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KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): A leading disinfectant producer has issued a strong warning not to use its products on the human body after Donald Trump suggested they could potentially be used to treat Covid-19, the BBC reported today.

PETALING JAYA (April 23): Malaysia first astronaut Dr Sheik Muszaphar Shukor has become a delivery boy in this Movement Control Order (MCO) period.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 23): Independent advisor Asia Equity Research Sdn Bhd said today the proposed acquisition by CN Asia Corp Bhd of a parcel of land from a related party for RM4 million cash is “fair and reasonable”.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 22): MMAG Holdings Bhd, which is buying two parcels of land in mainland Penang from Dynaciate Group Bhd for RM41 million, today entered into a supplemental agreement on the deal.

PETALING JAYA (April 19): Consumer groups have urged Mydin hypermarkets (pictured) to follow the advice issued by the health ministry concerning its disinfection efforts using the mist spray, Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported.

PETALING JAYA (April 17): With the International Monetary Fund predicting that Asia's economic growth will grind to a halt this year for the first time in six decades amid the Covid-19 pandemic; as people fear losing their jobs and companies fear closures - could this be the worst financial crisis Malaysia has ever seen? At the EdgeProp.

PETALING JAYA (April 16): With the COVID-19 crisis and worries over an economic recession, housing price in Malaysia is expected to fall by between 10% to 15%, which is a deeper drop than in 1998 during the Asian Financial Crisis, according to NawawiTie Leung Property Consultants director and regional head of research and consulting Saleha Yusoff.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 13): There were no new red zones recorded as of noon yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 9): Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd (F&N) said it is considering its options regarding the RM156 million acquisition of land in Perlis from MSM Perlis Sdn Bhd, as the latter had indicated that it will not grant any extension of time to satisfy the conditions in the agreement.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 1): A drone dispersed clouds of disinfectant in the sky above Indonesia's second-largest city Surabaya on Tuesday, a response to the COVID-19 pandemic which is catching on around the world, despite warnings from health experts, Reuters reported today.