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Indonesia's poverty rate to touch 11.5 percent amid COVID-19: VP

Indonesia's poverty rate would likely rise to 11.5 percent by 2020-end in the event of no significant flattening of ...

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Coronavirus: when an infodemic almost hits newsrooms

WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus highlighted that all were not merely fighting an epidemic but an ...

COVID-19: President asks businessmen not to give up, stay motivated

President Joko Widodo has appealed to micro and small businessmen in the Special Province of Yogyakarta not to give up ...

Floods inundate several hundred homes on Seram Island, Maluku

Floods submerged hundreds of houses in three villages on Seram Island, Maluku Province, since Tuesday, Aug 25, 2020, ...

Pandemic can provide momentum for reform : Finance Minister

Indonesia’s Minister of Finance, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, has said the COVID-19 pandemic could provide momentum for ...

Jambi police dispatch food aid for COVID-affected households

Jambi police on Wednesday sent a team of personnel to distribute 48 tons of rice to poor households who have been ...

Jakarta police again hand out 15,000 staple food packages

The Jakarta Metropolitan Police again dispensed 15,000 staple food packages to community members in the metropolitan ...

Rupiah strengthens as US dollar under pressure on Tuesday morning

The Indonesian rupiah strengthened against the US dollar in the Jakarta interbank market on Tuesday morning, as the US ...

Rp796.3-trillion allocation in 2021 for transfers to village funds

The government plans to allocate a budget of Rp796.3 trillion for transfers to the regions and village funds (TKDD) in ...

Indonesia needs investment of US$47 billion to develop ports: official

Indonesia needs US$47 billion in investment to develop ports across the country, a Transportation Ministry official ...

Business continuity of MSMEs hinges on boosting purchasing power

Research and Technology (Menristek) Minister/National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN) Head Bambang P. S. ...

Government readies additional stimulus for workers to boost economy

Chief Executive of the Committee for Handling COVID-19 and National Economic Recovery Erick Thohir highlighted that the ...

Significant surge in number of travelers observed in Idul Adha holiday

The Transportation Ministry recorded a significant increase of travelers using private cars and public transportation ...

Weekend Stories

Pandemic alters Eid al-Adha animal sacrifice ritual in 2020

Eid al-Adha, or the Day of Sacrifice, is one of the two major festivals apart from Eid al-Fitr for Indonesia, where ...

Weekend Stories

Message of Idul Adha to Indonesian Muslims amid COVID-19 pandemic

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) and Muslims nationwide partook in the Idul Adha mass prayers on Friday morning despite ...