Sri Lanka has recorded a remarkable 148% increase during the first eight months of this year in Desiccated Coconut exports compared to the same period in 2013.

WASHINGTON: The plunge in oil prices since June may hurt some crude exporters but is overall a good thing for the world economy, International Monetary Fund managing director Christine Lagarde said on Monday.

ABU DHABI: Saudi Arabia said on Sunday it would not cut output to prop up oil markets even if non-Opec nations did so, in one of the toughest signals yet that the world's top petroleum exporter plans to ride out the market's biggest slump in years.

A strong earthquake has struck off the coast of eastern Indonesia, but there are no reports of injuries or damage, and authorities said a tsunami is not likely.