KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — This year’s Chinese New Year celebrations will be devoid of the noisy merriment of gongs, cymbals and drums that accompany the traditional lion and dragon dances as in previous years. This year, due to the Covid-19...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — The National Security Council (MKN) should review its standard operating procedure (SOP) for the Chinese New Year (CNY) celebrations, which fall during the movement control order (MCO) period, said social activist Tan Sri Lee....

SEREMBAN, Feb 5 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba went out to the field to observe the implementation of the Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP) at an electronics factory here today. Accompanied by Negri Sembilan Health director.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — MCA youth vice-chairman Chua Hock Kuan today urged the government to reconsider Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP) which the public must observe during the upcoming Chinese New Year (CNY) beginning on February 12....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — The Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) have received seven police reports throughout the country regarding former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas’ book titled My Story: Justice in the Wilderness that allegedly slandered...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has once again slammed Pakatan Harapan (PH) leaders for not backing him as prime minister during last year’s leadership crisis which led to the fall of the coalition’s...

JAKARTA, Feb 5 — Although his official visit to Indonesia was less than 24 hours, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has described it as very successful. He was thankful because although it was a short trip, it provided many benefits to both.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) today reiterated their stance that a general election is not needed currently, as the results of the 14th general election are valid until 2023, along with the “people’s mandate”. This comes after...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — The National Unity Ministry said today it would relay the appeal for a review of the Chinese New Year Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP) to the National Security Council (NSC) following public uproar. The council is....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Selangor resident Rosliza Ibrahim will now proceed to have the government’s official records amended to show that she is a non-Muslim as declared by the Federal Court today, instead of the Muslim status that was previously.....

IPOH, Feb 5 — Barbers and hairdressers in Ipoh resumed operations today as the government allowed these businesses to reopen following the extension of the movement control order dubbed MCO 2.0 for another two weeks. Checks by Malay Mail revealed.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — DAP senator Liew Chin Tong has called on Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to sack Datuk Adham Baba over mounting criticism that the health minister has failed to show effective leadership in the face of a ravaging...

MELAKA, Feb 5 — The remand order on the mother and stepfather of the seven-year-old boy who was found drowned in a water tub at his house in Taman Krubong Jay...

JAKARTA, Feb 5 — The leaders of Indonesia and Malaysia on Friday said they were seeking a special meeting of foreign ministers of Southeast Asian nations to discuss the situation in Myanmar, where an elected government was overthrown in a coup...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Former Mara Incorporated Sdn Bhd (Mara Inc) chairman Datuk Mohammad Lan Allani was today charged in two Sessions Courts here with 22 counts of corruption and money laundering totalling RM20.45 million involving property deals....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — DAP’s Lim Guan Eng today added his voice to the growing chorus of ridicule for the government’s questionable Chinese New Year standard operating procedures (SOP) announced yesterday.  The DAP secretary-general cal...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — DAP stalwart Lim Kit Siang today urged the government to rescind the new Chinese New Year celebration standard operating procedures (SOP). He called on the government to replace the SOP with a more sensitive set of...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — A Malaysian woman who was born to a Muslim man and a Buddhist woman out of wedlock finally won her five-year-long legal battle to be declared a non-Muslim, after a majority of the judges decided that the facts showed both she....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has expressed regret over his decision to hire Tan Sri Tommy Thomas as the attorney general (AG) following the release of the latter’s memoirs, My Story: Justice in the...

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 5 — The recent appointment of Joe Sidek, the former George Town Festival director, as chairman of the Penang Arts Council (PAC) is exactly what the long-dormant council needs. Joe, who was elected chairman at the PAC annual...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Former deputy education minister Teo Nie Ching today urged the government to prioritise teachers in its Covid-19 vaccination programme. The DAP Kulai MP said that it is important to create a safe environment in schools and...

KUCHING, Feb 5 — The number of victims following the third wave of floods in Sarawak since last Tuesday, has risen to 985 this morning, from 577 yesterday evening. Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) Secretariat in ...

ALOR SETAR, Feb 5 — Police are conducting a thorough investigation into the death of a detainee in the lockup of Yan Police headquarters on Jan 28. Kedah Police chief Datuk Hasanuddin Hassan said the investigation was to....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — The federal government has made a “mistake” in its latest standard operating procedure for the Chinese New Year celebrations next week, according to Deputy National Unity Minister Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker. The senator from.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — Opposition lawmakers have questioned the government’s logic and sensibility in allowing night markets to open again but barring families from gathering even a night for the customary reunion dinner this Chinese New Year....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 5 — The Judges’ Ethics Committee (JEC) today decided to suspend the Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Hamid Sultan Abu Backer from today until August 27, 2021. The decision was made in a closed-door inquiry proceedings at the Palace.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Sarawak Criminal Investigation Department chief SAC Mat Zani@Mohd Salahuddin Che Ali is among five senior Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) officers who are involved in transfers effective March 8. PDRM Corporate Communications...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Eleven out of the 87 hawkers in the “Wilayah Bebas Berniaga” (WBB) or Free Business Region area at Jalan Desa Rejang 1, here, were found to be without temporary licences during a movement control order 2.0 (MCO 2.0)...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — “I am ashamed because I am the people’s representative, yet I can’t do as much as he does,” said Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa when commenting on the way preacher Ebit Liew swiftly carries out his...

SHAH ALAM, Feb 4 — The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah and the Tengku Permaisuri of Selangor, Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin, have extended their condolences to the family of veteran comedian Datuk Jamali Shadat who died yesterday.....