IPOH, Dec 13 — A total of 31 people, including two women, one each from Vietnam and Myanmar, were arrested for alleged illegal mining of ore deposits containing non-radioactive rare earth elements (NR-REE) at the Bintang Hijau Forest Reserve in Hulu Perak.

BEIJING, Oct 17 — China has instructed state-owned banks to roll over existing local government debt with longer-term loans at lower interest rates, two sources with knowledge of the matter said, as part of Beijing's efforts to reduce local debt risks in a faltering economy.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 19  — The supply of local white rice is expected to increase by 450,000 tonnes by the end of the year, says Padi and Rice Regulation director-general Datuk Azman Mahmood.

MUAR, Aug 28 — The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry  held dialogues with rice milling companies last Saturday, through its Paddy and Rice Regulatory Division, to discuss the issue of super special local (SST) rice stocks in the market.

KUCHING, Jan 8 — Two babies, aged four months and a year, are among the latest Covid-19 positive cases detected in Sarawak, bringing the cumulative number of positive cases in the state to 1,196 today.