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Malaysia is studying another offer of Samurai bond from Japan, said Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

The Malaysian Government has yet to decide on whether the country would ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) or not, the local news agency Bernama quoted an official as saying.

The Malaysian Government is seeking nearly 1.7 billion RM (411 million USD) in additional tax assessments from former Prime Minister Najib Razak in the 2011-2017 period.

The Malaysian government began implementation of tax on sugar-sweetened beverages from July 1 onwards to cut down the country’s high levels of obesity.

The Malaysian government has set up the Economic Action Council led by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to address economic matters as well as the welfare of the people.

The Malaysian government has not made final decision on the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) project invested by China and negotiations are still underway, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said on January 29.

The Malaysian Government is planning to build one million units of affordable homes within the next 10 years as part of its efforts to help more people, especially low-income earners, to own homes.

Over 50,000 Malaysians gathered in Kuala Lumpur's Dataran Merdeka on December 8 afternoon in a rally.

The Malaysian Government has not set any deadline for ratifying the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Malaysian national news agency Bernama quoted International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Darell Leiking as saying.

The Malaysian Government is in the process of drafting the National Agro-Food Policy 2021-2030, the objective of which is to spur the modernisation of the agro-food sector, said Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

The Malaysian Government will not compromise with the smoking ban in all restaurants, food outlets and hawker stalls, Malaysian Health Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad told the press on November 14.

The Malaysian government on November 2 submitted to the legislature the 2019 Budget, which is expected to help restore the Malaysian economy as an Asian Tiger, according to the New Straits Times.

The Malaysian Government has agreed that cabinet ministers going on short business trips will not allowed to bring their spouses along, a move aimed to cut public expenditure.

The Malaysian government announced on August 29 that it will set up two committees to help reduce the country's fiscal deficit to 2.8 per cent of the Gross Domestic Product, according to Malaysian Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

The Malaysian Central Bank on August 17 revised down the country’s growth forecast this year to 5 percent, after its gross domestic product (GDP) in the second quarter came in sharply below its expectation.

The Malaysian government has pledged to review the existing system for the import of foreign workers to eradicate monopolies by companies, said Malaysian Human Resources Minister M. Kulasegaran on July 28.

The Malaysian Government said on June 30 that it is considering amending laws on human trafficking and migration.

Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has announced that salaries of cabinet ministers will be cut in a bid to control spending as the government is facing a high-level public debt that now exceeds 1 trillion ringgit (around 251.5 billion USD).

The Malaysian government will work with authorities in Switzerland, the US, Singapore and other jurisdictions to recover funds that were embezzled from the state treasury, said Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.

Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad on May 11 announced 10 core ministries of the new government, the first move of Mahathir and his Pakatan Harapan (Alliance of Hope) to set up the cabinet after their victory in the general elections two days ago.