New Zealand salvaged an unlikely victory against Bangladesh Saturday to set up a crunch clash against Australia for a place in the women's T20 World Cup semi-finals, as impressive India kept their unbeaten record intact.
Novak Djokovic captured his 79th career title on Saturday when he won the Dubai Championships for the fifth time, defeating Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-4 in the final.
Kyle Jamieson continued his eye-catching introduction to Test cricket with a five-wicket haul Saturday as New Zealand took the honours on day one of the second Test against India in Christchurch.
Pakistan women cricket team skipper Bismah Maroof has been ruled out of the ICC Women's T20 World Cup 2020 after suffering communitive fracture in her right thumb during her side's 42-run defeat against England in Canberra on Friday.
While the Asian Cricket Council (ACC) will be meeting in Dubai and it is expected that the Asia Cup-2020 T20 Tournament will be held in Dubai and both India and Pakistan will also participate, it has been learnt.
Korean Taekwondo Master Hung Sung Su said Taekwondo is only game of Martial Arts, which is included in Olympic competitions, this game not only strengthen self-protection, self-confidence, harmony and respect but is also a very good healthy activity.
Heinrich Klaasen smashed an unbeaten century as South Africa claimed a 74-run victory over Australia in their first one-dayer played on a slow Boland Park wicket on Saturday.
The PBG Risala and ASC Polo Team carved out comfortable victories in the Zameen National Open Polo Championship for Quaid-e-Azam Gold Cup 2020 matches played here at Lahore Polo Club ground.
Rafael Nadal used a steady stream of blistering forehand winners and a heavy dose of precision serves to book his spot in the ATP Mexico Open final with a convincing 6-3, 6-2 win over Grigor Dimitrov.
Chelsea needed a double from Marcos Alonso to salvage a 2-2 draw at struggling Bournemouth as West Ham boosted their chances of survival with a 3-1 win over Southampton on Saturday.
The Paris half-marathon, which was scheduled for Sunday with 44,000 registered runners, has been cancelled over fears of coronavirus, officials said Saturday.
Tunisia's state grains agency is believed to have purchased about 75,000 tonnes of animal feed barley to be sourced from optional origins in an international tender which closed on Thursday, traders said, confirming earlier assessments.
Northwest European gasoline refining margins fell on Thursday amid weak exports, shrugging off a continually weak crude price and falling inventories on both sides of the Atlantic. Oil prices plunged more than 4% on Thursday, down for a fifth day to their
Argentina's 2019/20 soya crop is estimated at 54.5 million tonnes, the Buenos Aires Grains Exchange said in a report on Thursday, citing good season-long rains as its reason for increasing its previous forecast of 53.1 million tonnes.
ICE Canadian canola futures rose on Thursday with soyabeans, after setting a fresh contract low earlier, in volatile trade guided by outside markets. Coronavirus fears have pressured oil and equities, spilling negative sentiment onto canola, a trader note
Subdued business was witnessed on the cotton market on Saturday in the absence of leading factors, dealers said. The official spot rate maintained week-end level at Rs 9000, they added. In the ready session, 1000 bales of cotton from Jshania finalised at
Asia's naphtha crack stayed at a five-month low for the second day on Thursday at $49.65 a tonne while gasoline crack hit a one-month low of $4.02 a barrel, weighed down by concerns of slower economic growth because of the coronavirus.
The US dollar slid to a 20-week low against the Japanese yen on Friday after Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggested the central bank could cut interest rates in the wake of the coronavirus.
Britain said on Thursday it wanted "legally binding" obligations on access to the European Union financial market, coupled with arrangements for maintaining trust as rules evolve.
The Canadian dollar weakened to a nine-month low against the greenback on Friday as concerns rose about the impact of the coronavirus outbreak on Canada's commodity-linked economy and data showed barely any growth in the fourth quarter.
Speculators' net long US dollar positioning climbed in the latest week, matching levels seen during the week of Dec. 3, according to calculations by Reuters and US Commodity Futures Trading Commission data released on Friday.
The Brazilian real sank to a new low against the dollar on Friday, taking its losses this year to 11% as the relentless selling overwhelmed the central bank's third consecutive daily market intervention to ease the pressure.
The S&P 500 fell for the seventh straight day on Friday and the benchmark index suffered its biggest weekly drop since the 2008 global financial crisis on growing fears the fast-spreading coronavirus could push the economy into recession, although stocks
Global stocks have further to run this year, but the likelihood of a correction of 10% or more is high, according to Reuters polls of market strategists, with the severity of the economic hit from the coronavirus outbreak being the biggest risk.
Safe-haven German bond yields hit a five-month trough on Friday, Italian borrowing costs headed for their biggest weekly rise since October and a key gauge of long-term inflation expectations struck record lows as coronavirus panic swept through markets.
Portfolio managers at Goldman Sachs Asset Management have used the recent selloff in global stocks caused by the coronavirus as an opportunity to take positions in a range of companies focusing on everything from concerts to cosmetics.
