GENEVA: Switzerland's ADM International offered to sell 50,000 tonnes of wheat to Bangladesh for $215.87 a tonne, the lowest offer...

DHAKA: Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) arrested 56 alleged drug dealers from different areas of the capital during an anti-narcotics special...

DHAKA: Members of Bangladesh Coast Guard seized 75,000 pieces of Yaba tablets worth around Tk 37.5 million from on the...

HONG KONG: Hong Kong will ban the import and export of ivory, the city’s leader announced on Wednesday, in a...

TAIPEI: Taiwan Life Insurance Co yesterday said it expects a 6 percent annual rise in first-year premium (FYP) collections this...

TAIPEI: Gourmet Master Co Ltd , best known for its coffee shop and bakery chain 85°C, reported that sales last...

TOKYO: Japan's Ministry of Agriculture said it would import 13,000 tonnes of feed-quality wheat for livestock use via a simultaneous...

OSLO: Norwegian energy giant Statkraft AS has withdrawn its plan to build a hydropower project in Nepal, officials said yesterday,...

CHENNAI: The Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) has lifted restriction on apple import through Chennai Port. This move will increase...

DOHA: QNB Group, the region’s largest lender, reported a robust 7.7 percent increase in the net profit for the year...

DOHA: The continuing large terms-of-trade shock has increased market speculation that the GCC’s US dollar pegs could break going forward....

KUWAIT : Burgan Bank, Kuwait’s third-largest lender by assets, has picked two arrangers for a potential 100 million dinar ($329.4...

CAIRO: Egypt’s central bank Governor Tarek Amer said rules to curb what he described as unnecessary imports may save about...

KIEV: The Ukrainian government has decided to ban imports of food products, including meat, from Russia. The move is a...

KUWAIT: An Indian expatriate smuggler was arrested in Fahaheel area in possession of 167 bottles of locally manufactured liquor. According...

HONG KONG: China exports to Hong Kong rose 10.8 percent from a year earlier for the biggest gain in more...

HOUSTON: US November polypropylene (PP) exports edged up about 3% over the same month in 2014 on more shipments to...

KUALA LUMPUR: The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will continue investing internally this year in efforts to support Malaysia's economy. "We...

HARRISBURG: Pennsylvania state police seized more than $118 million in illegal drugs last year and the biggest bulk of it...

KOCHI:  Gold bars, worth over Rs. 58 lakh, were on Wednesday seized from two passengers who arrived in Kochi from...