KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Parti Pejuang Tanah Air’s pro tem deputy president Senator Datuk Marzuki Yahya today rebutted Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin’s claim that his party’s application to the Registrar of Societies (RoS) was...

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 2 — The Penang government has approved an allocation of RM300,000 to support the state’s cooperative development agenda. Deputy Chief Minister I, Datuk Ahmad Zakiyuddin Abd Rahman, said the state government realised the...

KUCHING, Feb 2 — The Sarawak government will distribute 16,000 food baskets to the heads of households in Kapit, Song, Pelagus, Katibas, Bukit Goram and parts of Belaga following the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) from today...

MELAKA, Feb 2 — A clerk lost RM68,700 after being duped by a Macau Scam syndicate which claimed she had tax arrears and was involved in drugs and money laundering activities, police said. An individual who introduced herself as Noraina Azlan from.....

COMMENTARY, Feb 2 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s political future hangs in the balance as his party, Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang), faces the very real prospect of not being able to contest the coming general election, after the Registrar of...

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 2 — The Royal Malaysian Customs Department (RMCD) collected a total of RM38.67 billion in revenue in 2020, exceeding the initial projection of RM36.30 billion, said Finance Minister Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz. Speaking at...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — The Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) is currently drafting higher penalties for compoundable offences under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988, Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Regulations concerning Chinese New Year celebrations this year will be completed and announced soon, Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today. He said the standard operating procedure (SOP) about festivities.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Members of the public who witness anyone breaching Covid-19 standard operating procedures have been urged to report rule breakers to the authorities, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today. The senior minister said during.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — The government’s financial standing remains strong and has been used to good effect to cushion the Covid-19 shock, said Finance Minister Tengku Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz. He said Fitch Ratings, in its recent...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — The government is maintaining a strict ban against outstation journeys in the extended movement control order (MCO) to prevent new travel clusters from forming, Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob explained today......

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — The accumulated net foreign inflows of RM18.3 billion recorded by Malaysia’s bond market in 2020 reflects yield-hunting activities and, to some extent, represents the confidence of the capital market in the country’s...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — The trial of four board members and a manager of a heavy machinery workshop charged with polluting Sungai Gong in Rawang, will commence on June 2 at the Selayang Sessions Court here. Deputy Public Prosecutor Siti Rohaida Che.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — A group of seven non-governmental organisations have joined a growing number of court challengers against the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government’s recourse to a nationwide state of Emergency, arguing that parliamentary...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — The Judges’ Ethics Committee’s (JEC) inquiry proceeding against Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Hamid Sultan Abu Backer will be held in camera this Thursday. The decision was made after High Court Judge Datuk Seri Mariana...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — The movement control order (MCO) currently enforced across the country, except several areas in Sarawak, has been extended from February 18, effectively covering the Chinese New Year festival that falls on February 12 and 13.....

JOHOR BARU, Feb 2 — A total of 56 people, including 22 infants, at the Baitus Solehah shelter home for single-mothers in Skudai here have tested positive for Covid-19. Those found positive have since been sent to three hospitals for further...

SHAH ALAM, Feb 2 — The Selangor government has agreed to fully exempt the entertainment tax imposed on entrance tickets to theme parks in the state from March 18, 2020 to Dec 31 this year, said Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari. He sa...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin denied having any part in rejecting Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s applications to register their political parties. Confirming that Dr Mahathir’s...

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 2 — The Penang state executive council (exco) offices in Komtar will undergo a renovation costing RM4.95 million, Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said today. However, he clarified that the plan to upgrade the offices on Levels 52 and....

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 2 — Stateless children adopted by Malaysian parents are now prevented from attending local schools by a new policy requiring them to produce passports starting this year, One such parent, MV Krishnan, 64, said his 13-year-old...

MARANG, Feb 2 — A retired teacher can now breathe a sigh of relief when the wild sun bear which has been digging into and destroying his honey bee log hives for almost three weeks was finally captured after it went into the trap set by the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) Immunisation Taskforce today expressed their concern over the European Union’s (EU) export controls on Covid-19 vaccines that could affect Malaysia. In a statement today, taskforce chairman and former...

KUALA LUMPUR,, Feb 2 — Umno’s Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin today urged the government to map out new strategies to combat the raging Covid-19 pandemic, including appointing a new “czar” to coordinate all related efforts. The Umno vice president.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today congratulated squash icon Datuk Nicol Ann David who was named The World Games’ “Greatest Athlete of All Time” following an online poll. On Facebook, Muhyididn expressed hope....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — The top five Malaysian organisations in managing a crisis are national oil giant Petronas, followed by bank Maybank, fast food chain McDonald’s, retirement savings fund Employees Provident Fund (EPF) and carmaker Perodua, a....

SINGAPORE, Feb 2 — The Johor government has completed sending a total of 1,000 food baskets to Singapore as promised as part of the Food Basket Aid Mission to Malaysian workers here. It was done in three phases with the last batch of about...

IPOH, Feb 2 — Two entrepreneurs claimed trial at the Magistrates Court here to charges of defrauding three women of RM150,500 via a purported bitcoin investment scheme. Reduan Ismail, 38, a bundle clothing owner and Adan Ibrahim, 34, who owns a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Parents in several states including Selangor, Melaka and Negri Sembilan are unable to find textbooks for the new school year, causing concern that this could further hamper their children’s education disrupted by Covid-19......

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 2 — Sabah’s Islamic authorities lauded the mass conversion of a Bajau Laut community by popular preacher Ebit Lew recently, but clarified that the nomadic sea gypsies are mostly already classified as Muslims. Sabah Mufti Datuk....