2024

A UNION of Umno, Bersatu and PAS may be a dimming dream, given the three parties’ ongoing competition to be the leading voice of the Malay community, say analysts. Lau Zhe Wei of International Islamic University of Malaysia said such …

THE Kuala Lumpur High Court here has ordered former prime minister Najib Razak to enter his defence on 25 charges of abuse of power and money laundering involving 1MDB funds. Justice Collin Lawrence Sequerah ruled that the prosecution had established …

FORMER prime minister Najib Razak has publicly apologised to the Malaysian people over the 1MDB debacle. In a statement read by his son Mohd Nizar at the Kuala Lumpur court complex on Thursday (Oct 24), Najib expressed deep sorrow over …

UMNO Youth chief Dr Muhamad Akmal Saleh today proposed a royal commission of inquiry into the losses incurred at sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional through investments in Fashion Valet Sdn Bhd. He said the losses involving the e-commerce platform as …

UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi says he will meet DAP chairman Lim Guan Eng after the latter claimed that Umno ministers have not been as helpful to Penang or Lim’s Bagan constituency. “I’ll have to meet him,” said Zahid when …

SABAH Umno must first strengthen the party’s machinery rather than think about who to partner up with for the upcoming state election, says Bung Moktar Radin. The Sabah Barisan Nasional chief urged members to improve the party internally, saying that …

DR MAHATHIR Mohamad said Friday he would not have filed a defamation suit against Ahmad Zahid Hamidi if he (Mahathir) was a “roadside kacang putih seller”. The former prime minister, 99, told the High Court here he decided to sue …

PKR will continue to cooperate and strengthen its relationship with Umno and Barisan Nasional, says Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar who is the PKR president, said this was among the issues discussed during the party’s political bureau and leadership council …

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim tabled the country’s biggest ever federal spending plan in Budget 2025 yesterday, which he said is aimed at improving the economy and household income while consolidating the government’s finances. …