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  "id": 12095989,
  "title": "Putrajaya’s investment dividends rise to RM39.5bil in 2025",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/putrajayas-investment-dividends-rise-to-rm39-5bil-in-2025",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-05T06:23:52.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Malaysia Today",
    "slug": "free-malaysia-today",
    "url": "https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2026/10/05/putrajaya-s-investment-dividends-rise-to-rm39-5bil-in-2025"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Malaysian federal government received RM39.547 billion in investment dividends in 2025, marking a slight increase of RM535 million or 1.4% compared to RM39.012 billion in 2024, according to the auditor-general's report on Putrajaya's financial statements. The dividends were received from 20 companies and two statutory bodies in 2025, down from 21 companies and two statutory bodies in the previous year. Petronas led with the highest dividend of RM32 billion, while Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) saw a significant rise, with dividends growing by RM2.4 billion to RM5.25 billion in 2025, up from RM2.85 billion in 2024. Khazanah Nasional Bhd's dividends also increased to RM2 billion in 2025 from RM1 billion. Overall, dividends from companies decreased by 5.1% to RM34.271 billion, while those from statutory bodies surged by 81.8% to RM5.275 billion, resulting in total dividend receipts of RM7.433 billion, an increase of RM3.451 billion (86.7%) compared to 2024.",
  "summary": "Bank Negara had a significant increase in dividend payments, rising from RM2.85 billion in 2024 to RM5.25 billion last year.",
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        "title": "Putrajaya’s investment dividends rise to RM39.5bil in 2025",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/05/putrajayas-investment-dividends-rise-to-rm39-5bil-in-2025-12097601",
        "published": "2026-10-05T06:23:52.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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