Musicians need a sustainable livelihood, not just handouts, says MFM president Francis Danker, who wants hotels and resorts to open their stages to local performers and give them a steady platform to work, earn and preserve Malaysia’s musical heritage.
Impact investing need not mean sacrificing returns, panellists at the Malaysia Private Capital Forum 2026 say, as investors increasingly look beyond ESG labels to measurable outcomes while Malaysia’s alternative financing platforms grapple with exits, governance and repeat capital.
By Aathi Shankar
It’s a joke that Pakatan Harapan (PH) federal government has blamed the previous Barisan Nasional (BN) administration over its own blunder engaging...
By Leslie Lopez (Straits Times Regional Correspondent)
Malaysian authorities have seized more than RM1 billion ($328 million) held by China Petroleum Pipeline Engineering Ltd...
KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 — The public sector's performance has declined since 2014, according to the World Bank that expressed concern over the sustainability...
(May 10): When hundreds of women gathered on the streets of Kuala Lumpur to call for equal rights in Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s self-proclaimed...
By Hasnah AR
What was the biggest reason for the then opposition to want to overthrow the Barisan Nasional (BN) government? Just because of corruption?...
DAP permanent supremo Lim Kit Siang is back after missing in
action for so long and singing the same old tune of 1MDB (1Malaysia Development
Berhad).
The...