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KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — The Dewan Rakyat has passed the Supplementary Supply (2024) Bill 2025, allowing provisions of an amount not exceeding RM20,191,299.50 from the Consolidated Fund for additional expenditure on services in 2024.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Only qualified medical practitioners registered with the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC) can diagnose mental health disorders, in line with Malaysia's medical regulations and ethics, said Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni.

SYDNEY, March 3 — Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong has announced the list of schools selected for the Asean-Australia Centre’s 2024-25 grants programme and the 38 schools chosen for the BRIDGE School Partnerships Programme, the Vietnam News Agency reported.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — The ringgit is expected to rise against the United States (US) dollar this year, averaging at RM4.23 against the greenback but at a slower pace due to evolving US monetary policy, according to MIDF Amanah Investment Bank Bhd.

PUTRAJAYA, March 3 — The Court of Appeal has dismissed a former bus driver’s application to review the eight-year jail sentence imposed on him for sodomising an 11-year-old boy in his vehicle in 2016.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Former Kenaf Trading Global Sdn Bhd chief executive officer Jazman Shahar Abdollah and his son were charged in the Sessions Court today with offering an unregistered kenaf investment scheme between 2021 and 2023.

By Suhaila Shahrul Annuar SHAH ALAM, March 3 — The Second Selangor Plan (RS-2), which will outline the state’s development direction from 2026 onwards, is set to be tabled next year, said Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari.   The framework will focus on expanding Selangor’s rail network...

PUTRAJAYA, March 3 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has frozen 61 bank accounts with a total value of RM15 million in connection with the illegal processing and disposal of electrical and electronic waste (e-waste).

BEIJING, March 3 — China is considering imposing additional tariffs on the United States (US) agricultural and food products in retaliation to Washington's planned tariff hikes on Chinese goods, reported Sputnik/RIA Novosti, citing China's Global Times newspaper today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Ramli Mohamed Yoosuf has disclosed that 35,368 scam cases were recorded last year, resulting in RM1.6 billion in financial losses.

PUTRAJAYA, March 3 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) initiated an investigation into former premier Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob based on complaints and information received, without any external directives, said its Chief Commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — The national men's doubles badminton back-up players need to improve their mental strength to 'shine' on the international stage after failing to advance to the final of the Sri Lanka International Challenge 2025, which ended yesterday.

LOS ANGELES, March 3 — No Other Land, a film about the Israeli displacement of a Palestinian community, won the documentary feature film Oscar on Sunday, and its directors appealed to the world to help end the conflict and accused the United States (US) of blocking a solution.

LOS ANGELES, March 3 — Hollywood's biggest stars gathered on Sunday to celebrate the year's best accomplishments in film at the annual Academy Awards.

PUTRAJAYA, March 3 — The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is set to question former premier Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob again on Wednesday (March 5) as a suspect in an ongoing corruption and money laundering investigation.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — A platform for account holders to file complaints challenging the removal of content on social media will be established under the Online Safety Bill 2024, said Deputy Communications Minister Teo Nie Ching.

PUTRAJAYA, March 3 — The government has announced that the Evidence of Child Witness (Amendment) Act 2024 [Act 676] comes into force today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — The placement of nurses outside their home states is one of the reasons some choose to leave serving the Health Ministry (MOH), said its deputy minister Lukanisman Awang Sauni.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — The implementation of the improved entry permit process for Malaysian spouses will begin on September 1, the Dewan Negara was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 3 — Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA) Malaysia and Asian Confederation of Institute of Internal Auditors former president Wee Hock Kee has been appointed as the newest commission member of the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom), effective February 13.