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Unicef: KL's poorest still struggle to put food on the table in post-pandemic boom

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 -- Poverty incidence remains prevalent in the country's capital even as income and employment improved for many of its poorest households in the post-Covid 19 era, Unicef said in i... Read More


Impending huge public sector pay hike gets economists thinking about where the money is coming from

KUALA LUMPUR, May 8 -- Economists believe the public will watch closely how Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's government plans to fund the record rate pay hike for its huge public sector that ... Read More


S&P Global: Latest PMI shows continued downtrend across Malaysian manufacturers

KUALA LUMPUR, May 2 -- New data from purchasing managers indicate a continuation of the decline across the local manufacturing sector since the start of the second quarter as demand remained subdued o... Read More


Pundits: Chinese voters will use Kuala Kubu Baru vote to send protest message to DAP

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 -- Some ethnic Chinese voters could abstain from voting at the Kuala Kubu Baru by-election on May 11 as a form of protest against the DAP, amid talks of growing disenchantment a... Read More


Azmin Ali says Perikatan vetted KKB by-election candidate's qualifications amid scrutiny

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 -- Selangor's Perikatan Nasional (PN) chief Datuk Seri Azmin Ali on Saturday said the academic qualifications of the coalition's candidate for the Kuala Kubu Baru by-election ha... Read More


Perikatan's Sanusi says MACC probe on Perlis MB's son just 'drama' for Selangor state by-election

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 -- Perikatan Nasional (PN) election director Datuk Seri Mohd Sanusi Md Noor has accused the Anwar government of staging a "drama" for the Kuala Kubu Baru by-election by directin... Read More


Dr Mahathir's sons say they're not under MACC probe, their father is

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 -- Two of Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad's sons said they are not being investigated by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC). Tan Sri Mokhzani Mahathir and Mirzan Mahathir ... Read More


Police confirm Perikatan politician Chegu Bard under sedition investigation over Forest City casino remarks

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 -- The police have arrested Perikatan Nasional politician Badrul Hisham Shaharin for sedition following a Facebook post he made over a news report that a casino would be opened ... Read More


Explainer: All you need to know about EPF's new 'flexible' Account 3

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 -- The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) announced yesterday a much-anticipated restructuring of contributors' accounts that would allow some portion of their retirement fund to be... Read More


Explainer: All you need to know about EPF's new 'flexible' account

KUALA LUMPUR, April 26 -- The Employees Provident Fund (EPF) announced yesterday a much-anticipated restructuring of contributors' accounts that would allow some portion of their retirement fund to be... Read More