By Danial Dzulkifly SHAH ALAM, July 7 — Selangor Speaker Lau Weng San has dismissed the opposition’s request for a special state assembly sitting to debate the Putra Heights gas pipeline explosion incident, as a similar petition was already submitted earlier by Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — Racial unity was one of the main topics for both government and opposition Members of Parliament on the final day of the debate on the motion of thanks for the royal address in the Dewan Rakyat today.

By Fitri Hazim Hazam SHAH ALAM, Nov 16 — The Selangor State Legislative Assembly will extend its sitting hours starting Monday to give state lawmakers more time to debate two crucial financial bills, Speaker Lau Weng San said. The extension of the Third Meeting of the Second Session will...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 25 — The policy-level debate on the 2025 Supply Bill took centre stage during the second week of the current Dewan Rakyat session, with members of the House raising a wide range of topics and issues.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 25 — The alternative action plan to improve broadband access in rural areas, and the assurance of the government for subsidised essential goods to return to normal level, are among the focus of the Dewan Rakyat today.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — Today’s Dewan Rakyat sitting will focus on issues concerning traffic congestion, increasing padi yields and raising allowances for technical and vocational education and training (TVET).

WASHINGTON, March 7 — Former US President Donald Trump challenged President Joe Biden to a debate, saying Wednesday that he is ready to face off against him “anytime.” "It is important, for the Good of our Country, that Joe Biden and I Debate Issues that are so vital to America, and the American...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 4 — The government should intensify efforts to explain the Central Database Hub (Padu) system to the people, especially those in the rural areas, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 29 — A new blueprint should be developed for the Federal Land Development Authority (Felda) to ensure the continuity and direction of the Felda generation, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 6 — The Senate has allowed an urgent motion to protest and condemn the cruelty and tyranny of the Zionist regime against the Palestinian people to be debated this evening.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 4 — A member of the Dewan Negara today proposed that more Public Universities should be involved in providing courses in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), in line with the development of the technology that is expected to fundamentally transform the employment landscape in the future.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 — Media freedom and freedom of speech, especially on social media platforms, are among the issues to be raised in the Dewan Rakyat today.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 29 — The government welcomes broadcasting media platforms to organise debate programmes for candidates contesting in the six state elections, said Minister of Communications and Digital Fahmi Fadzil.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 7 – The emergency procurement process under the Ministry of Health (MoH) in the future must have specific agreements with suppliers to ensure that they do not take advantage of the ministry and provide equipment that complies with the specifications.

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 — The Dewan Rakyat session this afternoon was disturbingly quiet when all the opposition Members of Parliament were absent from participating in the motion for debate on Auditor-General’s Report (LKAN) 2021 Series 2.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 7 — The question of why the government has not declared a flood emergency, especially in Johor, despite the bad situation there, will be discussed at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 22 — A total of 148 MPs participated in the debate on the motion of thanks for the royal address at the Dewan Rakyat, which carried on for five days since February 14.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The investigations into the Pandora Papers, the Malaysia Madani concept and the development of Kampung Baru, Kuala Lumpur are among issues to be raised at the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 17 — A harrowing story of a single mother who was injured by her son, who was under the influence of drugs, was the hot topic during the debate on the motion of thanks to the royal address in the Dewan Rakyat yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The issue of encroachment by foreign fishermen and efforts to speed up the entry of foreign workers to solve workers shortage are among the focus of the Dewan Rakyat sitting today.