Surprisingly, The sharia economy which is the impetus of Indonesia’s economic recovery could become the “new wave” of the Indonesian economy and reinforce the economic resilience of the region. He cited an estimation by the Boston Consultancy Group of 64.5 million middle-class Muslims in Indonesia in 2020. This poses an immense advantage for Sharia finance, as halal goods and sharia-compliant …

As the day goes by, it gets challenging for the nation to strengthen the preparation and organization of healthcare in battling the virus. In view of this, Thailand’s health minister called for understanding and tried to clarify the country’s procurement strategy for coronavirus vaccines, following criticism that the government has lacked accountability and has been too sluggish to obtain supplies. …

SINGAPORE: In Singapore, four cases of COVID-19 have so far tested positive for the more virulent coronavirus strain B117. Three of these cases were identified earlier this month as community infections, and MOH confirmed they had tested positive for the new variant on Tuesday night (Jan 26). The other case known to have tested positive for the B117 strain is …

KUALA LUMPUR:  Malaysian opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim has filed a complaint against Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and the federal government by initiating a judicial review questioning the advice of Mr. Muhyiddin to the king to suspend palliative sessions during the state of emergency of the country. Mr Anwar’s counsel, Ramkarpal Singh, claimed in a statement on Tuesday (January 26) that …

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27-The initiative of the government to forge collaboration between private and public hospitals to resolve the pandemic of Covid-19 is seen as a timely step to ease the burden faced by the public health system. In reality, several private hospitals have already agreed to treat government hospital patients, thereby setting aside profits and doing their part to …

With the approval of President Rodrigo Duterte, the small physical classes for students in medical and health-allied programs are expected to resume. Owing to the coronavirus pandemic, in-person studying for colleges just like the rest of the nation has been called off for almost a year already, with schools taking their courses online that had sometimes spelled trouble for many. …

It was a special day for EXO-Ls and most prominently Kyungsoo’s supporters named as “dandanies” for having a treat as EXO member Do Kyungsoo, known commonly as D.O. organized a surprise VLive broadcast to mark his military discharge. The 35-minute broadcast shows the 28-year-old singer saying hello to the fans and telling them that he had returned from his 18-month …

Surprisingly, a group of opposition parties lodged a no confidence motion with House Speaker Chuan Leekpai targeting 10 cabinet ministers, including Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha. 208 MPs backed the resolution calling for a vote on censure. Driven by Pheu Thai, Step Ahead, Prachachart, Seri Ruam Thai, Pheu Map, Palang Puang Chon Thai, Modern Economics, and Thai Civilized are the other …

It was never easy to improve the economy in this trying times but the Minister of Finance Sri Mulyani Indrawati highlighted that there were many reasons behind the government’s decision to set up the Investment Authority of Indonesia, including the need to boost public health and infrastructure. In order to improve the wellbeing of the Indonesian people, the government needs …

IBM has named Martin Chee as ASEAN‘s general manager, immediately expanding responsibilities beyond Singapore to the broader region. As part of the change, the long-time Big Blue veteran will also retain his current role as Singapore’s general manager, holding a dual position in the city-state from the vendor’s regional headquarters. Chee succeeds Patricia Yim, who was named to lead the …