Yearly Archives: 2024
India central bank holds rates despite growth dip
MUMBAI (AFP) - India’s central bank left interest rates unchanged yesterday after judging inflation risks to outweighed concerns over a growth slowdown in the...
Bellingham back to best as Real Madrid face Girona
BARCELONA (AFP) - While doubts grow around Kylian Mbappe’s start at Real Madrid, last season’s hero Jude Bellingham has burst into the kind of...
Billionaires’ wealth more than doubles in 10 years
ZURICH (AFP) - Billionaires have seen their combined wealth shoot up 121 per cent over the past decade to USD14 trillion, Swiss bank UBS...
Japan’s economic index rises for second month
TOKYO (XINHUA) - Japan’s coincident economic index, which tracks current economic conditions, showed continued improvement in October as automobile production and sales recovered, data...
Kyrgios returns to Australian Open after two years
MELBOURNE (AP) - Former Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios has entered the Australian Open, which would mark his first Grand Slam tournament in more than...
Markets mixed as traders assess crises in South Korea, France
HONG KONG (AFP) - Asian markets were mixed yesterday at the end of a volatile week, with South Korean stocks and the won still...
Charles and Arthur Leclerc team up for Ferrari in F1 practice
AP - What a way to say hello.
Charles Leclerc and his younger brother Arthur drove side-by-side in matching Ferraris at the end of the...
Students promote Maqasid Syariah discussion
The Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam Advocating Life-Long Learning for an Aspiring Future (BIBD ALAF) Convention held yesterday saw 12 students from the BIBD ALAF...
Iban man embraces Islam
A 71-year-old Iban man officially began his new life journey as a Muslim after reciting the Syahadah at a conversion ceremony at his residence...
Khatam Al-Quran at Kg Salambigar Mosque
Kampong Salambigar Mosque’s Tedarus Subuh congregants held a Khatam Al-Quran ceremony yesterday.
The ceremony began with the recitation of Surah Al-Fatihah and verses from Surah...