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July 26 – August 11 : Malaysia at the 2024 Summer Olympics [28] July 28 – Malaysia formally applies to become a member of the BRICS economic bloc and geopolitical organization. [29] July 30 – Former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad is discharged from the National Heart Institute (IJN) after a two-week stay for treatment of a cough. [30]
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim carried out the first cabinet reshuffle of his premiership on 12 December 2023. [1] Amir Hamzah Azizan was appointed the Minister of Finance II, Steven Sim Chee Keong was promoted to the Minister of Human Resources to replace V. Sivakumar, Dzulkefly Ahmad was reappointed the Minister of Health to replace Zaliha Mustafa, Gobind Singh Deo was appointed the ...
On 7 June, a loyalist of former Prime Minister Mahathir, who strongly opposed the Muhyiddin government, Khairuddin Abu Hassan revealed that the Agong had invited the heads of the major political parties to listen to their views on the current issues ranging from politics, the economy, the COVID-19 pandemic from 9 to 15 June 2021.
On 13 February, Director-General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah confirmed that COVID-19 data would potentially be released on a weekly rather than daily basis from March 2023. [70] On 16 February, the Sabah state government confirmed that it would change the frequency of its COVID-19 statements from daily updates to weekly updates issued on Monday.
Free Malaysia Today (FMT) is an independent, bilingual news online portal with content, in both English and Bahasa Malaysia (Malay), with a focus on Malaysian current affairs, published since 2009. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is one of Malaysia 's most accessed news sites with monthly visits of 11.83 million.
Politics of Malaysia takes place in the framework of a federal representative democratic constitutional monarchy, in which the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is head of state and the Prime Minister of Malaysia is the head of government. Executive power is exercised by the federal government and the 13 state governments.
On 13 February, several health authorities including Medical Practitioners Coalition Association of Malaysia president Dr Raj Kumar Maharajah and Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad reported a downward trend in COVID-19 cases, hospitalisation and deaths in the 14 day period leading up to 10 February.
On 3 August 2023, the World Bank praised Malaysia's post-COVID-19 economic recovery performance. While COVID-19 reduced employment and household income, the World Bank's report found that the Government's financial support to companies, targeted payment deferrals, and workers' wage subsidies helped lessen the economic impact of the pandemic. [8]