Winners crowned in Dikir Syarafil Anam competition
REIGNING champion Institut Tahfiz Al-Quran Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (ITQSHHB) yesterday won top honour for the male category in the finals of the 10th National Dikir Syarafil Anam...
View ArticleNational adult dental survey slated
THE Ministry of Health is targeting 4,000 participants to take part in an adult oral health survey to determine the dental health status of the country.This was said by Dr Malissa Abdullah Sikun,...
View Article‘Brunei’s Commercial Court good for investment climate’
BRUNEI’S recently-established Commercial Court will boost foreign investors’ confidence in the sultanate and will improve its Ease of Doing Business score, said the British High Commissioner...
View ArticleLaos keen to attract Brunei investments in agri, halal food
LAOS is looking to Brunei for investments in agriculture and halal food sector.In an interview held on the sidelines of the ASEAN Business and Investment Summit, Phongsavanh Phomkong, head of office at...
View ArticleCrown Prince calls for generation of Huffaz to lead society
HIS Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office, yesterday called for a generation of Huffaz (Quran memorisers) to lead society...
View ArticleHM: ASEAN, US strategic partners
HIS Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu'izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, yesterday stressed the importance for ASEAN and the United States as strategic...
View ArticleLaos hands over ASEAN chair to Philippines as summits end
THE convening of the 28th and 29th ASEAN Summits and related summits from September 6 here came to a close yesterday, with the handing over of the Chairmanship to Philippines to host the following...
View ArticleBrunei’s approach to South China Sea issue: Peaceful dialogue, consultations
HIS Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam, yesterday said Brunei’s approach to the South China Sea issue is through peaceful...
View Article11 ‘Aliyah Qira’at diplomas awarded
HIS Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince and Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office, yesterday graced the fourth Haflut Takharruj (graduation ceremony) for Institut...
View ArticleRBPF honours 162 retired rank-and-file personnel
THE Royal Brunei Police Force (RBPF) yesterday honoured 162 retired rank-and-file personnel in a ceremony at the Hassanal Bolkiah Stadium at the RBPF’s Headquarters in Gadong.In his speech, RBPF...
View ArticleOffAT app allows users to chat even on airplane mode
TWO Brunei-based researchers from Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD) have developed a mobile application which allows users to communicate wireless without using the Internet, including exchanging...
View ArticleBrunei Environmental Youth Envoys plan to hold fourth Eco Race
THE Brunei Environmental Youth Envoys (EYEs), a youth environmental programme under the Department of Environment, Parks and Recreation, is planning to organise their fourth ‘Eco Race’.Although the...
View ArticleBIBD profit up 19.9% in 2015
BANK Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD) reported a net profit of $100.6 million for its bank in 2015, a 19.9 per cent increase from the previous year but the group’s profit fell by 4.2 per cent to $106.7...
View ArticleUnaware of recommended intake of fruits, veggies
MORE than eight in every 10 of university students surveyed in Brunei were unaware of the recommended daily intake of fruits and vegetables, according to a recent Universiti Brunei Darussalam (UBD)...
View Article34 new officer cadets
THIRTY-FOUR new officer cadets — 17 males and 17 females — were officially inducted for the 16th intake of the Officer Cadet School (OCS) in an appointment ceremony yesterday at the Royal Brunei Armed...
View ArticleN Korea conducts its largest nuke test
NORTH Korea conducted its fifth and biggest nuclear test yesterday and said it had mastered the ability to mount a warhead on a ballistic missile, ratcheting up a threat that its rivals and the United...
View ArticleBrunei, Singapore plan OCS tie up
THE Officer Cadet School (OCS) of the Defence Academy, Royal Brunei Armed Forces (RBAF) is planning to conduct a bilateral exercise with the OCS of Singapore Armed Forces Training Institute to further...
View ArticleCfBT’s English course to aid battle against unemployment
THE Centre for British Teachers (CfBT) is offering an advanced English Language Course to help tackle unemployment in the country.The four-week course, dubbed the ‘Cambridge English Language Teaching...
View ArticleForeign officials call on MinDef
THE deputy minister of defence continued to bolster Brunei’s bilateral ties with its ASEAN counterparts, following a series of recent calls from several foreign officials.First Admiral (Rtd) Dato Seri...
View ArticleHoB plans to launch eco-tourism programme
BRUNEI is planning with Malaysia and Indonesia to launch Visit Heart of Borneo (HoB) 2018 to promote eco-tourism and boost economic growth, an official said recently.Arief Mahmud, head of Indonesia’s...
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