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Muhyiddin: We don’t have much money left

Muhyiddin Yassin points out this is in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Putrajaya is less well off after it allocated … More

Economy, Financial, Unity

Higher starting salary for graduates by mid-year: Mustapa

Minister says salary for fresh graduates last year was low due to Covid-19 but this is expected to improve. The … More

Economy, Graduates, Job, Salary

UK sanctions Myanmar conglomerate, says junta sinking to new lows with killings

LONDON : Britain sanctioned a Myanmar conglomerate on Thursday (Apr 1) for its close links to the military leadership which … More

Economy, Military Coup, Protest, Sanction, United Kingdom

We must prepare for review of NEP to restart nation-building policy

‘We must be courageous to learn from the mistakes and setbacks of the past.’ MP SPEAKS | Two days ago, … More

Abdul Razak Hussein, Economy, Nation Building, New Economic Policy (NEP), Political Stability, Social

In The Eye Of Southeast Asia’s COVID-19 Surge – Analysis

Only countries that have won the battle against COVID-19 can fully reopen the economy. Others face difficult balancing acts. Southeast … More

Coronavirus, Covid19, Economy, Vaccine

Lebanese are gripped by worry as economic meltdown speeds up

BEIRUT (AP) : Shops closing, companies going bankrupt and pharmacies with shelves emptying — in Lebanon these days, fistfights erupt … More

Economy, Financial, Lebanon, Poverty

Pemerkasa falls short of ‘new deal’, says economist

PETALING JAYA : The government’s latest list of initiatives for economic recovery under the Pemerkasa programme has fallen short of … More

Economy, Government, New Deal, Pemerkasa, Stimulus Package

Permerkasa: Ailing tourism, entertainment sectors to get tax break extensions, cash aid

KUALA LUMPUR : The government will extend the tourism and service tax exemption for all hoteliers until December 2021 under … More

Covid19, Economy, Pandemic, Pemerkasa, Stimulus Package

Post Vision 2020: In Search of a New Political Order for Malaysia

It was in a speech to the Malaysian Business Council on 28 February 1991 that then-Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir … More

Economy, Policy, Socio-economic, Socio-Political

We are already quite sick

To be regionally or globally known as the “sick man” is humiliating and psychologically damaging. COMMENT | Last month, a … More

Climate Change, Economy, Financial, Leadership, Politics

Back to the soil as Covid-19 robs Cuban town of its bread and butter: tourists

HAVANA : A year ago, Carlos Millo was renting out rooms to foreigners in the picturesque town of Vinales, a … More

Covid19, Cuba, Economy, Havana, Tourism

Indonesia’s ‘silver people’ perform to make ends meet

DEPOK, Indonesia (Reuters) : Indonesian single mother Puryanti bows stiffly like a robot, as she and her five-year-old son, their … More

Covid19, Economy, Pandemic, Poverty, Silver People

Myanmar coup could increase China’s influence in region, warns Japan defence official

TOKYO (REUTERS) : The world’s democracies would risk pushing Myanmar into the arms of China if their response to the … More

China, Economy, Foreign Policy, Japan

‘If Soho dies, London dies’ warn central businesses, as West End bars and restaurants face collapse

A body of central London businesses has warned that “if Soho dies, London dies.” In an open letter to Boris Johnson and Rishi … More

Economy, Financial, London, Soho

Malaysia’s worsening Covid-19 situation exposes serious economic, political fault lines

KUALA LUMPUR : Percussionist Muhamad Al Hafiz Khalil, a full-time musician in the once-vibrant night scene in the Malaysian capital, … More

Covid19, Economy, MCO 2.0, Pandemic

Tackling the problem of homelessness

Homelessness might appear to be a complicated issue but people will suffer if nothing is done. The pandemic has exposed … More

Economy, Homeless, Kuala Lumpur, Poverty

Rewrite script on Malaysia, says Nazir Razak

PETALING JAYA : Nazir Razak, the son of second prime minister Abdul Razak Hussein, suggested today the formulation of a … More

Economy, Political Will, Social Contract

Mara Corp should be led by professionals, shun outside interference

BUMIPUTRA agencies such as Mara Corp should be led by professional with vast knowledge on industry know-how, particularly the agriculture … More

Bumiputera, Economy, Investigation, MARA

Powers under emergency rule could benefit everyone, say analysts

The greatest benefit of emergency rule lies in the fact that it prevents snap polls

Covid19, Economy, Emergency, Financial, Government

Mumbai’s dabbawalas fear they have made their last delivery

Mumbai’s quintessential ‘dabbawalas’, who fed lakhs daily, are seeking help to feed their own For 22 years, Kailash Mahadev Shinde … More

Covid19, Dabbawalas, Delivery, Economy, Mumbai

Brexit: New era for UK as it completes separation from European Union

A new era has begun for the United Kingdom after it completed its formal separation from the European Union. The … More

Boris Johnson, Brexit, Covid19, Economy, European Union, Trade

Women gold panners are rare winners in Covid-hit economy

The gold panning business is doing well, especially during COVID-19 NARATHIWAT: As the yellowish mud swirls away in the waters … More

Covid19, Economy, Gold Panners, Women

2020’s Year in Pictures

The new decade brought the challenge of a century: a deadly and unflinching global pandemic that radically upended our lives … More

2020, Covid19, Economy, Environment, Photography

Bluff and brinksmanship: How Britain got a Brexit trade deal done

BRUSSELS/LONDON (Reuters) : As trade talks with the United Kingdom ground to deadlock on Dec. 9, one European Union official … More

Boris Johnson, Brexit, Economy, European Union, Policy, Trade, United Kingdom

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