FROM all indications, the broad Internet community continues to broaden apace. Now the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and...

Politicians must devote more attention to energising the economy in this period of economic uncertainties. OUR politicians on both sides of the political divide have been so busy criss-crossing the...

I REFER to your report ';Girl, 15, assaulted over Facebook misunderstanding'; (The Star, Feb 1). It really saddened me and I can understand the emotional ordeal that Noor Haidaanis Norizan...

IN Malaysia, abandoned housing projects are nothing new but to people who have fallen victim, this can be really painful. The authorities and people in power must work seriously and speedily to...

IT is most regrettable that two cases of homicide allegedly involving people with mental illness happened this week. The question is, could they have been prevented? People with psychotic mental...

TO the thousands of BR1M applicants, the financial aid is not a relief but a torture – the tortuous wait for an answer. They are unable to know the outcome because no one contacts them to...

Rabindranath Tagore and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi had countless supporters, friends, admirers, disciples, devotees... One can easily run out of descriptive nouns when thinking of the many...

"What's past is prologue" wrote William Shakespeare in "The Tempest" a tale of fantasy, hatred and intrigue, but ultimate success by a leader. The line is worth remembering...

BEIJING -- China over the years has derided the Dalai Lama as a jackal in Buddhist robes, choreographer of a separatist Peking Opera and, lately, instigator of a plot that led some Tibetans to set...

Both sober former economics professors who have helped cement "technocrat" into the lexicon of Europe's debt crisis, they were rushed in to head emergency governments as fears grew...

NEW DELHI -- India's 1.3 million-strong armed forces, hobbled by outdated equipment and slow decision-making, are undergoing an overhaul as defense priorities shift to China from traditional...

Think of a two-legged zebra but with the head of a monster macaw, huge beak shining and large eyes staring. This fibreglass Creature, who...

No wonder the isle is full of noises. But no echo lingers of the clamour I remember from 1950s England when the legendary Dom Mintoff sought to convert 316-sq-km Malta into an English county or...

The work of Dripta G. Roy, an Indian artist based in the United Kingdom now, stood out starkly. His graphic art creates a number of layers; sometimes they seem to merge and at other times, they...

The Sutanuti Parishad Chorbagan Committee considers the responsibility of spreading the magic of Indian classical music amongst music lovers to be its own. The organization celebrated the 20th year...

Eight months after the general election, the opposition parties are facing troubling times. Internal squabbling followed by mass resignations hit one party while several representatives are jostling...

Every year, the eve and fifth day of the Chinese New Year is a nightmare for people in Beijing who want to sleep, no thanks to the din made by the fireworks and crackers that drag on the whole day...

THE rescue effort of the bus service for the state by the Malacca state government ought to be lauded. However, steps must be taken to ensure that it will not end up to be a case of old wine in a new...

THE advent of the coupon system is the result of the perennial problem of taxi drivers refusing to use their meters and in many instances tampering with meters to give higher readings. The coupon...