Kazakh financial group Kaspi.kz is reviving plans for a stock market listing in London, hoping to benefit from a sharper appetite for share offerings, three people close to the matter said.
Thousands rallied in central Moscow on Saturday to call on President Vladimir Putin not to stay in power indefinitely, in the first major protest by the Russian opposition since the Kremlin chief announced controversial plans to change the constitution.
Britain's top government official in the ministry responsible for policing and counter-terrorism resigned on Saturday, saying there had been an orchestrated campaign to remove him. Philip Rutnam quit after reports of tensions between him and Home Secretar
Advertising spending on the US presidential primaries has surpassed an "unprecedented" $1 billion, half of which came from the coffers of billionaire Democratic White House hopeful Michael Bloomberg, a tracking firm said Friday.
The White House won a key victory for presidential power Friday when an appeals court rejected a lawsuit over President Donald Trump's blocking his former legal advisor from honoring a Congressional subpoena.
The United States has delayed a regional ASEAN summit scheduled to take place in Las Vegas next month due to fears of the coronavirus, a senior administration official said Friday.
More than 200,000 people have been affected by floods that have ravaged Republic of Congo since last year, authorities said Saturday. The government has issued an urgent international appeal after the flooding along the Congo and Ubangi rivers in the coun
Greek police fired teargas to push back hundreds of stone-throwing migrants trying to cross over the border from Turkey on Saturday, as a crisis over Syria shifted onto the European Union's doorstep. Greece, which has tense relations with Turkey at the be
China's manufacturing activity fell to its lowest level on record in February as official data on Saturday confirmed the massive damage the deadly coronavirus epidemic has caused to the world's second-largest economy.
US regulators moved to impose fines Friday against the nation's four major wireless carriers for selling location data of customers without their consent.
A game developers conference in San Francisco was postponed Friday, after Facebook and Microsoft withdrew from the event due to concerns about the spread of novel coronavirus. The annual gathering was due to start March 16 in a downtown convention center
Venezuela has named new vice presidents for four units of its state oil company PDVSA, as well as a new president for the unit of the company handling joint ventures with private oil companies, according to a copy of the official gazette seen by Reuters o
The US Federal Reserve stands ready to take action to counter the risks posed by the novel coronavirus crisis, the central bank's chairman Jerome Powell said Friday, while insisting that the US economy remains in a good position.
As precautionary measure, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader and PTI Karachi Region President Khurrum Sher Zaman along with PTI Karachi workers distributed thousands of masks and pamphlets on coronavirus on Saturday in front of Civil Hospital Karachi (
Adviser to Prime Minister on Climate Change Malik Amin Aslam has underlined that in an era when electric vehicles (EVs) are shaking up the auto industry globally; the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf government (PTI) is taking serious steps for implementing an el
Two people were killed in armed clash between two rival groups here on Saturday, police said. According to details, the incident took place in Sardar Kale area of Sardariab Road Quetta where two rival groups traded fire. In cross firing two people, Adam K
The federal government has released Rs 464.71 billion (66.3 percent) including Rs 92.74 billion foreign aid (72.3 percent) for various ongoing and new development projects under the Public Sector Development Programme (PSDP) 2019-2020 against the total bu
The poultry industry has urged the government to take serious measures for reduction in production cost as the sector is facing massive losses mainly due to unprecedented hike in input cost.
EFU Life Assurance Limited, the leading life insurance provider in the country, has been recognized at an international forum yet again. After winning at the Dragons of Asia Awards, with the 'Blue dragon' for Best Campaign in Pakistan and Gold Dragon for
The government decision of electricity supply at regionally competitive rate of 7.5 cents per kwh and gas at 6.5 dollars per mmbtu to the export sector will give a significant boost to the value-added textile exports.
Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad has said that the nation will soon hear the good news about ML-1 and the project agreement is hopefully be signed on May 10, 2020.
Faisalabad Development Authority (FDA) reviewing the pre-feasibility reports about the proposed mega projects of Faisalabad Ring road, Techno Park, improvement of master plan and activation of TEPA under the arrangements of Faisalabad Development Authorit
Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) stalwart Ch Aitezaz Ahsan said Saturday the PPP has never been involved in the politics of religion. Talking to media, he said the PPP had made it clear to Maulana Fazlur Rehman that it would not be involved in the politics of
Pakistan Poultry Association (PPA-Northern Region)chairman Chaudhry Muhammad Fargham has urged the government to curtail increasing input cost to reduce poultry farmer's cost of production and to make poultry products acceptable to consumer's pockets.
Punjab Governor Chaudhry Mohammad Sarwar said in his Twitter message that even mosques and graveyards are not safe in India and it has become a crime to be a Muslim in India. Why United Nations is becoming a silent spectator over Delhi riots, he asked.
To overcome water scarcity, Water and Sanitation Authority (Wasa) has decided to install over 7 million new smart water meters on both domestic and commercial connections at a cost of Rs 10.353 billion.
