Up until this year, Sri Lanka’s tourism industry has been thriving. The country’s tourist numbers have been growing dramatically year-on-y…
Market Insights
Oil prices surge as US confirms that Iran’s top commander was killed in airstrike
Oil prices rocketed in the morning of Asia trading hours, following confirmation by the Pentagon that Iran’s top commander was killed in a U.S. airstr…
India’s Economy: When Will the Elephant Dance?
Thirty years ago, the world saw the Indian and Chinese economies as being comparable. Both were considered engines of global growth. Today, the view l…
Rubber gloves sector to stage a recovery
There are nascent signs of a solid uptick in demand for rubber gloves in subsequent quarters, the research team at Kenanga Investment Bank Bhd (Kenang…
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…
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 …
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 secto…
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 i…
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 …
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 …