Archive for August, 2020
Malaysia’s Maybank second-quarter profit drops 52pct due to coronavirus
Malaysia’s largest lender by assets, Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank), said on Thursday its second-quarter profit dropped 51.5%, hurt by pandemic-induced movement [...] » More
More than 600 workers appointed to facilitate Slim by-election, says EC chair
The Election Commission (EC) has appointed 689 workers to facilitate the Slim state by-election tomorrow, which will involve 12 polling centres and 54 channels. EC chair [...] » More
Court defers bid to block release of RM1.5b in alleged 1MDB funds in the UK
The High Court has postponed hearing the application for an order prohibiting a PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI) unit from accessing $340 million (RM1.45 billion) of [...] » More
Pejuang backs Shafie for PM
Newly formed Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) will back Warisan president Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal as its prime minister candidate for the 15th general Election. Online [...] » More
Guan Eng tells Tengku Zafrul to correct list of 101 direct negotiation deals
Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng today urged Finance minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz to correct the “list” that was released on Wednesday [...] » More
Cops issue arrest warrant against JMM president for failing to attend court proceeding
The High Court here today issued an arrest warrant against Pertubuhan Jaringan Melayu Malaysia (JMM) president Datuk Hamzah Azwanddin for failing to attend the committal [...] » More
When a responsible father makes a good politician
Hats off to Mukhriz Mahathir. He has come to the fore and admitted that both his daughter and son-in-law were fined RM1,000 each for flouting the recovery movement control [...] » More
Too late to claim your ministry doesn’t do direct negotiations, Zuraida told
Housing and Local government minister Zuraida Kamaruddin cannot deny her ministry awarded contracts directly since the finance minister has already shown this in Parliament, [...] » More
Malaysia’s exports expected to moderately decline this year
Malaysia’s exports are expected to moderately decline by 3.5 percent this year compared with a growth of 1.7 percent (worth RM986.38bil) in 2019, said the Malaysia [...] » More
BNM: Malaysia’s official reserves at $104.2b as at end-July 2020
Malaysia’s international reserves remained usable as at end-July 2020, with official reserve assets at $104.21 billion (RM435.04 billion), in accordance with the [...] » More
PM to make announcement on RMCO tonight
Prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is scheduled to deliver a special address tonight regarding the recovery movement control order (RMCO), according to national news [...] » More
Arrest warrant out for Malay rights group leader
The High Court here today issued an arrest warrant for Malay rights group leader Azwanddin Hamzah after he failed to appear for a contempt case filed by Seputeh MP Teresa [...] » More
CFM moots making Rukunegara part of Federal Constitution
The Christian Federation of Malaysia (CFM) urged the federal government to consider enshrining the Rukunegara (National Principles) in the Federal Constitution. The group [...] » More
PM: Putrajaya exemplary benchmark in development, management of well-planned city
The federal government’s administrative centre, Putrajaya, has often been cited as an exemplary benchmark by other countries in the development and management of a [...] » More
Former tech support employee in Malaysia call centre jailed over sale of Singtel customer details
A technical support employee for a Malaysian subsidiary of Singtel retrieved unauthorised billing information belonging to Singtel customers and sold them, with the details [...] » More
