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China stocks: Shanghai Composite close 1.66% higher
BEIJING: China stocks were higher after the close on Wednesday, as gains in the Electricity, Utilities and Telecoms sectors led...
Japan stocks decline at end of trade, Nikkei 225 slips 0.19%
TOKYO: Japan stocks were lower after the close on Wednesday, as losses in the Transportation Equipment, Warehousing and Marine Transport...
Tokyo stocks end 0.19% lower, Nikkei 225 tumbles 38.69pts
TOKYO: Tokyo stocks have ended 0.19 per cent lower as investors await the outcome of US Federal Reserve and Japanese...
Nominations of Customs officers sought for Director PCSI
ISLAMABAD: The Establishment Division of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has sought nominations of Pakistan Customs Service officers of BS-20...
Australian stocks end 1% stronger, S&P 200 hikes 59.6pts
SYDNEY: The Australian sharemarket closed more than 1 per cent higher on a resurgent financial sector, after beaten-down blue-chip stocks...
Bangladeshi businessmen demand retaining of 0.3% tax on exports
DHAKA: Businesses have demanded retaining 0.3 percent tax at source on export of readymade clothing. Leaders of the associations representing...
Indian petrol price up Rs 0.64/l, diesel drop by Rs 1.35
NEW DELHI: Oil marketing companies today said they would hike the price of petrol by Rs 0.64 per litre and...
Russia’s MICEX up 0.31% to trade at 18.510pts
MOSCOW: Russia stocks were higher after the close on Monday, as gains in the Power, Manufacturing and Oil & Gas...
India’s coal exports up after growing demand
NEW DELHI: The bulk carriers were lining up as far away as Gosford yesterday waiting to get a berth at...
Polish potatoes exports fall 50% yoy in Q1
WARSAW: Exports of Polish potatoes fell about 50 percent year on year in the first quarter of the year. In...
Two Addl Collectors assume charge after promotion to BS-20
ISLAMABAD: Two Additional Collectors have assumed the upgraded charge of their posts after promotion to BS-20. Zafar Akhtar, a Pakistan...
FBR’s Establishment Division seeks nominations of IR officers for 20th MCMC
ISLAMABAD: The Establishment Division of Federal Board of Revenue (FBR) has sought nominations of Inland Revenue Service officers of BS-18...
US dollar advances against yen in Asian trade
LONDON: The dollar was a tad higher against the yen in directionless Asia trade Wednesday, with many investors avoiding taking...
Pak rupee remains flat against dollar
KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee Wednesday remained unchanged against the US dollar both in open market and interbank. As per the...
SBP sets Rs33,641 Nisab for Zakat deduction
KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has fixed Rs33,641 Nisab for the deduction of Zakat from bank accounts at...
‘Asir-e-Siyad’: Ayyan Ali writing memoir in jail
RAWALPINDI: Money laundering scandal-hit supermodel Ayyan Ali is writing her autobiography inside the jail to describe the‘most difficult days’ of her...
NASA’s Hubble Telescope detects stratosphere on distant blazing hot exoplanet
NEW YORK: Stratosphere has been discovered on a distant blazing-hot exoplanet dubbed WASP-33b by NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope – a...
Indonesians refuse to leave volcano area despite warnings of impending eruption
LUSAKA: Thousands of villagers are refusing to leave their homes on the slopes of one of Indonesia's most volatile volcanoes...
Bioengineers invent a way to harvest energy from water evaporating
LONDON: Bioengineers have invented the world’s first engine that runs on energy created from the process of natural water evaporation...
UC Davis Department of Entomology participates in bee study
PARIS: Wild bee diversity is declining worldwide at unprecedented rates, and steps must be taken to conserve them — and...
