Eileen Ng

Bank Negara says the country's economy expanded 5.6 percent in the third quarter to September from a year earlier and is on track to grow four to five percent in 2002.

A faction aligned to Team B in MCA is hosting a mega dinner tomorrow to show its force and strength among the grassroot supporters. About 26,000 people are expected to attend the "Super New Hope Dinner".

US investigators operating under a veil of secrecy spent two hours in the isolated Kamunting detention centre in Perak today, questioning terror suspect Yazid Sufaat over his links to the Sept 11 terror attacks.

Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad, who have announced that he will step down as Malaysia's leader next year, will be attending his last Asean summit in Cambodia next week.

Asean leaders will seal a tourism pact at their summit in Cambodia next month to revive confidence in the region following the bloody bomb blasts in Bali, says Tourism Minister Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir.

Malaysia takes a step closer to realising its aim of becoming a regional Islamic financial hub next month with the launch of an international panel to set benchmarks for Islamic banking. Central banks from eight nations will ink a pact November 3 in Kuala Lumpur to inaugurate the Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB).

The police have detained four alleged members of the Jemaah Islamiah (JI) organisation, which has been linked to the recent Bali bomb attack.

The threat of a US-Iraq war and sharp differences over farming subsidies are hampering the World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks targeted for completion by the end of 2004, Malaysia warned today.

Dr Mahathir Mohamad has prodded Malaysia's cash-rich banks to issue more loans to help spur economic growth but the lenders are torn between prudence and profit, analysts say.