Japan, India sign free trade agreement

Japan and India have signed a free-trade agreement that will see tariffs on 94% of goods scrapped within a decade. It will focus on the textile, drug, auto and services sectors, and comes as trade between the two is sliding. Bilateral…

Asian shares rise higher

Asian stock markets were mostly higher Wednesday, with Japan's Nikkei breezing past its 10-month closing high of the day before as the yen weakened, boosting exporters. Oil prices rose to near $85 a barrel after a report showed U.S. crude…

Quality education needs a collective effort

Stakeholders in education on Tuesday said quality of education in the three Northern Regions could only be achieved if Civil Society identified specific challenges within the sector and helped to address such problems. They agreed that…