KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — The Human Resources Ministry recorded 7,541 foreign workers as having undergone the mandatory Covid-19 screening yesterday. Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said of this number, 153 tested positive for.....

GUA MUSANG, Jan 27 — Over 300 pupils from Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Pos Brooke here have yet to participate in online home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) sessions which started last week following the implementation of the movement control order....

MELAKA, Jan 27 — The Melaka government is allowing a maximum of 500 worshippers to perform the Friday and obligatory prayers at government mosques starting tomorrow, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali. He said the Friday and obligatory....

JOHOR BARU, Jan 27 — The Johor Fire and Rescue Department or Bomba will begin its sanitation operations at the three main entry points to the state periodically starting tomorrow, said its director Datuk Yahaya Madis. He said the sanitisation...

KUANTAN, Jan 27 — A principal administrative assistant at the Office of the Pahang State Secretary pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court, here, today to six counts of receiving RM3,093 in bribes including holiday accommodation payment, three...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — The wage subsidy programme (PSU) announced by the government in 2020 and 2021 amounted to a total of RM20.7 billion. Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz said the allocation for the wage subsidy...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — The Health Ministry announced the commencement of local phase three clinical trials for a Covid-19 vaccine today, with the goal of assessing the vaccine’s safety and efficacy against the coronavirus. In a statement, the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh has shifted her attention to the welfare of longhouse residents in Taman Rimba Kiara, after helping residents here successfully win an appellate court order quashing the development order of a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Home-based teaching and learning (PdPR) is not only limited to online methods but also offline ones that suit the students, said Senior Education Minister Mohd Radzi Md Jidin. As explained in the PdPR manual developed by the....

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 27 — Five per cent or one in every 20 Form Four students screened between 2016 and 2018 are thalassaemia carriers, Minister of Health Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said. According to the minister, throughout the period, a total of...

KUCHING, Jan 27 — Temporary detention centres will be constructed in Sarawak for illegal immigrants detained under ‘Op Jala,’ which was launched to prevent the transmission of Covid-19 from illegal immigrants, the State Security and...

KUCHING, Jan 27 — An Indonesian labourer was sentenced to six months in jail today for outraging the modesty of a 23-year-old nurse, who was treating him for leptospirosis at a hospital here. Kusno, 52, pleaded guilty to the charge before...

MIRI, Jan 27 — Miri Hospital has barred visitors from entering hospital wards effective immediately following the rise in the number of Covid-19 cases in Miri division lately. In a statement today, Miri Hospital said only one guardian is allowed...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — The High Court will hear the committal proceedings brought by the Attorney General (AG) against former Umno Supreme Council member Datuk Lokman Noor Adam for allegedly intimidating a witness in the 1Malaysia Developm...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Like many other countries, Malaysia’s growth and recovery outlook is dependent on the rollout of its vaccination programme as well as the current political volatility, says Fitch Ratings. Noting that the recently announced....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — A decision as to whether former federal court judge Datuk Seri Gopal Sri Ram should be disqualified from prosecuting over Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s criminal trials, for supposedly being biased, will be delivered on February....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — The Hope Branch — a social initiative founded by comedian Harith Iskander and his wife Dr Jezamine Lim — has raised funds for the Orang Asli community in Gua Musang, Kelantan that were affected by the recent flooding on.....

IPOH, Jan 27 — The Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah has consented to Friday prayers, as well as general mass prayers and funeral prayers to be held in all mosques and surau in the state with a maximum of 40 congregants starting tomorrow ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Home Minister, Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin has been discharged from ward on Sunday after making a full recovery from Covid-19. His press secretary, Zulkifli Bujang told Bernama that Hamzah is in good...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — The Jaya Grocer outlet at Empire Shopping Gallery in Subang is now closed until further notice, after several staff members tested positive for Covid-19. In a Facebook announcement, the store’s management said that it had.....

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 27 — Friday prayer and the daily obligatory prayers have been allowed to be performed at all mosques and surau in Penang, but with only a certain number of congregation allowed, effective today. Penang Islamic Religious...

IPOH, Jan 27 — Arnee Ahamad Pazir, who earns RM30 a day, could be fined far above his daily wage, jailed up to 10 years, and even whipped, after he found himself on the wrong side of the law today. The scrap metal worker was charged at the...

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 27 — The Penang Port Commission (PPC) has agreed to gift one of its iconic ferries to the Penang state government. PPC chairman Datuk Tan Teik Cheng said PPC made this decision due to its good relationship with the state...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — The Taman Tun Dr Ismail (TTDI) Residents’ Association today reaffirmed its commitment to resolving the housing issue of the longhouse residents living near Taman Rimba Kiara. This comes after the Court of Appeal set aside.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Malaysia is targeting the administration of 75,000 Covid-19 vaccination jabs daily and is looking to hire over 10,000 workers to carry out the programme, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said....

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 27 — The Penang Hindu Endowments Board (PHEB) will be discussing the kind of punishment it will mete out to the Nattukottai Chettiar Temple for continuing with the annual silver chariot procession early this morning despite the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 ― The Court of Appeal today quashed a development order for a proposed high rise project in Taman Rimba Kiara, allowing an appeal by the residents association of the adjoining Taman Tun Dr Ismail against a government decision.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — January is not even over, and already Malaysia has 16 federal and state lawmakers, including ministers, who were this month confirmed to have contracted Covid-19. Curious to know how they are doing and how many have...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — IKEA Malaysia today announced that its Cheras store will resume operations at 1pm today. In a Facebook post, IKEA Malaysia management said that it has completed all required measures — including thorough sanitisation of...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Several roads in Gombak district will be closed in conjunction with the Thaipusam procession from today until early morning on Jan 29. Gombak police chief ACP Arifai Tarawe said the roads were close...