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Solace for those performing tarawih in solitude amid pandemic

After he has taken iftar, or the evening meal, which is eaten for breaking the Ramadhan fast, and he hears the nearby ...

ADB grants US$1.5 bln to support Indonesia's COVID-19 response

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a US$1.5-billion budget support for Indonesia to help the nation deal ...

Kupang policeman donates first salary to help corona-affected families

A low-ranking policeman in East Nusa Tenggara Province has donated his first salary — Rp7.8 million — for ...

Foreign debt is within safe limit: Bank Indonesia

Indonesia’s foreign debt, which stood at US$407.5 billion in February, 2020, remains within the safe limit as ...

Opinion

Stranded far from home: the protection of Indonesian migrant workers

*Hana Naufanita is a research intern at the Jakarta-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies ...

1,000 COVID-19 affected families in Ambon receive aid

The local government in Ambon, the capital of Maluku Province, on Monday distributed aid packages to around one ...

Opinion

Media and politicians' lust: fuel of outrages on pandemic stage

 *Novianta Hutagalung, International Coach Faculty, Consultant and Facilitator of various organizations **H. ...

S&P projects Indonesia's economic growth at 1.8 percent in 2020

The international rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) projects that Indonesia's economic growth will ...

East Jakarta police arrest four teenagers in possession of machetes

The East Jakarta Police's Eagle (Rajawali) team members seized several machetes from four teenagers, who were ...

COVID-19: West Kalimantan police, army distributing food boxes

Army and police personnel in West Kalimantan Province have launched a joint initiative, starting April 16, to prepare ...

40,000 poor families in Riau's Pekanbaru to receive aid

Pekanbaru city has pledged to provide cash assistance and relief to around 40 thousand poor families during the ...

Greater Jakarta to receive staple food aid on April 20

The government’s social assistance, in the form of staple food, will be distributed to vulnerable residents ...

DKI Jakarta's social aid packages incorporate six essential items

The DKI Jakarta provincial government continues to distribute social aid packages, comprising six essential items, to ...

Riau police and doctors, students handle corpses of COVID-19 patients

Riau Police is working with the Indonesian Forensic Doctors Association (PDFI) and University of Riau's Faculty of ...

Enterprises in Indonesia must pay THR regardless of COVID-19 pandemic

Enterprises in Indonesia should not neglect paying the Idul Fitri holiday bonus (THR) to their employees on the pretext ...