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"First occurrence in the country. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted,” the department’s veterinary officer Dr Sarah Dadang Abdullah indicated in the immediate notification document, which was filed with the World Organisation for Animal Health.

Outgoing CEO, Tunku Alizakri Alias: Tiered dividend is a very complex structure, it has both its pros as well as its disadvantages. We [the EPF] have always operated from an ‘everybody gets the same dividend’ base philosophy. Tiered dividend would actually suggest that there will be ways for us to go and deliver our dividends to our members in very different ways in the future, so again, this is a very complex issue and this is something that the EPF will have to go and touch base with our members at the end of the day because our members need to have a say in how the dividends that they will be receiving in the future should be structured.

EPF chairman Tan Sri Ahmad Badri Mohd Zahir said in the statement that the pension fund managed to safeguard its members’ retirement savings well while meeting their immediate needs to deal with the current challenges. 

OSK's revenue, meanwhile, grew by 15.1% to RM335.54 million from RM291.53 million in 4QFY19, thanks to its property segment, according to its filing with Bursa Malaysia.

Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz: This latest settlement is beneficial for the Malaysian people. Resolving this through the court system would have cost a lot of time, money and resources.

Meanwhile, 3,085 more Covid-19 patients have recovered, bringing total recoveries to 266,846

“It is hoped that the national immunization programme which was launched on Feb 24 will have a positive effect and the second half of 2021 will see the beginning of a recovery for the economy,” the group said.

In a majority decision, the court ruled that former Perkasa president Datuk Ibrahim Ali has to pay RM150,000 in damages to Guan Eng, upholding a prior High Court decision that ruled the same, prior to the appeal.

GDB said revenue for the quarter climbed 17.7% to RM128.11 million from RM108.84 million previously, due mainly to construction progress of ongoing projects as well as maiden contributions from its newly-secured 8 Conlay project.

I-Bhd stated that its quarterly revenue also declined by 81% q-o-q to RM7.24 million from RM37.44 million.