But a re-tabling in the Dewan Rakyat can only take place after Aug 16, says minister.

FT PKR Youth calls on reform committee to enpower young people to contribute to revamped Dewan Negara.

LETTER | How can the Senate check the executive if they themselves are the executive?

LETTER | The next question is, what powers will this newly-elected senate have?

LETTER | Right now the upper house lacks any real authority to function as a check and balance.

The Dewan Negara speaker also suggests the state appointment quota be raised from two senators per state to three.

PARLIAMENT | The bill was passed unanimously after five days of debate.

Donald Peter Mojuntin and Nuridah Mohd Salleh took their oaths of office today.

LETTER | Transport Minister Anthony Loke and writer Mariam Mokhtar are only willing to show one side of the story.

UPDATE 3.52PM | PARLIAMENT | Repeal of BN-era law rejected after second reading today.

PARLIAMENT | It is to curb the selling of contracts and import permits (AP), says deputy minister.

PARLIAMENT | The council, says Saifuddin, will discuss six clusters contributing to the rising cost of living.

Senators Council president Khairudin Abd Samad believes this will take place, with BN senator numbers falling.

Khairudin hopes the issue of toilets for transgender people would be resolved soon.

PARLIAMENT | Decision to draft the new law in place of 'draconian laws' was made two months ago, reveals Mohamed Hanipa.

PARLIAMENT | Four each from DAP and PKR, two from Amanah and one each from Warisan and Bersatu.

PARLIAMENT | Ong Chong Swen says Sales Tax Bill will come into force regardless of the Senate's objections.

UPDATED 6.50PM | DAP leader says his critics can say what they want about his deputy minister appointment.

Ismail Ibrahim's appointment was supposed to be earlier, but due to GE14 it was postponed, says a source. 

Post of minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of national unity is currently vacant.

LETTER | Our Dewan Negara was supposed to be the Dewan Rakyat’s check-and-balance mechanism.

Harapan win provides a chance for the Senate to break its 'rubber stamp' image.

LETTER | It is costing us a lot of money, which we now can't afford anymore.

This paves the way for the sitting to come to an end on April 5.

DEWAN NEGARA | Senator Umno itu gesa pihak berkuasa siasat Invoke.

Khairul Azwan Harun alleges that research centre obtained respondents' phone numbers illegally.

Ibrahim Shah Abu Shah says this because the opposition is focused on personal agenda, and not national vision.

kemaskini 10.22 mlm Surat pekeliling kepada para senator memberitahu tarikh baru sidang Dewan Negara.

Initially slated for April 16 to April 30, it will now sit concurrently with the Dewan Rakyat next Monday.

UMNO AGM | Noriah asks this in relation to claims that Najib is afraid of his wife.