Новости за 28.02.2024

KUALA LUMPUR: The government should focus on addressing internal weaknesses rather than attributing the weakening ringgit to external factors. 

KUALA LUMPUR: The Institute for Democracy and Economic Affairs (IDEAS) today launched a blueprint entitled “Reforming Our Institutions: Blueprint for Reforms.”

JAKARTA: In a Jakarta suburb, dozens of customers, mostly women, stood in long queues to buy government subsidised rice after a severe drought last year curbed production and sent prices of the staple surging across Indonesia.

KUALA LUMPUR: Royal Klang City Council (MBDK) raided an illegal maternity care centre in Bandar Bukit Raja here.

JENDELA: 2,338 NEW TELECOMMUNICATION TOWERS BUILT

KUALA LUMPUR: Track cyclist Nurul Izzah Izzati Asri is not getting carried away with her golden outing at the recent Asian Track Cycling Championships (ACC) in New Delhi.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry (MITI) has presented a proposal for a one-time subsidy for electric vehicle (EV) ownership to boost the growth of the industry in the country.

PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal (CoA) today allowed the prosecution’s appeal to reinstate four abuse of power charges made against former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin linked to the Jana Wibawa programme during his tenure.

KUALA LUMPUR: Seventy per cent of the 10,695 individuals who sought treatment at the Social Security Organisation’s (Socso) Rehabilitation Centre for the period between 2019 and last January have been able to return to work.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malayan Banking Bhd's (Maybank) net profit rose 17.5 per cent to RM9.35 billion for the full year ended Dec 31, 2023 (FY23) from RM7.96 billion a year ago.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s export unit value index slipped by 0.5 per

I WISH to shed light on one of the worst events at the end of the 20th century that happened in Khojaly, a town in Azerbaijan that was occupied by the Republic of Armenia in 1992, and considered by many scholars and experts as either a tragedy or massacre.

KUALA LUMPUR: Kepong member of parliament Lim Lip Eng revealed that a question directed to the Prime Minister on Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s pardon in Dewan Rakyat was rejected.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat descended into chaos today.

SUBANG JAYA: The National Disaster Management Agency (Nadma) in cooperation with the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) carried out a cloud seeding operation (OPA) to stabilise the level of two dams in the north of Peninsular Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR: A question by a DAP member of parliament on whether lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah breached the law by revealing information on Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s pardon application was rejected by the Dewan Rakyat.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Rakyat was told that there is no legal action from the government to reclaim its rights on Pulau Batu Puteh.

KUALA LUMPUR: Media Prima Bhd, Malaysia’s leading and largest integrated media group, posted a net profit of RM26.0 million on RM437.7 million revenue for the six months ended Dec 31 2023, despite industry and economic challenges.

PUTRAJAYA: The proposal to mandate the purchase of 70 per cent halal and Bumiputera products for official government programmes will be presented at the upcoming Bumiputera Economic Congress (KEB) 2024 as a resolution to empower the halal industry, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Federation of Malaysian Manufacturers (FMM) today said the revival of Goods and Service Tax (GST) would work better than the widened scope eight per cent Sales and Service Tax (SST), as a lifeline for the country’s debt dilemma, as well as shore up adequate fiscal buffers.

KUALA LUMPUR: Standard Chartered Saadiq Malaysia has appointed Bilal Parvaiz as its chief executive officer (CEO) with effect from March 15, 2024. 

PETALING JAYA:: A married couple has been jointly charged in Sessions Court for allegedly abusing their baby by giving formula milk mixed with the dangerous drug methamphetamine.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) will declare dividends for 2023 this Sunday, March 3.

KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) found itself among the top losers on Wednesday, as its share price faced significant selling pressure. 

GEORGE TOWN: Penang welcomed two renowned cruises — Genting Dream and Royal Caribbean Spectrum of the Seas — which docked at the Swettenham Pier Cruise Terminal (SPCT) yesterday.