Sri Lankan exports decrease 12.0 percent in May

COLOMBO: Sri Lanka's budget deficit has narrowed to 2.7 percent of estimated gross domestic product for 2016, down from 2.7...

Canadian company sold over 170 armoured vehicles to South Sudan

OTTAWA: A Canadian company sold over 170 armoured vehicles to South Sudan army during the country’s brutal civil war, a...

Canadian National Railway announces revenue earnings in 2Q

OTTAWA: Canadian National Railway (USA)(NYSE:CNI) announced the earnings results for Fiscal Year 2016 and Q2. The results came in during...

Canadian police arrested man for cocaine smuggling

ONTARIO: A Manitoba man was arrested after a two-year RCMP investigation following cocaine from Mexico to Canada.The man was arrested...

Customs issues revised values of cobble plates

KARACHI: The Federal Board of Revenue’s Directorate of Customs Valuation has revised the customs values of cobble plates. Customs Valuation...

Govt urges to withdraw regulatory duty, reduce custom duty on sugar, hydrogen peroxide

KARACHI: President of the Karachi Chamber of Commerce & Industry (KCCI) Younus Muhammad Bashir has urged the Federal Ministry of...

Rs70b revenue collection likely: Realty sector Ordinance soon, says Dar

LAHORE: Elaborating the situation after an agreement between Federal Board of Revenue and real estate representatives, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar...

Govt withdraws Customs Act in tribal areas

ISLAMABAD: After continuous protests by the local business community, the federal government has revoked the Customs Act 1969 in the...

ICCI delegation visits PAC Kamra to explore role for private sector in aviation industry

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ISLAMABAD: A delegation of Islamabad Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI) led by its President Atif Ikram Sheikh visited Pakistan...

Dar resolves property valuation issues successfully

ISLAMABAD: On the issue of valuation of property and related tax matters, the Federal Minister for Finance held successful talks...

BI cuts July inflation forecast to 0.74%

LONDON: Bank Indonesia (BI) has changed its forecast for July's inflation rate to 0.74 percent from 1 percent as a...

Unemployment rises for first time in a year

WASHINGTON: When classroom doors closed for the summer in May, they slammed shut on a one-year string of unemployment drops...

Construction, unemployment decrease in H1 of 2016

WASHINGTON: With the first half of 2016 now behind us, it seems like a great time to examine the performance...

Initial unemployment claims in Louisiana fall

BATON ROUGE: First-time claims for unemployment insurance in Louisiana for the week ending July 23 decreased from the previous week's...

Unemployment decreases in Norway

WASHINGTON: According to Statistics Norway (SSB)’s new report, the seasonally-adjusted unemployment rate was 4.7 per cent in May, roughly unchanged...

UK export growth leads world thanks to sales outside Europe

LONDON: Exports from the UK grew at a faster rate last year than world exports for the first time in...

Unemployment in Magallanes Region climbs to the highest in 5 years

LONDON: According to Chile Stats Office, INE, it also breaks through the 4% average of the last twelve months The...

Eicher Motors Q1 revenues rise 42%

WASHINGTON: Eicher Motors Ltd., the flagship company of Eicher Group, has reported 42 per cent increase in revenues to Rs.1,556...

WV Lottery revenues down $27 million, mostly at racetracks