Barisan Nasional (BN)

Barisan Nasional, a key ally of Anwar, won 79% of the votes in a straight fight against the Perikatan Nasional opposition pact in Mahkota, a constituency in the southern state of Johor.

SINGAPORE (Sept 13): Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, has pleaded not guilty to two charges under Malaysia’s anti-money laundering act, for receiving RM4.3 million ($1.4 million) and RM5.2 million from former prime minister Najib Razak.

SINGAPORE (Aug 23): Khazanah Nasional, Malaysia's sovereign wealth fund, is in talks to divest its 60% stake in M+S to its joint venture (JV) partner, Temasek Holdings, according to reports from The Malaysian Reserve.

SINGAPORE (Aug 23): Malaysia’s Finance Ministry yesterday said that the previous Barisan Nasional (BN) government did not refund RM16.05 billion ($5.35 billion) in excess income tax and real property gains tax (RPGT) paid by taxpayers as of May 31, 2018

SINGAPORE (July 26): Malaysia’s strategic investment fund, Khazanah Nasional Berhad, saw a major shake-up this morning, after all nine of its board members tendered their resignation, including managing director Tan Sri Azman Mokhtar.

SINGAPORE (July 9): Some of my so-called friends have been giving me a hard time over the last couple of months for not voting at Malaysia’s general election on May 9. The way they see it, by doing nothing to help boot out Barisan Nasional (BN) and elec

SINGAPORE (July 3): Malaysia has confirmed that the final cost of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) is RM81 billion ($27.3 billion), without including the operating deficit, which currently cannot be determined for now, according to Malaysia’s Minister of

SINGAPORE (June 21): The Malaysian government has agreed to inject RM2.8 billion ($950 million) of new capital into the Tun Razak Exchange (TRX) development in Kuala Lumpur to avoid bigger losses.

SINGAPORE (May 28): It has been another dramatic week in Malaysia. The new Pakatan Harapan (PH) government has revealed that the country’s total debt and liabilities have breached RM1 trillion ($336 billion). It has also come to light that the previous

(May 24): Troubles at Malaysia’s state investment company 1MDB deepened as its officials told the government the fund is insolvent and unable to repay debts that could amount to almost US$7 billion ($9.40 billion) over the next five years.