Bernama

BERNAMA (Malay: Berita Nasional Malaysia; English: Malaysian National News Agency) is a news agency of the government of Malaysia. It is an autonomous body placed under the Ministry of Information, Communication and Culture. Bernama is an abbreviation of Berita Nasional Malaysia. Bernama also means named or titled in the Malay langugage. It was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1967 and started work on 26 May 1968. Being the Malaysian government's official news agency, Bernama's content and views are decidedly right-leaning and pro-government of the day.