Business & Economy

Bank Indonesia Lowers Projection Of Economic Growth

JAKARTA, Apr 20 (NNN-ANTARA) – Bank Indonesia (BI), has revised the projected figure for the country’s economic growth this year,…

IMF Cuts 2022 Global Growth Forecast To 3.6 Percent Amid Russia-Ukraine Conflict

WASHINGTON, Apr 20 (NNN-AGENCIES) – The International Monetary Fund (IMF), yesterday, slashed global growth forecast for 2022 to 3.6 percent,…

Oil Prices Climb Amid Libya Outages

NEW YORK, Apr 19 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Oil prices rose yesterday, as reports of outages in Libya intensified concerns over supply…

Ukraine A Pawn In U.S. Strategy To Weaken EU, Says Expert

MEXICO CITY, Apr 19 (NNN-CAN) – The conflict in Ukraine is poised to cripple the European Union (EU) and its…

Fuel Prices Rise To Record High In Sri Lanka

COLOMBO, Apr 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Sri Lanka’s state-owned Ceylon Petroleum Corporation (CPC), has increased its fuel prices from midnight last…

Mongolia Culls 49.2 Percent More Livestock In Q1 Due To Diseases

ULAN BATOR, Apr 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – At least 3,300 heads of livestock were killed in Mongolia in the first quarter…

Sri Lanka’s 21 New State Ministers Sworn In

COLOMBO, Apr 19 (NNN-XINHUA) – Twenty-one new state ministers took their oaths before President Gotabaya Rajapaksa yesterday, hours after 17…

Indonesian Mining Giant Starts Exporting Coal To Europe

JAKARTA, Apr 19 (NNN-ANTARA) – Coal mining giant, PT Adaro Energy Indonesia, said yesterday that, it has started to export…

Malaysia’s Total Trade Soars To New High Of Rm236.6 Bln In March

KUALA LUMPUR, April 18 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s total trade recorded a double digit growth of 27.3 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y)…

BOJ Chief Says Yen’s Rapid Depreciation Bad For Firms’ Earnings Outlook, Economy

TOKYO, Apr 18 (NNN-NHK) – Bank of Japan (BOJ) Governor, Haruhiko Kuroda, said today that, recent sharp declines of the…