Amid falling yields due to heatwave, Kedah farming authority tells farmers to take up new planting schedule

February 7, 2024 by Gias ul Hassan

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7— The Muda Agricultural Development Authority (Mada) has reportedly urged paddy farmers to join its programme aiming for five harvests every two years to prevent being affected by extreme heat and minimal rainfall. Amid worsening heatwave in the northern rice belt in Penang, Kedah, and Perlis, The Star quoted Mada chairman Datuk … Read more

In Perak, Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry’s Ops Tiris yields RM6.2m in seizures last year, says state director

January 16, 2024 by Gias ul Hassan

IPOH, Jan 16 — The Perak division of the Ministry of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living (KPDN) recorded confiscations worth a total of RM6,216,457.37 through Ops Tiris last year. Perak KPDN director Datuk Kamalluddin Ismail said of the total, 90 per cent of it involved 56 cases of diesel fuel seizure amounting to RM5,584,687.46 … Read more

Ringgit lower at opening, as rising US treasury yields strengthen US dollar

March 8, 2021 by Gias ul Hassan

At 9 am, the local currency slipped to 4.0750/0780 against the US dollar from 4.0720/0760 at Friday’s close.

June 12, 2024