Türkiye, Malaysia Pledged Deeper Cooperation In Defence, Trade

ANKARA, Jan 8 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, and visiting Malaysian Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, yesterday, attended here the inaugural meeting of the Türkiye-Malaysia High-Level Strategic Cooperation Council, pledging to deepen collaboration in defence, trade and other key sectors. Speaking at a joint press conference after the meeting,…

Former Malaysian PM Mahathir Hospitalised After Fall

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Former Prime Minister, Mahathir Mohamad, has been hospitalised, following a fall at his home this morning, according to his press secretary. Mahathir was taken to the National Heart Institute at 9:30 a.m. local time by ambulance, but remained conscious, the secretary said in a…

Ministries Instructed To Expedite Digitalisation: Malaysian PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 (NNN-BERNAMA) – All ministries and government departments are to expedite the shift to online processes, as part of ongoing bureaucratic reforms, Malaysian Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, said yesterday. In a speech, addressing cabinet members and civil servants, on the occasion of the new year, Anwar said,…

Malaysia Forms Online Safety Committee To Guide Policy

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia has formed an online safety committee, as the highest strategic advisory body, to steer the direction of the nation’s online safety, Azalina Othman Said, minister in the prime minister’s department for law and institutional reform, said, yesterday. This is in line with the…

Malaysia’s Former PM Najib Found Guilty On All Charges In 1MDB-Related Case

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 27 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia’s High Court, yesterday ruled that, former Prime Minister, Najib Razak, was found guilty on all charges, including four counts of abuse of power and 21 counts of money laundering, in a case related to 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). The High Court delivered its…

Malaysian Court Turns Down Former PM’s Appeal For House Arrest

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Former Malaysian Prime Minister, Najib Razak, failed in his appeal to be moved to house arrest, after the High Court here ruled against his application yesterday. High Court judge, Alice Loke Yee Ching, ruled that, the additional materials submitted by Najib in support of…

Malaysia Unveils Solar Programme To Power Energy Transition

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The Malaysian government will implement the Solar Accelerated Transition Action Programme (Solar ATAP), effective on Jan 1, next year, to optimise building rooftops for renewable energy generation. The Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation, said in a statement yesterday that, this initiative aligns…

Cultural, Creative Industry Contributes 6.8 Percent To Malaysia’s GDP In 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The cultural and creative industry, contributed 6.8 percent to Malaysia’s gross domestic product (GDP), fuelling 130.7 billion ringgit (31.97 billion U.S. dollars) in 2024, according to official data. The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM), said in a statement, yesterday that, the cultural and creative…

Malaysian PM Announces New Cabinet Line-Up

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysian Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, unveiled new ministerial appointments today, as part of a cabinet reshuffle. In a televised address, Anwar, who is also the finance minister, said, the move is to make adjustments to better deliver on promised reforms, and to mitigate various…

Special ASEAN FM Meeting Postponed: Malaysian PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The Special ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meeting, to assess the latest developments in the border tensions between Cambodia and Thailand, has been postponed, Malaysian Prime Minister, Anwar Ibrahim, said here, yesterday. “It allows us to ensure that everything is properly in place,” he told the…
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