There are nascent signs of a solid uptick in demand for rubber gloves in subsequent quarters, the research team at Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd (Kenanga Research) observed in its sector update report. …
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More Help For Those With Dementia
KUALA LUMPUR: The Rukun Tetangga, with some 7, 000 members as well as senior citizens associations, will be roped in to assist people with dementia as well as their families, says Hannah Yeoh. The Dep…
Will a signed trade deal ease U.S.-China tensions? Probably not.
President Trump said he and Chinese President Xi Jinping will sign a U.S.-China trade deal on Jan. 15. Since October, negotiators from both countries have revealed details of a bilateral trade agreeme…
Malaysian palm oil shares rise on India’s import tax cut
India’s recent move to cut import tax on Southeast Asian palm oil helped buoy plantation stocks in Malaysia, brightening the outlook for a sector that is enjoying a sharp rise in prices tracking…
China-Laos railway power supply project launched in Lao capital
The power supply project for the China-Laos railway was kicked off in the Lao capital on Monday. The power supply project for the China-Laos railway is the first BOT (build-operate-transfer) power gri…
Nepal: Government to promote commercial herb farming
The Ministry of Forest and Environment has started collecting geographical data and information on a massive scale to promote production of medicinal herbs. The ministry plans to identify potential ar…
The big news stories of 2020 may feel eerily similar to those of 2010
As the decade comes to an end, much has been made of how much has changed in the past 10 years. World leaders have come and gone, countries have been founded, conflicts have started and stopped, and t…
View: How India’s economy came back down to earth
India’s economy lost its sheen this year. As it stumbles through a deep slowdown and a credit crisis, the country has gone from being hailed as a colossus-in-waiting to placing among the also-ra…
Japan to launch project to boost farm productivity in Myanmar
Japan will launch a 390 million yen ($3.6 million) project in May in Myanmar to boost irrigation and agricultural management as part of efforts to increase productivity and eradicate poverty in the So…
7 countries that shook up the world in 2019
As governments all over the world struggled to keep their societies, water resources and forests intact, global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels rose once again—albeit at a slower rate—this …