KIEV: Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko describes the decision to introduce the single price as a serious anti-corruption measure. The Ukrainian...

HONG KONG: Imports of polished stones dropped 13 percent to $4.23 billion in the three months to March 31 as...

ABU DHABI: Waha Capital, a leading investment company based in Abu Dhabi, has reported a net profit of Dh175.8 million...

TEHRAN: ISNA news agency in a report announced that the value of Iran’s imports from Russia in March stood at...

ROME: The pharmaceutical industry in Italy is set to decline from $21.3 billion in 2016 to $18.6 billion by 2020,...

BEIJING: Logistical bottlenecks and swelling crude inventories will soon force China's independent refiners to cut back on a surge of...

CANBERRA: The Reserve Bank of Australia has cut its benchmark interest rate to a historic low of 1.75%, the first...

BRASÍLIA: Brazil posted a trade balance of of $4.8 billion in April, government data showed on Monday, a record surplus...

DHAKA: Clothing exports could create more and better jobs in Bangladesh if the country makes improvements in productivity, product quality...

ISLAMABAD: The World Bank has approved a package of assistance worth $1 billion to support Pakistan’s economic reforms. The assistance...

KARACHI: Information Technology is the fastest growing exports sector of the country at present with a growth rate of over...

LAHORE: Over 100 small and medium enterprises (SMEs) from Karachi, Lahore, Faisalabad and Sialkot that implemented the energy efficiency measures...

‎The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 24-year-old female passenger from Dubai, Igbainoba Uche Rose, for smuggling...

WELLINGTON: ANZ New Zealand, the local unit of the Australian bank, reported an 11% decline in cash profit as growth...

ISLAMABAD: The Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP) has approved a new micro-insurance product under the SECP (Microinsurance) Rules,...

LAHORE: The Punjab Seed Council (PSC) has approved 10 new genetically modified (Bt) and two non-Bt cotton varieties for cultivation...

ANKARA: The Turkish government recently announced it would impose a 3% duty on all U.S. cotton imports -- claiming they...

ISLAMABAD: The country’s inflation has surged to 4.3 percent in April crossing well past the 4 per cent mark for...

BANNU: Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif Tuesday announced to build an international airport in Bannu, alongside other development projects in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa....

TOKYO: China and Japan’s economies are expected to slow sharply over the next two years but Asian growth will remain...