Alliance Bank staff tests positive for Covid-19
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 12): Alliance Bank Malaysia Bhd said one of its non-client facing employees tested positive for Covid-19 yesterday.
Tambun landslide: Bodies of two guests recovered at resort
IPOH (Nov 10): The two guests of the Banjaran Hot Spring Resort in Tambun, who were feared to have been buried alive have been found dead, reported the New Straits Times today.
Landslide: Two feared buried alive in Tambun resort
IPOH (Nov 10): Two people are feared to have been buried alive in a landslide which occurred at “a luxury all-villa resort in Tambun” here early today, reported the New Straits Times.
RHB Bank and RHB Insurance Kajang branch temporarily closed
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 9): RHB Banking Group said RHB Bank and RHB Insurance Kajang Branch, co-located within the same premises, will be closed from today (Nov 9, 2020) until further notice to enable sanitisation and as a precautionary measure to ensure health and safety of customers and employees.
Budget 2021: Industry feedback on stamp duty exemption for abandoned projects
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 6): The government has announced that the stamp duty exemption on loan agreements and instruments of transfer given to rescuing contractors and the original house purchasers will be extended for another five years.
Embracing challenges
The third wave of Covid-19 in Malaysia has shaken shoppers’ confidence and also become the final straw that has broken the camel’s back for some retailers, in turn hurting the mall operators’ rental revenue and future expansion plans.
BNM maintains OPR at 1.75% at final monetary policy meeting for 2020
KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 3): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has decided to maintain the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) at 1.
Aid needed urgently for urban poor's recovery from Covid-19
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 31): Malaysia needs to put in place a more effective social policy framework to provide timely aid to ensure the urban poor do not slip deeper into poverty, with findings of a United Nations-commissioned study pointing to a “partial, uneven and uncertain” recovery for low-income urban families from the COVID-19 crisis.
DONE DEAL: Double-storey terraced house, SS15, Subang Jaya, Selangor
Read also DONE DEAL: Condominium unit, Pavilion Hilltop Mont'Kiara, Kuala Lumpur DONE DEAL: Condominium unit, Nadi Service Residences, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur SS15 in Subang Jaya is a bustling enclave with a commercial area that is popular among foodies as well as college and university students.
FINMA cuts BSI Bank's 1MDB penalty to 70 million Swiss francs
KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 23): The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has reduced the amount of money to be confiscated from BSI Bank to 70 million Swiss francs, from the original 95 million francs after reassessing the disgorgement of profit in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) enforcement case against the bank.
