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The Indonesian central bank surprised markets by unexpectedly cutting its main benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 6.5%. Listen to Bharat Joshi of Aberdeen Asset Management explain why Indonesia felt the need to ease the benchmark rate.

There’s a lot of attention on women and the challenges they face when it comes to “having it all”. But since Father’s Day is around the corner, we’re giving dads out there a chance to share their side of the story. Aaron Sarma, CEO of Touristly and Hakim Karim, CEO of Gridmarkets drop by to talk methods to managing the madness as founders and fathers in the 21st Century. 

The Sungai Besar parliamentary constituency has come into the national spotlight after its MP Noriah Kasnon died in a helicopter crash in Sarawak. Noriah, given the title “Tan Sri” posthumously, was also Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities. Her untimely death triggered the by-election, which has become a 3-cornered fight between Barisan Nasional, PAS, and Parti Amanah Negara. BN hopes to retain the seat, as they won by a razor-thin margin during GE13, with only a 399-vote majority, narrowly beating PAS. The Islamist party is also hopeful of winning, despite a spilt in the party, which created Parti Amanah Negara. Amanah represents the new Federal opposition coalition, Pakatan Harapan in the by-election. Today, we look at campaign strategies, and voter sentiment ahead of polls that open tomorrow at 8am. 

This is a report by Aisyah Tajuddin.

From being in the engineering field to photography and videography, Adrian Yap has found his passion which led to a career. It then snowballed his career in being a wedding photographer and sparked his inspiration to start Passion Portraits (www.pasionportraits.co), a network dedicated to celebrate Malaysian stories. We talked about his passion, and how he channeled his passion to fuel this project and his vision for Malaysia.

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An escaped ostrich running on Federal Highway has caused a stir both on the streets and social media. Naturally Malaysians reacted comically towards the incident. But all laughs aside, there's a more pertinent issue at hand. On Talkback Thursday today, we're asking: Do Malaysians care about animal welfare? Our lines will be open. 

Most people tend to avoid worms and parasites, but researchers of helminths know that these little worms may have more positive roles than we’d like to imagine. A recently published work found that parasitic worms may promote growth of probiotic bacteria that might one day help treat inflammatory bowel diseases. Prof Yvonne Ai-Lian Lim from the Department of Parasitology, University of Malaya tells us more about her role in this study, and how worms may earn their keep in our guts.

The Solid Waste Corporation Management (SWCorp) revealed from a recent study that the average Malaysian household throws away more than one month’s salary on food they don’t eat. Besides being a waste of money, time and energy, unused food that ends up in landfills is one of the main sources of greenhouse gases. During this season of Ramadan, we discuss how we can collectively stop this morally and economically outrageous waste, with SWCorp's Agustina Fithri Kasmaruddin and MYSaveFood's Dr. Ainu Husna.

Associate Professor Dr. Wan Salwina Wan Ismail, a psychiatrist and lecturer, has conducted studies on adolescent bullying in Malaysian schools. She joins us to discuss the findings of her study, and looks at the factors associated with this behaviour, in particular factors distinctive to our local population. She will also discuss how she hopes her findings can facilitate in strategizing effective interventions for school bullying among young adolescents in Malaysian schools.

The actor and trainer, Oliver Senton, was in Kuala Lumpur, brought in by a performing group to train young would-be participants in musical theatre.  He gives a brief history of The School of Night and its manifestation in the 20th century under the guidance of Ken Campbell, who is described by The Guardian as “one of the most original and unclassifiable talents in the British theatre of the past half-century.” High praise. Oliver Senton also demonstrates some of the exercises used by this fraternity to train actors to quiet the nagging negative voice that impedes improvisation.

 It is something that has been on a lot of employers’ minds, but no one has really come out and say anything. Why job seekers spam? That’s a burning question from Derek Toh, founder of WOBB, a job-finding platform for millennials. We explore how technology has not only helped but also hindered the industry with the spammy job seeking behavior.