China’s stock market: Beijing issues unprecedented guidelines calling for transparency, risk-management

The document released by the State Council after the markets closed on Friday evening sets out nine guidelines that formulate a framework to develop the market, demanding a better mechanism for protecting investors’ interests and an improvement in the quality of listed companies over the next five years. By 2035, the market should have achieved … Read more

katchatheevu: Sri Lankan Cabinet did not discuss Katchatheevu issue: Cabinet spokesman

Colombo: Sri Lanka’s Cabinet has not discussed the Katchatheevu issue so far as it was never raised, a government spokesman said here on Tuesday, after India’s ruling BJP blamed the Congress Party for ceding the tiny island to Colombo in 1974. “The Cabinet did not discuss it as it was never raised,” Bandula Gunawardena, the … Read more

Parents urge Cabinet to intervene in DLP issue

KUALA LUMPUR: With the start of the 2024 academic term in March, parents are urging the Cabinet to table a memorandum supporting the continuation and expansion of the Dual Language Programme (DLP). Parent Action Group for Education (Page) chairman Datin Noor Azimah Abdul Rahim, on Monday (Jan 15), urged Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek to address … Read more

UK and US to launch strikes against Houthis ‘within hours’ over Red Sea attacks, report says

Britain is expected to join the United States in conducting air strikes on military positions belonging to the Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen “within hours”, the political editor for the Times newspaper reported on Thursday. British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s Downing Street office did not respond to a request for comment, while the US typically does … Read more