Economy

SRI LANKA: Shorter work weeks are becoming popular in places like Iceland and the United Kingdom, with the goal of increasing worker productivity and happiness. However, in crisis-stricken Sri Lanka, the notion is to deal with crippling food and fuel shortages. The South Asian country, which is grappling with shortages in the midst of its worst economic crisis in decades, …

Beijing – On Wednesday, June 15, President Xi Jinping assured Vladimir Putin of China’s support for Russian “sovereignty and security.” This prompted Washington to warn Beijing that they risked ending up “on the wrong side of history.” China has declined to denounce Russia’s unprecedented military assault on Ukraine and has been accused of providing diplomatic cover for Moscow by criticizing …

Thailand – Thailand was one of the first Asian nations to reopen to international visitors, and the country is slowly recovering, with new hotels offering longer stays for individual travelers. Thailand had 106,117 international tourists in the first ten months of 2021, down from 6.7 million in 2020. Thailand received roughly 40 million visitors every year prior to the outbreak. …

Datuk Seri Panglima Jeffrey Kitingan, president of Sabah STAR, stated that the absence of a party representative in the federal cabinet was due to miscommunication. According to him, it was a simple misunderstanding. He stated that STAR is a division of Perikatan Nasional (PN). “Because we are members of the Perikatan Nasional (PN), they assumed the Prime Minister (Datuk Seri …

Surprisingly, Koh Samui opened to inoculated unfamiliar travelers on Thursday notwithstanding a cross country flood in Covid-19 cases moved by the Delta variation. The islands of Koh Samui, Koh Phangan and Koh Tao are inviting guests as a feature of the realm’s push to restore the battered the travel industry. The nation dispatched the “sandbox” plot on July 1, permitting …

Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi, the Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs says the major underlying cause among the other reasons for the recent drastic increase on chicken prices is the increase in the cost of imported chicken feed. In order to resolve the issue of the continued hike on chicken prices, the minister had set up a meeting …

It’s a big question if a poor mix of economic meltdown, massive unemployment, and spiking inflation in the Philippines are happening at the same time now? But Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas wants to share that they don’t think and believe that way. In view of this, after a state statistician announced that price rises soared beyond forecasts in January, concerns …

KUALA LUMPUR— Malaysia’s trade, backed by a recovery in global demand, especially for agricultural and manufactured goods, is expected to recover in 2021 as Covid-19 threats recede following a massive global vaccination program. Public Investment Bank Bhd (PIVB) said in its Economic Update today that, in the midst of a pandemic that increased demand for devices such as computers and …

In addition to triggering serious public health issues, the current COVID-19 pandemic has also devastated the economies of numerous countries, including Indonesia, leading to tight limits on public travel and activities. Because of the pandemic, the Indonesian economy shrank 5.32 percent in the second quarter and 3.49 percent in the third quarter of 2020. The Task Force for COVID-19 Handling …

Surprisingly, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas officially announced that there will be an extra P280 billion that can still be lent from monetary authorities by the government to raise its combat against the pandemic The BSP Governor Benjamin Diokno shared in a virtual press briefing that Republic Act 11494 or the Bayanihan to Recover as One Act (Bayanihan 2) granted the …