SunCon 4Q net profit marginally lower, declares 2.75 sen dividend
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): Sunway Construction Group Bhd (SunCon)’s net profit came in marginal lower by 4.
Covid-19: Malaysia logs 2,468 new cases with 14 more deaths, active cases continue to drop
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): Malaysia logged 2,468 new Covid-19 cases today, marking the second consecutive day new cases stayed above the 2,000 mark, according to the Health Ministry.
Malaysiakini has paid RM500,000 Federal Court fine
PUTRAJAYA (Feb 23): Mkini Dotcom Sdn Bhd, the company that operates news portal Malaysiakini, had today paid the RM500,000 fine imposed by the Federal Court for contempt of court after Malaysiakini failed to establish that it had no knowledge of five readers comments which were offending to the judiciary.
Khairy: Malaysia to receive additional 182,520 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine on Wednesday
PUTRAJAYA (Feb 23): Malaysia will receive its second batch of 182,520 doses of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine tomorrow (Feb 24) for distribution to states that have yet to receive the vaccine, said Coordinating Minister for National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin.
Banks unlikely to deliver stellar results for 4Q20
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 23): Higher provisioning is expected to have a weakening effect on Malaysian banks' profitability in the fourth quarter of 2020 (4Q20), due to be released this week, given the need to cushion the economic and financial shocks from the Covid-19 pandemic.
Covid-19: Malaysia records 2,192 new cases with six more deaths
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases dropped to 2,192 from 3,297 reported on Sunday, bringing the cumulative confirmed infections to 285,761.
Airlines urged to refund consumers for cancelled flights during Covid-19 pandemic
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): The Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom) has called on all airlines to remit any refunds to consumers affected by flight cancellations due to travel restrictions imposed to curb the spread of Covid-19.
Kejuruteraan Asastera wins RM23.4m Agile Embassy Garden job
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 22): Kejuruteraan Asastera Bhd (KAB) has secured a contract worth RM23.
Covid-19: Malaysia’s daily infections rise above 3,000 again with over 1,000 cases from Perak workplace
KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 21): Malaysia posted 3,297 Covid-19 infections today, the first time in over a week with more than 3,000 cases.
Out-of-the-box strategies needed to save tourism industry, says ex-finance minister
PETALING JAYA (Feb 21): Ex-finance minister Tun Daim Zainuddin (pictured) has called for “out-of-the-box strategies” to save the local tourism industry which he describes as “bleeding to death”, reported FMT news today.
