Tue, 21-Oct-2025

Australian house prices fell as Sydney and Melbourne continued to slow

Prices nationally fell 0.6% in June from May, when they dipped 0.1%. Annual growth slowed to 8.7% has been above 20% early this year. Once red-hot markets in Sydney and Melbourne felt the chill from rising interest rates. Australian house prices slipped for a second month in June as once scorching business sectors in Sydney … Read more

San Diego and Baltimore bond collusion cases against large banks

San Diego

A federal judge has narrowed claims by San Diego and Baltimore in an antitrust lawsuit. The judge dismissed San Diego’s breach of fiduciary claims against affiliates of Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and JPMorgan Chase. A judge on Tuesday limited claims by San Diego and Baltimore in an antitrust suit looking to expect eight banks to take … Read more

Rooftop gardening picks up pace in Rawalpindi

Rooftop gardening

ISLAMABAD: Housewife Beenish Awan is now least worried about buying vegetables from the market as she has developed an alternative rooftop vegetable garden at her residence in the Bagh Sardaran area of Rawalpindi. She is carrying out vertical vegetable farming at the terrace of her five-marla house for the past three years now. Rooftop gardening … Read more

New master plan will solve the problems of urban areas: PM

PM Imran directs CDA to execute new building code

In a step to ensure protection of green areas in Islamabad, Prime Minister Imran Khan here on Monday directed the Capital Development Authority (CDA) to execute new building code in the capital city at the earliest. Presiding over a high-level meeting in Islamabad, PM Imran said that keeping in view population growth in Islamabad, it … Read more