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Dr Mohamad Agus Yusof

Hong Leong Investment Bank Research said in its recent report that it expects the ringgit to have an overall depreciation trend in the second half with an average of USD-MYR 4.67 to reach a 2023 average of 4.56 and year-end target of 4.40.Hong Leong Investment Bank Research said in its recent report that it expects the ringgit to have an overall depreciation trend in the second half with an average of USD-MYR 4.67 to reach a 2023 average of 4.56 and year-end target of 4.40. Photo for illustrative purposes only - 123RF

Railway workers help to restore services at the accident site of a three-train collision near Balasore, about 200 km from the state capital Bhubaneswar in the eastern state of Odisha, on June 4, 2023. Photo by Punit Paranjpe/AFP FILE PIX

Sweden's Prime MInister Ulf Kristersson attends the European Council Summit, at the EU headquarters in Brussels, on June 29, 2023. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

Salwan Momika protests outside a mosque in Stockholm on June 28, 2023, during the Eid al-Adha holiday. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)

A total of 48 firefighters with 10 fire engines and four water tankers along with an ambulance were deployed to the location.

The move comes after Colombo cut subsidies, doubled taxes and promised to privatise hundreds of state enterprises under a $2.9 billion IMF bailout agreed in March.

MACC arrested three officers suspected of accepting bribes - FILEPIX

Taliban security personnel stand guard as men pray outside the Shah-e Doh Shamshira mosque ahead of Muslim festival Eid al-Adha in Kabul - AFP

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