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PUTRAJAYA, Sept 6 — With payments for the Special Covid-19 Aid (BKC) beginning to be paid out from today, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the government would channel more assistance to the people starting next month. In…

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno President Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today argued that he had not only been unnecessarily prosecuted, but was over prosecuted after being slapped with 47 charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT), corruption and…

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Bursa Malaysia remained in the negative territory at the end of the morning trading session today, weighed down by selling pressure in heavyweight stocks, dealers said. At 12.30pm, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia…

PETALING JAYA: Up to 68% of Malaysia’s adult population, or 15,926,601 individuals, have been fully vaccinated as of yesterday, the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee Special Committee (JKJAV) said. In a Twitter post today, the JKJAV…

KUALA LUMPUR: The government's decision to reopen its tourism sector to fully vaccinated travellers via the travel bubble programme, starting with Langkawi, could reinvigorate domestic air travel, said industry players. They, however, said…

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): The ringgit was trading higher against the US dollar today, still on positive investors’ sentiment tracking Malaysia's Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI), which climbed to 43.4 last month from 40.1 in July…

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 6 — Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob would undermine a possible confidence-and-supply agreement with the Opposition if he does not validate his legitimacy to be the prime minister via a confidence vote in Parliament, said…

SYDNEY (Sept 6): Asian shares got off to a mixed start on Monday as a disappointing U.S. payrolls report promised to keep policy there super-loose for longer, but also clouded the outlook for global growth and inflation. A holiday in the…

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 6): Bursa Malaysia opened slightly higher today despite a flat performance on Wall Street last Friday and weakened US Treasury yields. Investors were digesting a much-weaker-than-expected US jobs report for the world’s…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia cannot afford a cut in corporate tax unless its tax base is broadened and the country maintains a stronger than average growth trajectory, finance minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz said. In an interview with Singapore’s…