News about Parliament

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 22): Although Malaysia aims to achieve high-income nation status by 2024 — the previous target was 2020 — Putrajaya appears cognisant of the need to address the yawning income gap between the B40 (bottom 40%) households and middle- and high-income households for social stability, since a sizeable 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who was sworn in as member of Parliament for Port Dickson today, said there has been no talk about him being appointed to the Cabinet.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 15): Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's landslide victory in the Port Dickson by-election last week was an expected good news, said Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 26): Embattled former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) has been summoned by Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to explain “missing” goods and services tax refunds amounting to RM19.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Privatisation of the RM110 billion Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) project is not among the options presented to the Singapore government, said Economic Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 15): Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng today filed a motion for the Auditor General (AG) and Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to reopen a detailed investigation on the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) scandal in Dewan Rakyat.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 10): Former Prime Minister and UMNO president Datuk Seri Najib Razak said UMNO does not need to defend him against the slanders made against him as he can defend himself.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 7): Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak has denied rumours he will be arrested by police today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 3): Putrajaya is reviewing the operation model for tolls and expects the study to be done by year end, according to Works Minister Baru Bian.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 31): The Federal government tabled the Sales Tax Bill 2018 and Services Tax Bill 2018 (SST Bills) for their first reading in the Dewan Rakyat today.