Singapore

Bangladesh can avoid the middle-income trap yet

Bangladesh’s economic leadership must devote its integrity to ensuring quality growth along with lower income inequality.
6 February 2023, 18:00 PM

New York, Singapore most expensive cities in the world

New York and Singapore are jointly the world's most expensive cities after inflation soared this year, an annual survey showed today.
1 December 2022, 06:17 AM

Tesla Singapore country manager laid off after Musk's global job cuts warning

Telsa, the acclaimed electric automaker, starts laying off employees just a few days after Elon Musk, warned about the impending job cuts. Christopher Bousigues, the country manager of Singapore, updated his peers with a LinkedIn post, terming his position being eliminated. 
13 June 2022, 12:32 PM

It’s not an accident if the same mistake is repeated

Depot blast brings out the urgency of safety compliance
12 June 2022, 12:35 PM

Disgraced ex-Pakistan captain Salman Butt gets Singapore job

Former Pakistan Test captain Salman Butt, who was banned over a high-profile spot-fixing scandal, has been appointed to a coaching role with Singapore's national team, cricket officials said.
23 May 2022, 12:40 PM

349 Bangladeshis return home from India, Singapore

A total of 349 Bangladeshis return home after being stranded in India and Singapore due to flight suspensions amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
22 April 2020, 13:10 PM

Foreign workers generally satisfied with working conditions in Singapore: MOM survey

Foreign workers in Singapore are generally satisfied with their working conditions, according to a survey commissioned by the country's Ministry of Manpower, and would recommend the country as a place to work to their friends and relatives.
10 June 2019, 04:41 AM

Quader released from Singapore hospital

Awami League General Secretary Obaidul Quader, who is now undergoing treatment at Mount Elizabeth Hospital in Singapore, is released from the hospital.
5 April 2019, 06:15 AM

Singapore suspends Boeing 737 MAX flights after Ethiopia crash

Singapore will temporarily suspend all Boeing 737 MAX flights from 1400 local time (0600 GMT), the civil aviation authority said, two days after an Ethiopian Airlines crash that killed all 157 on board.
12 March 2019, 06:57 AM

Pilot grounded for allowing flight attendant to sit in his seat

AN airline captain in Singapore has been suspended from flying temporarily after he allowed a flight attendant to sit in the pilot’s seat and helped her to take a picture, reports say.
14 February 2019, 05:03 AM

Singapore eco-tourism plan sparks protest

Singapore is creating a vast eco-tourism zone in a bid to bring in more visitors, but environmentalists fear the development will damage natural habitats and are already blaming it for a series of animal deaths.
10 January 2019, 05:48 AM

World’s fastest 4G Network in Singapore

Singapore has the fastest 4G network followed by South Korea and Australia in the Asia-pacific.
26 August 2018, 05:23 AM

Tech, tools to assist differently-abled in Singapore

Many Singapore companies are still reluctant to hire persons with disabilities (PwDs). To help them overcome this, the Singapore government - working through SG Enable - provides technical and funding support to encourage the hiring of people with special needs.
28 June 2018, 13:37 PM

Trump, Kim arrive for US-N Korea summit

​North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump arrive in Singapore for an unprecedented summit, with Pyongyang's nuclear arsenal at the top of the agenda and the US president calling it a "one-time shot" at peace.
10 June 2018, 07:41 AM

Bangladesh, Singapore sign two MoUs

Bangladesh and Singapore sign two Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for collaboration over Public Private Partnership (PPP) and air services.
12 March 2018, 06:13 AM

Cockroach in car gives woman a fright, causing her to crash into overhead bridge

The sight of a cockroach crawling in her car gave a 61-year-old woman such a fright that she crashed into one end of an overhead bridge in Jurong East Central of Singapore last Friday.
29 January 2018, 04:38 AM

Migrant talent on display at Singapore cultural show

Every Sunday - his only day off for the week - for the past two months, 30-year-old Bangladeshi construction worksite supervisor in Singapore, Fazley Elahi has been swopping his safety helmet for the hat of a show organiser.
8 January 2018, 09:49 AM

Singaporean president’s car escapes summons but security convoys urged to obey traffic rules

Officers who provide security protection to the Singaporean president and other senior political leaders have been reminded to make sure their security convoys comply with traffic rules, without compromising the safety and security of the VIPs they are escorting.
24 December 2017, 04:59 AM

Singapore suspends trade relations with NKorea

Singapore suspends trade relations with North Korea, the latest of Pyongyang's major trade partners to cut commercial ties under toughening UN sanctions over its weapons programme, a customs notice obtained shows.
17 November 2017, 04:47 AM

Singapore passport world’s ‘most powerful’

With Paraguay removing visa requirements for Singaporeans, the Singapore passport is now the "most powerful" in the world, with a visa-free score of 159.
25 October 2017, 05:02 AM