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UMNO has welcomed the Cabinet's decision to withdraw the Urban Renewal Bill (URA Bill), saying the legislation should only be reintroduced in parliament in a revised form after all proposed improvements have been incorporated. Umno secretary-general Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki said …

UMNO is postponing the party's election as it needs to remain united heading into the upcoming elections, says president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The deputy premier said the party needs to be better prepared for the possible Melaka state election and …

UMNO has not made any decision to collaborate with Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the run-up to the 16th General Election (GE16). Its Secretary-General Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, said the party's focus at the moment is to strengthen the existing government to …

UMNO’s proposal for a new grand coalition to unite all Malay-Muslim parties may amount to no more than rhetoric, just like other movements that have struggled to bring together top leaders, says an analyst. Syaza Shukri of the International Islamic …

UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has expressed his wish to form a new grand coalition to unite all Malay-Muslim parties under one umbrella, saying he wanted the Umno general assembly’s stamp of approval for the initiative. The new coalition would …

UMNO has pushed back against calls for the party to sever ties with DAP, saying it was never politically aligned with the party in the first place and had only agreed to govern the country together to ensure stability after …

THE People's Progressive Party (PPP) is now recognised as a component party in the Barisan Nasional, said Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Ahmad Zahid, who is also the Barisan chairman, said the formalities of the recognition would be held …

UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has retracted his statement on the existence of 'Team A' and 'Team B' in DAP. He said, what he actually meant was to explain how some DAP leaders made negative remarks on issues raised by …

UMNO president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the party had accepted two applications to join Umno en bloc. Zahid said one was Parti Ikatan Bangsa Malaysia, led by Kadir Sheikh Fadzir, but he did not name the second party. “I have …