By Justin Mkweu Blantyre Water Board (BWB) is seeking a rescue package from the government and other stakeholders to settle an Electricity Supply Corporation of Malawi (Escom) power bill that is hovering at K24 billion. This was revealed yesterday du...

By Taonga Sabola President Lazarus Chakwera has said the Southern African Development Community (Sadc) secretariat is key to the realisation of the regional bloc’s vision. Chakwera, who assumed the chairmanship of Sadc in August this year, was spea...

By Jameson Chauluka  Eight people were injured yesterday as fire gutted Leopard Match and Eshan Products offices at Ginnery Corner in Blantyre. The fire raged for hours before it was contained late in the afternoon but, at that level, much of the da...

By Matthews Kasanda Reserve Bank of Malawi Governor Wilson Banda has said three of the country’s banks have completely removed Value Added Tax (VAT)- related charges while the remaining eight have slashed the charges by 50 percent following negotia...

By Mabvuto Kambuwe Silver Strikers and Nyasa Big Bullets have faulted Super League of Malawi (Sulom) and Football Association of Malawi (Fam) for concealing details of the new Television Rights deal. Fam awarded contracts to Mibawa Studios as content...

By Samuel Kalimira Terms of office for Lilongwe, Blantyre, Zomba and Mzuzu mayors have expired, clearing the way for fresh elections, The Daily Times understands. The Ministry of Local Government has, through a memo addressed to city councils, remind...

By Serah Chilora Human Rights Defenders Coalition (HRDC) has sued National Oil Company of Malawi (Nocma) over the use of the controversial Delivered at Place Unloaded (DPU) as one of the International Commercial Terms (incoterms). Nocma adopted the D...

By Isaac Kambwiri When 34-year-old Regina Chasweka’s husband died unexpectedly in 2015, she was reduced to making soliloquies. Hopeless and with nobody to talk to, she sadly discovered that she was just a lonely woman standing on the big stage of l...

By William Kumwembe Tobacco industry regulator, the Tobacco Commission (TC), has set an ambitious target of increasing tobacco output to at least 180 million kilogrammes (kg) per year within the next five years. Last year, the country produced 118 mi...

By Mabvuto Kambuwe The wrangle between Football Association of Malawi (Fam) and Malawi Broadcasting Corporation (MBC) took a new twist on Saturday when the association defied a court order by stopping the State-run broadcaster from broadcasting live ...