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Malaysia's OPR stays at 2.75pc: What does it mean for your loans, savings and spendings

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 17 -- Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has kept its Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 2.75 per cent, maintaining the rate for a seventh consecutive meeting. At 2.75 per cent, the OPR is no... Read More


Medical emergency forces Singapore-bound flight off course, delays landing by a day

SINGAPORE, Sept. 17 -- A Singapore Airlines (SIA) flight from London to Singapore was diverted to Istanbul on September 15 following a medical emergency on board. Flight SQ305, which departed London'... Read More


'We may have been negligent': Indonesian army chief owns up to West Java bridge collapse on opening day

PANGANDARAN, Sept. 17 -- Indonesia's army will review nearly 3,400 bridges it and the police have built nationwide after a suspension bridge collapsed in West Java on the day it was due to be inaugura... Read More


As haze chokes South-east Asia, Indonesia's army throws everything at forest fires

PANGANDARAN, Sept. 17 -- As haze from Indonesia's forest fires drifts into parts of Malaysia and Singapore, the Indonesian military says it is throwing everything it has at the problem - soldiers on t... Read More


Vodus study: Anwar records highest acceptance, first-choice support among PM hopefuls

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 17 -- KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has emerged as the strongest overall candidate for the prime ministership in a new national study by Vodus Res... Read More


The policy is in place, the coordination is still being built - Megat Amirul Saifulnizam Megat Kamarul Bahrin and Azizi Abu Bakar

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 17 -- Malaysia closed 2025 with renewable energy accounting for 31 per cent of its installed electricity generation capacity, meeting the target set under the Malaysia Renewable En... Read More


Vodus study puts Anwar ahead of PM hopefuls with highest acceptance and first-choice support

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 17 -- KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 - Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has emerged as the strongest overall candidate for the prime ministership in a new national study by Vodus Res... Read More


Singapore blogger out S$45,000 after lawyer Lim Tean flees to Malaysia

SINGAPORE, Sept. 17 -- Socio-political blogger Leong Sze Hian has been ordered by a district court to forfeit the entire S$45,000 (RM145,000) bail sum he posted for lawyer Lim Tean, after Lim fled to ... Read More


Singapore ex-teacher gets 16 years' jail and caning for preying on 14-year-old student

SINGAPORE, Sept. 17 -- A 45-year-old former secondary school physical education teacher who sexually exploited his 14-year-old student in hotel rooms and during a school camp was sentenced to 16 years... Read More


The OPR is still 2.75pc. But how much financial breathing room do you actually have? - Amirah Shazana Magli and Mohamad Fazli Sabri

Kuala Lampur, Sept. 17 -- Malaysia's household finances tell an interesting story. At the end of 2025, household debt stood at 84.8 per cent of GDP. Yet borrowers were largely keeping up with their ... Read More