There has been confusion over the recently held 150th Blantyre City Council (BCC) anniversary, with other historians arguing that the city may not be that old. On Saturday, BCC celebrated its 150th anniversary by conducting activities marking the day...

By Mcloyd Chilangiza: Former Mzimba South East member of Parliament Ackson Kalaile Banda has asked the Parliamentary Ad Hoc Committee investigating the Chikangawa plane crash to visit the Nthungwa crash site to verify information provided by other w...

Cost-of-construction-materials costs remain high in Malawi, compared to the situation in peer countries, the latest Construction Cost Indices (CCI) show. The CCI, covering the second quarter of the 2026-27 financial year (July to September 2026), rev...

The Malawi Women’s National Football Team striker Temwa Chawinga has registered another milestone after becoming the first African woman to finish in the top 10 of the women’s Ballon d’Or rankings. The ceremony was held at London Palladium in E...

ON THE WAY TO THE RIVER—Women By Thomas Kachere: The lives of hundreds of people, including women and children, in Lanchi Village, Traditional Authority (TA) Mlolo, Nsanje District, are at risk as they rely on M’bwazi River for drinking water du...

By Pemphero Malimba: Malawi continues to mobilise resources aimed at preparing for the anticipated Super El Niño, The Daily Times has learned. The government recently revealed that it was facing a K324.8 billion funding gap as it had mobilised K163....

By Mcloyd Chilangiza: The World Food Programme (WFP) has scaled down its planned humanitarian assistance under the lean-season response plan by 33.3 percent, reducing the target caseload from 600,000 to 400,000 people due to funding constraints. The...

The Reserve Bank of Malawi (RBM) withdrew about K80.6 billion from the financial market through open market operations (OMO) last week. This is happening at a time the central bank continues to implement a tight monetary policy to contain inflation. ...

The Malawi Under-15 Boys National Football Team’s unbeaten run came to a halt following two consecutive losses at the inaugural Fifa U-15 World Cup in Baku, Azerbaijan, Monday. The team lost 4-2 to Argentina in their final Group B match after suffe...

Three teams— Prison Queens, Airforce Falcons and Genius—have qualified for this year’s One Nico Top 12 Netball Cup national finals, finishing as top-three teams in the Eastern Region play-off matches played at Wilson Square in Zomba on Sunday. ...