Pakistan Steel Mill (PSM) chairman Aamir Mumtaz on Saturday met the management of the Punjab Mineral Company (PMC) to review a possibility of collaboration between the two institutions for indigenous resource utilization.
One more Coronavirus case has been diagnosed in the city, the patient has been shifted to hospital and his family members who were in contact with him have also been isolated in their house.
Due to the temporary entry restrictions by Saudi Arabia because of coronavirus (COVID 19) outbreak, certain mandatory preventive measures have been added for airlines coming to Saudi Arabia from various countries including Pakistan where cases of coronavi
An accountability court on Saturday acquitted former chairman of Pakistan Steel Mills (PSM) Moeen Aftab over lack of evidence in a corruption reference worth Rs 490 million.
Vice President, Federation of Pakistan Chamber of Commerce and Industry (FPCCI) Khurram Ijaz has said that Pakistan is a peaceful investment friendly country and a land of unimaginable beauty with untapped tourism potential.
Prices of essential kitchen items have witnessed a decreasing trend during this past week as compared to the week before, a survey carried out by Business Recorder revealed here on Saturday.
Drive against illegal use of electricity and recovery of dues has geared up on the directives of the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Peshawar Electric Supply Company (PESCO), across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
ANP's President, Asfandyar Wali Khan has congratulated the people of Afghanistan on the signing of peace agreement between United States and Taliban in Qatar and termed it a point of new beginning. In a statement issued from Wali Bagh Charsadda here Satur
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari will visit central Punjab from 2nd of March and address party meetings in Sahiwal, Pakpattan and Okara, said General Secretary of Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Punjab. He said Bilawal will address a Meet the Press programme at the La
The Amun Taraqqi Party (ATP), chairman Muhammad Faiq Shah has criticized the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leaders have taken frequent U-turns but failed to honour their commitments with people of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
There is no move in the offing to either rename or abolish Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP), which would continue to function under the ambit of Ehsaas Kifalat Programme as part of the federal government's Ehsaas Programme, it has been learnt.
Punjab Chief Minister Sardar Usman Buzdar on Saturday maintained that the situation concerning coronavirus in Punjab is normal adding "All the precautionary and preventive measures have been taken".
The National Commission for Human Development (NCHD) and Alight Pakistan, formerly American Refugee Committee, have agreed to join hands to impart free education to out-of-school children at 22 schools in Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) province.
Over seven cases of various kinds of thefts and three cases of auto theft were reported at various police stations of the federal capital during last week. According to data gathered by Business Recorder, various police stations registered seven cases of
The three-day "Suppliers and Vendors Defence Exhibition (SAVDEX 2020)" organized by the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) and Defence Export Promotion Organization (DEPO) concluded here on Saturday.
The Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khwaja Saad Rafique was taken to the Services hospital where doctors had suggested surgery of his throat.
A deeper look into what US President Donald Trump said and did during his two-day visit to India may suggest that he did not mean what he said in public. For instance, he reiterated his offer to mediate on Kashmir. According to him, prime ministers Imran
Ousted president of Egypt Hosni Mubarak who ruled the country with an iron fist for three decades is dead, leaving his authoritarian legacy intact. He rose to prominence for his role in the 1973 Yom Kippur war against Israel as the commander of air force,
Lahore Orange Line (train) rapid transit system is in the process of test run with commercial operations to commence by June 2020. This is second of four planned mass transit systems of Lahore. Green Line metro bus system is in operation for seven years,
In making peace with the Taliban, the United States is moving to end its longest-ever war and also signalling a major shift: After two decades, an era of global US military interventionism is winding down.
The world is coming to a standstill as the new coronavirus spreads: schools have closed in Japan, rallies are banned in Switzerland and flights are canceled worldwide.
This is apropos a Business Recorder news items "Coronavirus panic sends global stocks tumbling" and "WHO raises global risk from 'high' to 'very high'" carried by the newspaper yesterday. It is therefore a matter of deep concern that coronavirus pa
Malaysia's 94-year-old Mahathir Mohamad lost out in a battle to become prime minister on Saturday as the king named former interior minister Muhyiddin Yassin after a week of political turmoil sparked by Mahathir's resignation.
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and his girlfriend Carrie Symonds announced on Saturday that they are expecting a baby and have got engaged. A Downing Street spokeswoman confirmed the news to AFP without providing further comment.
Engro Fertilizers has expedited its efforts to get 25 MMCFD gas on permanent basis against reduction of urea prices by Rs 400 per bag, well informed sources told Business Recorder. For this purpose, a delegation of M/s Engro Fertilizers met with Pr
The Taftan border between Pakistan and Iran remains closed for seventh day conservatively after a temporary opening on Saturday. 252 pilgrims have been sent to Quetta from the isolation ward at the Pakistan House after they were tested negative for the co
Azad Jammu & Kashmir (AJ&K) President Sardar Masood Khan on Saturday described the situation in the Indian Occupied Kashmir (IOK) as a "grave human tragedy" and emphasized the need for adopting a more proactive approach to highlight it at powerful global