Business & Economy

SINGAPORE, March 25 (Xinhua/APP) –: The Singapore Economic Development Board (EDB) said on Friday that the country’s manufacturing output rose 17.6 percent year-on-year in February 2022, compared to a revised 2.4-percent increase in January. Excluding biomedical manufacturing, the output grew 16.8 percent year-on-year in February, […]

Berlin, March 25 (AFP/APP): Every year in early spring, German farmers Torben Reelfs and Tim Nandelstaedt turn the soil and plant the first sugar beets of the season on their plot of land in western Ukraine. But this year, the ritual has taken on a […]

COLOMBO – March 24 (ONLINE) Sri Lanka is battling widespread fuel shortages and inflation. People are waiting in long queues at pumps for hours to get fuel. Two men in their seventies collapsed and died while they were waiting for petrol and kerosene oil in […]

Berlin, March 24 (AFP/APP): Germany’s coalition government unveiled a slew of measures Thursday to ease the burden from soaring petrol and heating bills, from a 300-euro ($330) energy subsidy to the “cheapest ever” public transport for 90 days. The relief package — agreed after days […]

Ottawa, March 24 (AFP/APP): Britain and Canada announced Thursday the launch of bilateral free trade negotiations, as London looks to firm up trade access since formally leaving the European Union last year. “I am thrilled to announce that Canada and the United Kingdom are officially […]

Islamabad (PR) Govt of Pakistan’s Spokesman reacts on the article by Mr. Salman Masood published in New York Time; “The New York Times is considered to be one of the most well esteemed and highly respected newspapers in the world. With the reach they have, […]

ISLAMABAD (PNI) Balloting of plots for Nova City Peshawar, Peshawar Division was held today at Pakistan Sweet Home Islamabad on the occasion of Pakistan Day. The lucky allottees of the 125 yardsm 250 yards and 500 yards plots have been given two Umrah tickets.   […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 21 (APP): Pakistan and Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Monday signed three Framework Agreements amounting to US$ 180 million to provide financing for the Mohmand Dam Hydropower Project (MDHP). The financing agreements were signed by Secretary Economic Affairs Division Mian Asad Hayaud Din and […]

BURLIN – March 21 (ONLINE) Germany and Qatar are negotiating a long-term energy partnership, government officials from both sides said Sunday, as Europe’s biggest economy seeks to become less dependent on Russian energy sources. Germany said a partnership had been clinched, but Qatar stopped short […]

ISLAMABAD, Mar 21 (APP): As of December 2021, the Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) Group has approved total financing of about US$ 14.5 billion for 412 projects in Pakistan out of which 372 are completed and 40 are active ongoing projects. Out of the total, IsDB […]