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Cigarette price hike yet to be decided

The government is yet to take a decision on increasing the excise rate and sales price of cigarettes in the country as ...

Bangladesh police kill 'mastermind' of Dhaka cafe attack

Bangladesh security forces killed three Islamist militants on Saturday (August 28), including a Bangladesh-born ...

Artificial intelligence can find, map poverty: Researchers

A new technique using artificial intelligence to read satellite images could aid efforts to eradicate global poverty ...

Nias has great fishery and tourism potential: President Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) said Nias Island has two great potentials in the form of tourism and the fishery ...

Govt proposes economic growth at 5.3 percent in 2017

The Indonesian government has put forth its assumption of economic growth for 2017 at 5.3 percent in the draft state ...

VP Kalla opens Muslim World League seminar

Vice President Jusuf Kalla inaugurated an international seminar of the Muslim World League (WML), or "Rabithah Al Alam ...

President wants MTQ well-grunded

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has said the 26th National Quran Recital Competition, or the National Musabaqah ...

Indonesian social organization to be awarded Ramon Magsaysay

An Indonesian social organization, Dompet Dhuafa, will be achieving an award from Ramon Magsaysay Foundation for its ...

All ministers must be in line with president`s vision: Jokowi

President Joko Widodo (Jokowi) has asked all ministers, especially those newly sworn, to ensure they have a vision and ...

Sri Mulyani to accelerate Indonesia's development agenda

Indonesia's newly appointed finance minister, Sri Mulyani Indrawati, has said she would dedicate herself to expedite ...

Death row prisoner Merry Utami moved to Nusakambangan

Death row prisoner, Merry Utami, has been moved from the Tangerang prison in Banten, to the Nusakambangan island off ...

Coastal community crucial for protecting nation`s sovereignty

In an archipelagic nation, with thousands of islands scattered across the ocean, the presence of the coastal ...

Stable food prices reduces poverty rate

Stable commodity prices have reduced the number of Indonesians living in poverty by 0.27 percent, Coordinating ...

Execution of drug convicts on death row soon: Attorney general

Attorney General HM Prasetyo indicated execution of drug convicts on death row would be carried out soon. "You ...

Lessons learnt from severe congestion at Brebes toll exit

Vehicular queues from cities towards hometowns during the post-fasting Lebaran Islamic Holiday, or Eid al-Fitr ...