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KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): Cypark Resources Bhd said yesterday it has entered into a cooperation agreement with the Johor state government to participate in a waste-to-energy (WTE) project in Batu Pahat, Johor.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 15): Sarawak Consolidated Industries Bhd (SCIB) has bagged an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) job worth approximately RM135 million in Muallim, Perak.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): Ten more Covid-19 clusters were reported today, five of which were linked to workplaces and another five were related to community infections.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 12): The former home (pictured) of the country’s first prime minister Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj in Penang is up for sale at RM62 million, according to a listing on EdgeProp.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): A total of 1,647 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Malaysia today, the sixth straight day with less than 2,000 infections.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): A lawyer for UMNO today told the High Court that the prosecution seeking the forfeiture of funds seized from the Pavilion luxury condominium unit owned by OBYU Holdings Sdn Bhd has failed to show how the company had allegedly misappropriated the funds from 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).

KUALA LUMPUR (March 11): Former deputy prime minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pictured) had in 2015 asked Singaporean businessman Wong Sang Woo @ Wong Shuh Chain for a RM10 million donation, which was proposed to be channelled to Zahid’s charity arm Akalbudi Foundation, Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission investigating officer Christ Sheldon Anak Merun told the High Court here today.

PUTRAJAYA (March 9): A 56-year old North Korean businessman, who has a permanent resident status here, has lost his final appeal to be freed and could face extradition to the US to face two charges of money laundering.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 9):  A 37-day-old baby in Athens, Greece succumbed to the Covid-19 disease yesterday, reported AFP.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 8): Boustead Holdings Bhd and its subsidiaries have made more changes in their boardrooms, with the latest being the redesignation of Boustead's executive director of group business development Izaddeen Daud as its deputy group managing director, effective March 1.