COLOMBO: Sri Lanka has asked China to swap some of the $8 billion the Indian Ocean country owes Beijing for...

HELSINKI: Output of total industries adjusted for working days went up by 1.5 per cent year-on-year in February 2016, according...

TEHRAN: The contract for exporting two million tons of gas oil to Iraq will soon be inked to turn the...

DUBAI: The Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) anticipates improving its bilateral relations with China at the China-UAE Trade...

ANKARA: US imported rebar prices continued to rise approaching the week's end in line with soaring Turkish offers. Offers out...

HANOI: The Việt Nam Association of Seafood Exporters and Producers (VASEP) has requested the State Bank of Việt Nam to...

BUDAPEST: Hungary’s annual consumer price index continued to fall in March, dropping into negative territory for the first time since...

KATHMANDU: In a crackdown on the circulation of fake Indian currency in Nepal, police on Friday said they arrested six...

KABUL: A $10-billion gas pipeline through Afghanistan will be completed by 2020, benefiting Afghan contractors and communities, hopes an Asian...

HANOI: Việt Nam saw a reduction in its trade deficit with China in the first quarter of 2016, raising expectations...

DOHA: Qatar Liquefied Gas Company Limited-2 (Qatargas 2) and Kuwait Petroleum Corporation (KPC) have executed an agreement to supply half...

KUWAIT: Oil prices climbed in Asia after Kuwait said an agreement to freeze output during a producers’ meeting this month...

DHAKA: Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, now in the Indian State of Manipur, yesterday said Bangladesh wants to export its quality...

TAIPEI: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) yesterday said revenue for last month grew 22.7 percent to NT$73.09 billion (US$2.25 billion)...

WASHINGTON: Georgia is increasing its export potential by adding more agriculture products to its export list, which will boost the...

ISLAMABAD: Federal Board of Revenue has promoted three Superintendents to the post of Second Secretary (BS-17) in FBR (HQ), Islamabad....

SÃO PAULO: The Brazilian meatpacking company JBS increased sales to the Middle East and Africa in 2015. According to the...

CAPE TOWN: South Africa saw a year-on-year decline in bulk exports in March, following slumps in February and January. Bulk...

COLOMBO: A Singaporean was detained along with 13 other foreigners after Sri Lanka seized 110kg of heroin worth 1.1 billion...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is extending its ban on bauxite mining by another three months, effective April 15, in order to...