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The bill experienced a brief delay due to a request from Malaysian Productivity Corporation for it to undergo a Regulatory Impact Analysis.

The amendments aim to empower MMC to recognise qualifications and specialist training for registering medical practitioners and specialists.

The order for today's sitting will also include the tabling of six bills for the first reading.

The bill aims to abolish the mandatory death penalty, change the punishment to life imprisonment and whipping.

The Consolidated Fund (Expenditure On Account) Bill 2022 was tabled for the first reading in Parliament today.

The bill is to use a sum of money from the Consolidated Fund for services for 2023.

The Supply Bill 2023 is expected to be tabled for the first reading in the Dewan Rakyat today.

Based on the bill, any individual found guilty of committing the offence could be jailed not exceeding five years and fined not less than RM100,000.

The bill also stated whoever commits the offence of stalking shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to three years or with fine or with both.

The Constitution (Amendment) Bill (No. 3) 2022, on the prohibition of members of the Dewan Rakyat party-hopping, will be tabled for the first reading at the Dewan Negara on Aug 9.

Amendments to seven bills under the Finance Ministry were tabled for the first reading in Parliament today.

The proposed Housewives' Social Security Act, which seeks to provide social security for the insured housewives in the form of certain benefits, was tabled for the first reading in Parliament today.

The minimum voting age for Malaysians was lowered to 18 years from 21 previously, after the Constitution (Amendment) Bill 2019 was passed.

The Malaysian Border Security Agency (Dissolution) Bill 2021, which seeks to dissolve the Malaysian Border Security Agency (AKSEM), was tabled for first reading in the Dewan Rakyat today.

A fine of up to RM200,000 or imprisonment not exceeding 20 years for those who commit offences relating to streaming technology is among the new subsections in the Copyright (Amendment) Bill 2021.

Donald Trump says he would impose the tariffs until China stops the flow of illegal drugs, particularly fentanyl, into the United States.

Topping the demands of Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party is the release of all its leaders, including Khan, who has been jailed on a series of corruption charges since August 2023.

The report highlights that "60 per cent of all female homicides" are committed by "people closely related to them".

Two subsea cables, one linking Finland and Germany and the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania, were damaged in less than 24 hours.

It is clear that adding more lanes and highways doesn't work, because we are still attempting the same approach to solve the issue.

This investment includes efforts to upgrade INOKOM's existing assembly capacity to meet Hyundai's automotive needs.

'C4Cinta', directed by young filmmaker Karthik Shamalan, has set a new benchmark in Malaysian Tamil cinema.

The court denied bail and scheduled case mention on Feb 7 for the submission of forensic, autopsy, and chemist reports.

The classroom assessment approach offers a much more interesting learning ecosystem, says Fadhlina Sidek.

Google and Meta says the government should wait for the results of an age-verification trial before going ahead.