THE annual Brunei Local Business Development (LBD) programme through the partnership of private and government entities, with the theme ‘The Next Level: How to Leverage the Digital Revolution’, will take place on September 25-26. The forum will be held at The Empire Hotel & Country Club on September 25. Two concurrent workshops will be held […]
Read More‘BIBD NEXGEN – a platform that connects everyone’ was launched last year as a platform that encapsulates all digital services offered by Bank Islam Brunei Darussalam (BIBD), paving the way for increasing interconnectivity through strategic alliances with institutions from different industries, further spearheading the drive for financial inclusion as part of BIBD’s efforts to support […]
Read MoreVARIOUS statistics and studies pertaining to Brunei Darussalam were released in May, covering areas including population, economic growth, trade and tourism. For the tourism sector in Brunei, a milestone was achieved in 2018 with the highest number of tourist arrivals ever recorded, as international tourist arrivals grew by 7.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) from 258,955 […]
Read MoreTHE Consumer Price Index (CPI) in April 2019 decreased by 0.1 per cent year-on-year compared to April 2018 in Brunei Darussalam, according to a press release from the Department of Economic Planning and Development (JPKE). Prices of Food and Non-Alcoholic Beverages decreased by 0.6 per cent while Non-Food prices increased by 0.005 per cent. The […]
Read MoreTHE Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) recently in Jakarta unveiled the list of projects in the Initial Rolling Priority Pipeline of Potential ASEAN Infrastructure Projects (Initial Pipeline) under the Master Plan on ASEAN Connectivity 2025. According to a press release on the ASEAN Secretariat website, 19 projects have been selected for inclusion in the […]
Read MoreBRUNEI Darussalam’s total trade in March 2019 increased by 12.7 per cent to BND1,290.2 million compared to March 2018. Total exports increased year on year by 16.7 per cent to BND880.2 million. The increase was supported mainly by increase in the export of Crude Oil by 25 per cent and the export of Liquefied Natural Gas […]
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