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PAC flags hospital billing practices, warns of drivers behind rising medical inflation

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 -- The Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) has raised concerns over private hospital billing practices and pricing structures, warning that they are contributing to rising med... Read More


No formal extradition request from Bangladesh for Bestinet founder Aminul Islam, says home minister

KUALA LUMPUR, June 24 -- Putrajaya has not received any formal request to extradite Bestinet Sdn Bhd founder Datuk Seri Mohamed Aminul Islam, Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail told Pa... Read More


Tourism minister: Rain Rave Water Festival generated RM320m in tourism revenue, drew half a million people

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 -- The Rain Rave Water Festival held on the Labour Day holiday generated an estimated RM320.4 million in overall tourism revenue, Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing told... Read More


Tourism minister: Rain Rave Water Festival generated RM390m in tourism revenue in total, drew half a million people

KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 -- The Rain Rave Water Festival held on the Labour Day holiday generated an estimated RM320.4 million in overall tourism revenue, Tourism Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing told... Read More


EC sets Johor election on July 11, Negeri on Aug 1

PUTRAJAYA, June 11 -- The Election Commission (EC) has announced the polling dates for the upcoming state elections in Johor and Negri Sembilan, setting the stage for a high-stakes political showdown ... Read More


From safe seats to the battlefront: How DAP shuffles incumbents in tactic to win tougher seats

KUALA LUMPUR, June 8 -- Skudai's first term DAP assemblyman Marina Ibrahim's announcement that she is quitting politics for good shocked many including her own party, as it prepares to face a critical... Read More


Latest Ebola outbreak now third largest in history - is Malaysia at risk?

KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 -- The latest Ebola outbreaks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Uganda are now the third largest in history, with nearly 750 suspected cases and almost 90 confirmed ca... Read More


How Rafizi-led 'Bersama' could disrupt Malaysia's political calculus

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 -- Malaysian politics again faces a major realignment following the dramatic takeover of Parti Bersama Malaysia (Bersama) by former federal ministers Datuk Seri Rafizi Ramli and N... Read More


Survey shows Malaysians becoming more intolerant of differences amid rising 'insular trust' trend

Kuala Lampur, May 20 -- KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 - More Malaysians are becoming less tolerant of people with differing opinions and values, according to the 2026 Edelman Trust Barometer, which points to a... Read More


World Bank warns Malaysia's top firms failing to scale or innovate, fuelling underemployment

Kuala Lampur, May 14 -- KUALA LUMPUR, May 14 - Malaysia's top frontier firms have either failed to scale up or not innovated enough, hampering competitiveness and the creation of high-paying jobs, lea... Read More