’s industrial giants with interests in the production of a wide range of petrochemical,...

KUWAIT: The Kuwait Stock Exchange surged yesterday on news that the country’s wealthiest family has agreed to sell its majority...

TOKYO: According to latest statistics released by Japan’s Ministry of Finance (MoF), the country’s imports of stainless steel scrap dropped...

KUALA LUMPUR: Digi.Com Bhd, which posted a net profit of RM382.36mil in the fourth quarter ended Dec 31, has a...

MANILA, Philippines - A string of information technology projects were launched by the Bureau of Customs on Thursday in what...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong customs officers seized 20 per cent more illicit drugs last year as they stepped up cooperation...

LONDON: About 12,000 gallons (55,000 litres) of fuel has been seized and eight men arrested as part of an investigation...

BEIJING: China will invest more than 700 billion yuan ($107 billion) in a new round of rural electric power grid...

HANOI: According to statistics from the General Department of Customs, Vietnam imported a total of 26,742 CBU cars from China...

LAHORE: Cement despatches increased by 6.38 per cent to 21.3 million tons from July 15 to Jan 16 as compared...

BEIJING: China's trade in medicines hit an all-time high of $102 billion last year. The latest figures from the China...

GENEVA: Swiss banking giant Credit Suisse yesterday posted a net loss of nearly US$3 billion for 2015, hit by hefty...