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UK annual rate of house price growth falls to 2-year low last month
LONDON: The annual rate of house price growth fell to a two-year low last month, the Nationwide building society has...
PSM given Rs960m for disbursement of two-month salary to employees
KARACHI: The federal government has given Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) Rs960 million for disbursement of two-month (March-April) salary to its...
19 officers of BS-19 nominated for 18th SMC
ISLAMABAD: The Establishment Division of Federal Board of Revenue has nominated 19 officers of BS-19 for the 18th Senior Management...
International Monetary Fund nears USD 1.7b loan payout to Ukraine
KIEV: The International Monetary Fund has said that its Ukraine mission had reached agreement with Kiev authorities on the steps...
Shad assumes charge as Chief Commissioner-IR
ISLAMABAD: Manzoor Hussain Shad, an Inland Revenue Service officer of BS-21, Friday assumed the charge of the post of the...
Collector relinquishes charge
ISLAMABAD: Muhammad Saleem Ahmad Ranjha, a Pakistan Customs Service officer of BS-21, Friday relinquished the charge of the post of...
South Korea looks strengthen ailing exports sector
SEOUL: South Korean Finance Minister Choi said yesterday that the government will announce a comprehensive exports promotion plan next week....
SC sets aside tax demand by FBR; Hubco to be given Rs1.9b refund
KARACHI: The Apex Court has entitled Hub Power Company (Hubco) to a Rs1.9 billion refund after setting aside Federal Board...
8.4% growth: Karachi Port handled 43.42m tons cargo, 1.72m TEUs in FY14-15
KARACHI: Karachi Port handled record 43.42 million tons cargo and 1.72 million Container TEUs (twenty equivalent units) during the outgoing...
Dollar remains flat vs Pak rupee
KARACHI: The US dollar remained flat against Pakistani rupee dollar both in open market and interbank. As per the local...
Indian customs seizes 3kg gold at Nagpur airport
NAGPUR: Customs Department seized 3kgs gold being allegedly smuggled into the country by a passenger travelling in Air Arabia's Sharjah-Nagpur...
US customs recovers bronze from religious temple in India
NEW YORK: Customs officials in New York have recovered a bronze religious statue from the 11th or 12th century that...
Brazil sees market access offers from EU favorable for trade deal
BRASÍLIA: Armando Monteiro, the Brazilian trade and industry minister, said in a conference that the exchange of market access offers...
Galaxies in early universe are 100 or 1000 times larger than bright galaxies
NEW YORK: The number of distant galaxies could be 10 to 100 times fewer than earlier thought, astronomers estimate. Over...
Japan’s major power firms seeking to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 2030
TOKYO: Japan's major power firms are seeking to cut greenhouse gas emissions by more than a third by 2030 compared...
Need to decline level of global greenhouse gas emissions
HONG KONG: There is a need to bring a decline in the level of global greenhouse gas emissions. It has...
EU goes Bananas with Currency rigging case against big Banks
BRUSSELS: The European Union is going bananas as it pursues a probe into currency-rigging. Antitrust regulators are seeking to bolster...
New Zealand BAT 3.9% decline in annual profit hike in excise tax
WELLINGTON: British American Tobacco Holdings (New Zealand), the nation's largest cigarette company, reported a 3.9 percent decline in annual profit...
Eurozone annual inflation expects to fall 0.2% in June
BRUSSELS: Euro area annual inflation is expected to be 0.2 percent in June 2015, down from 0.3 percent in May...
Bangladesh’s trade deficit over 50% to $8.49b
DHAKA: Bangladesh's trade deficit swelled by over 50 percent year-on-year to 8.49 billion U.S. dollars during the July to April...
