KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's positive trade performance in April 2025 was underpinned by a double-digit expansion in exports, led by a rebound in shipments to Asean and China, as well as a surge in trade with the US. According to the Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (Miti), the country's exports grew 16.4% year-on-year (y-o-y) to RM133.56bil...
SINGAPORE: Asian stocks rose on Tuesday while U.S. Treasury yields steadied allowing a bit of a breathing room for the U.S. dollar as investors took stock of the debt load of the world's biggest economy and awaited trade deals. Moody's downgrade of its rating for U.S. sovereign credit last week - due to concerns about that...
KUCHING: The overall progress of phase one of the Kuching Urban Transportation System (KUTS) project stood at 29.89% as of April this year, the Sarawak Legislative Assembly was told. State Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Dr Jerip Susil said this was slightly behind the planned schedule of 33.86%. He said the operations of phase one would be carried...
PUTRAJAYA: The Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Ministry (NRES), through the National Minerals and Geoscience Department (JMG), has successfully reduced the approval time for the Mineral Licence (Without Storage Premises) from 61 days to just seven days under its Bureaucratic Red Tape Reform (RKB) project. According to NRES, the reform is expected to lower compliance costs for...
KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, and Her Majesty Raja Zarith Sofiah, Queen of Malaysia, have wished all educators in the country a happy Teachers' Day. In a post on the official Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar Facebook page Friday (May 16), His Majesty said that teachers are remarkable individuals who impart knowledge selflessly...
KUALA LUMPUR: As the Malaysian Prisons Department commemorates its 235th anniversary this year, its focus is firmly on implementing the Prison Reform Agenda aimed at improving rehabilitation, management and infrastructure within the correctional system. Commissioner-General of Prisons, Datuk Abdul Aziz Abdul Razak, said the agenda is part of ongoing efforts to strengthen the prison system in...
GEORGE TOWN: Penang will celebrate the state-level National Youth Day 2025 on May 17 and 18 at the Hin Bus Depot. State youth committee chairman Daniel Gooi said the theme this year would be 'Yakin Boleh' as a symbol of the younger generation challenging themselves in facing all odds, which is in line with the National...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s biggest property developer Sun Hung Kai Properties Ltd sold out the first batch of homes for a new project within hours, as the lowest mortgage rates in more than two years lured buyers. Sun Hung Kai sold all 160 units in the 1B phase of Sierra Sea, a residential development in the...
(Reuters) - U.S President Donald Trump said on Thursday that India had offered the U.S a trade deal that proposed "no tariffs". New Delhi is seeking to clinch a trade deal with the U.S. within the 90-day pause announced by Trump on April 9 on tariff hikes for major trading partners, which had included a 26%...
MUAR: A local man died on the spot in an accident involving the car he was driving and a lorry carrying hardware products at KM 104.1 of the North-South Expressway (Southbound). The Johor Fire and Rescue Department Operation Centre said they received an emergency call regarding the incident on Wednesday (May 14) at 8.49am. Pagoh Fire and...
