KATHMANDU: Local apparel manufacturers have sought incentives from the government to boost their exports. In a meeting with Finance Minister...

KARACHI: The Pakistani rupee Tuesday depreciated against the US dollar both in open market and interbank. According to the local...

MOSCOW: Russia is expected to increase grain exports to 3.5 million tonnes in August from 2.2 million tonnes in July,...

WELLINGTON: Exports of New Zealand wine rose by 10% in value to reach nearly NZ$1.6 billion in the year to...

BEIJING: China Telecom Corp. CHA, -0.26% Tuesday reported a 6.3% rise in net profit for the first half of the...

ISLAMABAD: The performance allowance in respect of Faiz Ahmad, a BS-19 officer of Pakistan Customs Service, has been restored. The...

ISLAMABAD: Inayat Malik, a BS-18 officer of Inland Revenue Service, has assumed the charge of the post of Deputy Commissioner-IR,...

EDINBURGH: Scotland Yard has intercepted drones carrying large amounts of drugs and mobile phones over British prisons as part of...

DELHI: Authorities have busted a foreign currency and gold smuggling syndicate allegedly led by a national-level hockey player, while exposing...

OSLO: Norway's Telenor (TEL.OL) will set up a separate business unit to claim a share of the rapidly growing mobile...

JAKARTA: Fitch Ratings believes Indonesia's car sales will increase between 3% and 5% in 2016, buoyed by new product launches,...

DOHA: Qatar’s foreign trade surplus rose 6% quarter-on-quarter (q-o-q) to QR20.56bn in the second quarter (Q2) of 2016 as imports...

MANILA: The Bureau of Customs might have difficulties in reaching its P406-billion revenue target for 2016, Customs Commissioner Nicanor Faledon...

BERN: Switzerland's trade surplus declined to a 3-month low in July, the Federal Customs Administration reported Tuesday. The trade surplus...

PARIS: Islamist attacks, strikes and floods kept foreign tourists away from the French capital in the first half of the...

SINGAPORE: The owner of a struggling car grooming company turned to importing traditional cakes and pastries from Malaysia to help...

BERN: In the company’s interim report out this morning, it posted pre-tax profits of £4.5m, compared with £5m over the...

BERN: Mortgage provider and loan servicing group Pepper Ireland recorded a 28 per cent rise in its revenues last year...

BERN: Nestle (M) Bhd has registered improved net profit and revenue in the second quarter ended June, contributed by favourable...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's Sime Darby Bhd , the world's largest palm oil planter by land size, posted a 14 percent...