KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — Malaysia is projected to sustain robust economic growth in 2025 despite facing external challenges, driven by resilient domestic demand, surging foreign investments, and recovery in global technology demand.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 — The overall demand conditions across the manufacturing sector remained muted at the end of 2023, leading firms to scale back production amid limited new order inflows, said S&P Global.

BEIJING, Dec 6 — Declines in China's exports likely slowed in November, a Reuters poll showed on Wednesday, amid mixed signs factories in the world's second-largest economy may be finding their footing after a bruising slump in demand.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 — The growing demand for palm oil should silence the voices of anti-palm oil campaigners, who make allegations about palm oil having higher saturated levels of fatty acids and that it should not be used in the food system, said the former director-general of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) Tan Sri Yusof Basiron.

JAKARTA, Nov 21 — Indonesia posted a third quarter current account deficit of $0.9 billion, equivalent to 0.2 per cent  of gross domestic product, the central bank said on Tuesday, much smaller than the previous three months owing to recovering demand in some export commodities.

SINGAPORE , Nov 7 — Singapore Airlines on Tuesday posted a record half-year profit reflecting strong trav–el demand as passenger traffic to the northern part of Asia rebounded after countries fully reopened post the Covid pandemic.

LONDON , Nov 4 — Pro-Palestinian demonstrators staged protests in London, Berlin, Paris, Ankara, Istanbul and Washington on Saturday to call for a ceasefire in Gaza and castigate Israel after its military intensified its assault against Hamas.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 9 — The ringgit retreated from last week’s gains to close lower against the US dollar today, as risk-averse sentiment prevailed, leading to increased demand for the US dollar.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Activity in the housing market continued to be robust in the second half (2H) of 2022, following the resumption of economic activities and improved employment conditions, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM).

By Azian Aziz SELAYANG, Jan 17 — The Selangor Agricultural Development Corporation (PKPS) will ensure that all state constituencies have the opportunity to hold the Jelajah Ehsan Rakyat (JER) roadshow every week. PKPS Project manager Nurulshima Md Anuar said her team would also consider the...

kUALA LUMPUR, Dec 23 — The ringgit retreated from yesterday’s gains to open lower against the US dollar on Friday due to the lack of interest in the local currency as the greenback strengthened on the possibility of another interest rate hike by the United States (US) Federal Reserve (Fed), a dealer said.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 — The ringgit was slightly higher against the US dollar at the opening today, boosted by buying interest in the local note amidst improving crude oil prices, a dealer said.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 — The ringgit extended yesterday's gains to end the week higher against the US dollar today on better demand for the local currency, boosted by steady oil prices, said an analyst.

SINGAPORE, Feb 15 — Traffic growth of 5.3 per cent per annum and accelerated retirement of older less fuel-efficient aircraft will see the Asia-Pacific region require 17,620 new passenger and freighter aircraft by 2040, according to Airbus.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 18 — Shopee is stepping up its efforts to shorten the delivery time for sellers and buyers in Malaysia to cater to the growing reliance on e-commerce and greater expectations for faster deliveries.

MOSCOW, Feb 2 — German company BioNTech plans to produce two billion doses of coronavirus vaccine in 2021 due to increased global demand, reported Sputnik news agency.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 8 — The demand for global air freight showed improvement in November compared to October, but remain depressed compared to 2019, according to global air freight markets data released by International Air Transport Association (IATA).

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 — Malaysia’s property market is still dealing with the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic in the third quarter of 2020 (Q3 2020), said property site, PropertyGuru Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 — Top Glove Corporation Bhd's share price was higher in the early trading session, increasing one sen to RM8.31 despite reports that 17 of its employees tested positive for Covid-19.