BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN BRUNEI needs to increase awareness of its halal brands in the European market, especially France, if it is to be successful, said Pierre Imhof, president of the French Brunei Business Association (FBBA), yesterday at the association’s 10th Annual General Meeting. With one of the largest Muslim communities in Europe, Imhof noted that .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN A FIRE that broke out yesterday at a house in Kg Bolkiah ‘A’ in Brunei’s famed water village has left a 72-year-old Bruneian woman distraught and fearful of returning home. No one was injured in the blaze. The fire was noticed by Hjh Siti Aliyah Hj Besar, the elderly woman living alone .
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN LEARNING Ladders Society (LLS) will join the world in marking World Autism Awareness Day (WAAD) on April 2, and has garnered the support of Her Royal Highness Paduka Seri Pengiran Anak Isteri Pengiran Anak Sarah, who has consented to launch the event, the organisers said yesterday. During a press conference at the .
BEIJING, March 30 (Bernama) — A billboard-size screen of its website greets visitors to the People’s Daily Online (PD Online) centre here as it flashes up-to-the minute reports of China and the world. Launched on Jan 1, 1997 by People’s Daily — one of the world’s top 10 newspapers — the website has transformed into .
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia March 30 (NNN-Bernama) — A report by Hong Kong-based Political and Economic Risk Consultancy (PERC) claiming that Malaysia under Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak is heading towards instability, is wrong. International Trade and Industry Deputy Minister Jacob Dungau said not only was the report wrong, it also contradicted its own other report .
KATHMANDU, March 30 (NNN-Bernama) — British Department of International Development (DFID) funded Nepal with 961,822 Euro (some US$1.5 million) for procuring voter registration equipment. The assistance is provided to the Election Commission in Nepal to facilitate post-constitution general elections in Nepal, reports China’s Xinhua news agency on Tuesday. Issuing a press release on Tuesday, DFID .
WASHINGTON, March 30 (NNN-Bernama) — People with diabetes who undergo cancer surgery are more likely to die in the month following their operations than those who have cancer but not diabetes, an analysis by Johns Hopkins researchers suggests. The study, to be published in the April issue of the journal Diabetes Care, finds that newly .
BANGKOK, March 30 (NNN-Bernama) — Thai Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva on Tuesday expressed regret that his government’s reconciliation proposal to dissolve the Parliament at year end, was rejected immediately by the Red Shirt leaders, Thai News Agency reports. “It’s a pity,” Abhisit said, affirming that the government is ready to hold additional talks provided that .
CANBERRA, March 30 (NNN-Bernama) — Treasurer Wayne Swan said on Tuesday that Australia stands to be one of the biggest winners as global economic growth centers on Asia, reports China’s Xinhua news agency. Queensland alone looks set to benefit from a cumulative 70 billion Australian dollars (some US$64 billion) investment in resource projects over the .
BANGKOK, March 30 (NNN-Bernama) — The Red Shirts’ core leaders Jatuporn Prompan said on Tuesday that they will not hold anymore talks with the government. Jatuporn disclosed that the Red-Shirted core leaders met Tuesday afternoon to adjust a rally plan after the talks with the government on Monday evening failed, Thai News Agency reported. “The .
