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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- The MADANI Government has made progress in governance reform, national competitiveness and efforts to raise the people’s living standards over the past three and a half years, guided by the three pillars of Good Governance in Public Administration, Raising the Ceiling and Raising the Floor.
PUTRAJAYA, Aug 18 (Bernama) -- The government is prepared to study a proposal to combine elements of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) with the Sales and Service Tax (SST) to ensure the country's taxation system is more progressive, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim.
By Niam Seet Wei
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 16 (Bernama) -- A year ago, during my Wolfson Press Fellowship at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom, I was grappling with a question I was not entirely sure I wanted to answer.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 (Bernama) -- The government’s proactive response to the West Asia crisis, including financing support for affected small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and targeted fuel subsidies, helped sustain household spending and business activity in the country.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 (Bernama) -- The country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth rate jumped to six per cent in the second quarter of 2026, exceeding market expectations and thus recording the strongest second-quarter growth performance outside of the pandemic period since 2014.
By Nurul Jannah Kamaruddin and Mohd Noor Azeery Idris
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 (Bernama) -- Income stability, liquidity, and capital safety must continue to form the basis of Lembaga Tabung Haji’s (TH) investment policy, given that the institution manages withdrawable savings.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 13 (Bernama) -- Mah Sing Group Bhd hopes the government will continue to encourage homeownership among young and middle-income households in its recommendations for Budget 2027, which is scheduled to be tabled in the Dewan Rakyat on Oct 9.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 (Bernama) -- PTT Synergy Group Bhd's wholly owned subsidiary, PTT Development Sdn Bhd (PTTD), has entered into five separate sale and purchase agreements (SPAs) with Koperasi Kakitangan Bank Rakyat Bhd (Sekatarakyat) for a total consideration of RM260 million.
By Nor Baizura Basri & Harizah Hanim Mohamed
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 (Bernama) — The government’s pledge to leave no stone unturned in strengthening Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) through stricter policy and regulatory measures to ensure that similar issues do not recur was among the messages at yesterday’s special Dewan Rakyat sitting.
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (Bernama) –- The government always ensures that its debts are repaid, said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.
By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (Bernama) – The entire approval process for Lembaga Tabung Haji’s (TH) purchase of a 30 per cent stake in Putrajaya Perdana Bhd in 2014 took place when the company was said to be under the control of Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, through Utama Banking Group Bhd (UBG Bhd).
By Nurunnasihah Ahmad Rashid and Durratul Ain Ahmad Fuad
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (Bernama) -- Lembaga Tabung Haji (TH) incurred losses of nearly RM13 billion through 14 problematic investments, seven of which suffered losses of 100 per cent, said Finance Minister II Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan.
