The Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Business Advisory Council (ABAC) recently hosted a workshop on education and training to enhance sustainable practices for MSMEs. The aim of the workshop was to identify concrete recommendations that can be provided to APEC...

Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) recently hosted an appreciation night for teachers and educators who are involved in the bank’s Advocating Life-Long Learning for an Aspiring Future (ALAF) programme. The event was held to recognise and appreciate the tremendous support...

Malaysia’s Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture Dato’ Sri Hajah Nancy Shukri recently hosted a high tea with nine ambassadors and high commissioners from the ASEAN countries. In a statement from Tourism Malaysia, it was an absolute privilege for the...

Home 446 individuals received their land grants and house keys on Thursday from His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah ibni Al-Marhum Sultan Haji Omar ‘Ali Saifuddien Sa’adul Khairi Waddien, Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam. The land...

Brunei Darussalam Central Bank (BDCB) announced on Thursday that the banking sector is extending the period to waive the fees and charges, excluding third party charges, for local online interbank fund transfers via the Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) and...

The Authority for Info-communications Technology Industry of Brunei Darussalam (AITI) recently took part in the Economy Week of the Mid-Year Conference and Exhibition (MYCE) 2022 in support of Darussalam Enterprise (DARe) at the International Convention Centre (ICC). Themed “Towards a...

Progresif Media is an online streaming app that features Brunei local content as well as podcasts and live radio shows featuring home-grown content creators. The subscription-based platform takes pride in being the “Home of Bruneian Content,” which includes short films,...

Nine Bruneian students have successfully become Brunei’s first recipients of the Government of Canada’s SEED scholarship to study in Canada this academic year. SEED is Canada-ASEAN Scholarships and Educational Exchanges for Development programme that provides students from ASEAN member countries,...

Helping smallholder farmers and indigenous peoples to become climate-resilient has become more vital to arrest rising levels of food insecurity. Many countries face a looming food crisis triggered by overlapping shocks—conflict, climate change, a protracted pandemic, rising public debt, and...

Brunei’s Residential Property Price Index (RPPI) stood at 88.1 in the first quarter of 2022, showing a decrease of 5.1 per cent year-on-year compared to Q1 2021, and an increase of 4.3 per cent quarter-on-quarter compared to Q3 2021. This...