DHAKA: Bangladesh's dependence on the imports of four major agricultural inputs such as cereal seeds, fertiliser, pesticides and agro-machinery is...

KATHMANDU: Postal services resumed from India to Nepal through Raxaul, a key trade and entry point on Indo-Nepal border, on...

BAGHDAD: Iraq's autonomous Kurdish region said Wednesday that it would halt independent oil sales if Baghdad pays its employees, but...

AMMAN: Jordan and Tunisia's commerce and industry chambers agreed to organize and hold joint economic activities. The agreement was reached...

LISBON: Portugal just can’t shake off its bears. The nation’s bonds are underperforming their counterparts across the euro area even...

MUSCAT: A contract to build a 300-km-long natural gas liquid (NGL) pipeline as part of the $6.4-billion Liwa Plastic Industries...

TEHRAN: Iran, unshackled from sanctions last month, “will not forgo its share of the market,” Oil Ministry news service Shana...

WARSAW: Poland’s development ministry is planning a shipbuilding programme designed to strengthen domestic industry, the Puls Biznesu daily has reported. The...

HELSINKI: Building costs decreased by 0.2 per cent year-on-year in January 2016, according to Statistics Finland’s data. The prices of...

KIEV: According to the official customs data, in January 2016 Ukraine exported 21.8 thsd tonnes of barley, as opposed to...

KIEV: Total imports of polyethylene (PE) into Ukraine fell by 14% in January from the previous month to 17,100 tonnes,...

HANOI: Real estate developer Vingroup (VIC) earned VND33.8 trillion (US$1.5 billion) in sales and VND1.419 trillion ($63.3 million) in after-tax...

ROME: Consul General of Italy Gianluca Rubagotti, while stressing the need to further increase cooperation between Italy and Pakistan, said...

WELLINGTON: FlexiGroup acting chief executive David Stevens says big revenue falls in its leasing arm are being reversed and expects...

SEOUL: South Korea's imports of steel materials edged down in January from a year earlier due in part to a...

SEOUL: South Korea's currency on Wednesday fell to the lowest in almost six years as the US dollar rebounded on...

ATHENS: The Finance Ministry will table clauses in Parliament next week that will allow income declarations for last year’s earnings...

BANGKOK: Thailand's military government sold 152,377 tonnes of rice from state stockpiles in its first auction of the year, the...

GENEVA: "Switzerland does not grant mutual assistance for the prosecution of fiscal offences that are the subject of investigations by...

DUBAI: Dubai Customs has effectively contributed to the growth of food trade by providing quality Customs facilities for this sector,...