The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) will inject an additional $1.5 billion to increase investor participation in Singapore equities, Prime Minister Lawrence Wong said in his Budget speech on Feb 12. Mr Wong said the top-up to the Financial Sector…
Malaysia’s latest round of judicial appointments has renewed debate over judicial integrity and independence, after 11 new judicial commissioners took their oaths on Feb 6, including senior lawyer Raja Segaran Krishnan, who previously represented Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. The Straits…
A 15-year-old male student pleaded not guilty at the High Court in Shah Alam on Feb 12 to a charge of murdering a 16-year-old female student in a stabbing incident at a secondary school in Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya, last…
China has launched a nationwide push to encourage consumers to spend more during the upcoming nine-day Spring Festival holiday, rolling out vouchers, subsidies, cash incentives and a new invoice-based lottery as policymakers try to revive weak domestic demand. Local governments…
The Singapore Badminton Open (SBO) will revert to Super 500 status from 2027 under the Badminton World Federation’s (BWF) revamped World Tour. The change follows four editions as a Super 750 event from 2023 to 2026. BWF confirmed the 2027–2030…
Supporters streamed into a playground in Dhanmondi, a central area of Dhaka, before noon for a Bangladesh Nationalist Party rally days before the national election. Vendors sold tea and snacks as volunteers handed out leaflets. Phones rose when Tarique Rahman’s…
Malaysia staged a 20km preview run of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) in Kuantan on Feb 11. The demonstration used newly delivered CR200J passenger trains and included a round trip between KotaSAS and Kuantan Port City. Transport Minister Anthony…
SINGAPORE — Retail sales in Singapore rose 2.7% year on year in December 2025, moderating from a 6.2% increase in November, data released by the Singapore Department of Statistics on Feb. 5 showed. Excluding motor vehicles, retail sales grew 1.7%…
Singapore will introduce new laws in the first half of 2026 to tackle the e-vaporiser problem, with provisions also covering etomidate, an anaesthetic agent found in some vape products known as Kpods. Coordinating Minister for National Security K. Shanmugam said…
Former European Central Bank president Mario Draghi has issued a stark warning about the global system that shaped trade and security for decades. He said the current world order is “defunct” and “dead”, and he urged Europe to act fast…
