KUWAIT: The World Bank has lowered its 2016 growth forecasts for Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE...

LONDON: The Philippine Ports Authority, through its Port Management Office (PMO) of Zamboanga City, is set to conduct a fire...

WASHINGTON: VO Chidambaranar Port Trust in Tuticorin plans to develop two berths for container and coal handling under Pubic-Private-Partnership (PPP)...

JAKARTA: State-owned electricity firm PLN has underlined that the 'cost-plus' coal pricing proposed by the Indonesia Coal Mining Association (...

KARACHI: The cotton spot rate remained Rs 5,550 per maund as market stood positive during trading session and majority of...

ISLAMABAD: A Senate committee has finalised recommendations for Finance Bill 2016-17. According to an official statement, the meeting of the...

URUMQI: The railway port of Horgos in Northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region, which borders Kazakhstan, was officially opened Tuesday,...

DUBLIN: Hastings Hotels Group, the North’s largest independent hotel chain, has reported increased pre-tax profits of more than £4.2 million...

WASHINGTON: The Census and Statistics Department (C&SD) released the statistics on vessels, port cargo and containers for the first quarter...

TORONTO: Toronto police from North York’s 31 Division have issued a fraud alert about a Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) scam...

WASHINGTON: IN a bid to foster better ties with local communities, Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) hosts a weekend-long free...

GENEVA: Ever since it abandoned an exchange-rate cap in January 2015, the Swiss National Bank has battled against the franc’s...

WASHINGTON: Dubai’s DP World will build a $1bn port development in Ecuador after winning a 50-year concession for the multi-purpose...

COLOMBO: The Customs today donated a stock of forfeited sandalwood to the Sri Lanka Ayrvedic Drugs Corporation, a press release...

WASHINGTON: Container volumes at India’s major public ports are growing steadily after a sluggish performance last fiscal year, and with...

HONG KONG: China’s headline figure for dollar-denominated imports got a boost last month, if only a small one, from a...

RIO GRANDE CITY: On Tuesday, Border Patrol Agents assigned to the Rio Grande City Station seized over 3,000 pounds of...

EAGLE PASS: U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers seized alleged cocaine valued at more than $300,000, within the center console...

BRUSSELS: The European Central Bank (ECB) yesterday was to begin buying corporate bonds, hoping to convince companies to borrow and...

TEHRAN: Primary estimates show a 40 percent decline in the smuggling of gods in Iran over the past two years,...