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KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 15): The move by the Ministry of Finance (MOF) instructing banking institutions to work on the exemption of interest payments for recipients of the targeted payment assistance has generally taken analysts by surprise.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 15): Malaysia reported another 463 daily fatalities due to Covid-19 yesterday (Sept 14) including 108 brought-in-dead cases, according to the Ministry of Health’s Covid Now website.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 15): Pakatan Harapan (PH) leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim stressed yesterday that the opposition coalition does not agree with the government's decision to call off a vote of confidence against newly appointed Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases continued the downward trend for the fourth straight day to 15,669 today, the lowest in 50 days.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): Amcorp Properties Bhd sank into a deeper net loss of RM7.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): After failing three times to hand over legal documents to their stipulated addresses in Malaysia, lawyers for 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) will be applying to the court to utilise substituted service to serve them to Jho Low (pictured), his parents Tan Sri Larry Low Hock Peng and Puan Sri Goh Gaik Ewe, and associate Eric Tan Kim Loong.

PUTRAJAYA (Sept 14): Datuk Seri Najib Razak (pictured) is bringing his appeal to remove former senior judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram from continuing to prosecute him in the 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) audit report tampering trial to the Federal Court.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): New private home sales in Singapore declined in August after hitting a six-month high the previous month, reported Business Times yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): The motion to elect a new deputy speaker in the Dewan Rakyat has been postponed till at least next month to allow for a constitutional amendment which will see a third deputy speaker post from the opposition in the House.

KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 14): The landmark memorandum on political transformation and stability inked between federal and opposition leaders will expedite equal allocation for all Members of Parliament (MPs), anti-hopping laws, automated registration of voters from 18 years old, and a two-term limit for the prime minister.