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KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): Twelve new Covid-19 clusters have been identified, of which eight are linked to workplaces, two are community infections while one each is related to a detention centre and an imported case, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): National Feedlot Corp Sdn Bhd's (NFC) net worth would be between RM85 and RM95 million if it was still in operation today, an expert witness told the court in the trial between the cattle farmer, its chairman Datuk Seri Dr Mohamad Salleh Ismail and nine others.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): The government has introduced new initiatives and extended existing ones for tourism, retail and other sectors that are affected by Covid-19 under the PEMERKASA stimulus package announced by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): The Malaysian government today announced additional stimulus measures to oil the wheel of economic growth.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): Malaysia today registered 1,219 new Covid-19 cases, a slight increase from the 1,063 reported yesterday, yet marking the 12th consecutive day that new cases stayed below the 2,000 mark.

PUTRAJAYA (March 17): Interstate travel is still not allowed for most parts of the country even as more areas are designated as green zones and a few more states coming under the recovery movement control order (MCO) in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic, The Star reported today.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 17): The High Court here today has fixed Sept 6-7, 2021 to hear the prohibition order application by the Malaysian government against PetroSaudi International Ltd (PSI) and Saudi businessman Tarek Obaid from using over US$340 million (RM1.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): Malaysia, which is on the verge of crossing the high-income nation threshold, needs to implement strong reforms by investing in human capital, increasing female force participation and implementing policy changes that improve productivity growth to boost the country's economic growth in the long run, according to the World Bank.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia dropped further to 1,063 today, bringing the country's cumulative coronavirus infections to 326,034.

KUALA LUMPUR (March 16): Malaysia is expected to cross the high-income country threshold by 2025 under a baseline scenario, on the basis that the economy continues to expand healthily in the next few years, said World Bank.