KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — The Drug and Substance Abuse Act which will replace the Drug Dependants (Treatment and Rehabilitation) Act 1983 will enable many drug abusers and addicts to be rehabilitated instead of being sent to jail. Home Minister Datuk....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — A fruit trader was sentenced to 10 years in prison and two strokes of the cane by the Selayang Sessions Court here today after being found guilty of causing injury to his acquaintance with a machete, resulting in permanent...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — PLUS Malaysia Berhad (PLUS) will be closing the emergency and left lanes between Putrajaya and Putrajaya toll plaza/Elite Highway at Km 2.2 and Km 2.0 (northbound) on the Putrajaya Link for a month. In a statement, PLUS said....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — Following the Federal Court’s majority decision today that found Malaysiakini to be in contempt of court and fined RM500,000, members of the Opposition have rallied to defend press freedom in Malaysia. DAP’s Klang MP...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — Malaysian students are expected to be back in classrooms under the new normal from the beginning of March, Senior Minister (Education) Datuk Mohd Radzi Md Jidin announced today. During a special press conference on school...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — DAP has pledged to donate a total of RM60,000 to embattled news portal Malaysiakini’s fundraising campaign after it was fined RM500,000 for contempt over its facilitation of five readers’ remarks against the judiciary....

KUCHING, Feb 19 — The state government will not force the public to get vaccinated against Covid-19 if they are not willing to do so, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah said today. He said it will only be given to those who want it....

JOHOR BARU, Feb 19 — The Housing and Local Government Ministry has allowed an extension of time (EOT) until March this year for developers who fail to complete their projects on time as a result of the movement control order (MCO). Its minister...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — News portal Malaysiakini has managed to raise over RM500,000 within the span of roughly four hours to pay for the fine imposed by the Federal Court for contempt earlier this morning. The fine was handed down at 11.05am, with....

JOHOR BARU, Feb 19 — The Program Perumahan Rakyat, or more popularly known as PPR (People’s Housing Programme), will be renamed “Rumah Malaysia” with the next batch of 4,120 units to be built at 11 locations nationwide. Housing and Local...

SIBU, Feb 19 — Sibu will join Kuching as one of the first districts in the state to receive the Covid-19 vaccination when it is distributed on February 27, said Minister of Local Government and Housing Datuk Sri Dr Sim Kui Hian. He said the...

KUALA LUMPUR,  Feb 19 — An application by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) and three others to strike out a suit filed by kindergarten teacher M. Indira Gandhi over the Royal Malaysia Police’s  (PDRM) failure to find and br...

KUANTAN, Feb 19 ― Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has consented to attending the ceremony to declare Kuantan as a city this Sunday. Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail said the ceremony wou...

KUCHING, Feb 19 ― Incessant rain that lasted all through the night has brought traffic at several major areas in the city centre and suburbs here to a halt as roads become impassable due to flash floods and homes become inundated for the second...

KUCHING, Feb 19 ― Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui Hian has highlighted a stark difference between the Covid-19 war in Sarawak and the rest of the country, pointing out that Sarawak was now in the “containment” phase while other states were in the...

BUTTERWORTH,  Feb 19 ― The Sessions Court here today set May 28 for mention of the corruption and money laundering cases involving former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng, his wife Betty Chew Gek Cheng and businesswoman Phang Li Koon. Ju...

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 19 ― A non-governmental organisation for the conservation of turtles here has put up a reward of RM10,000 for information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the people behind a controversial turtle egg dinner...

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 19 ― The Federal Court in its majority ruling today urged Malaysians to remain respectful even while online, while noting that news website Malaysiakini’s contempt of court case over readers’ comments has drawn global attention.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 ― Malaysia was ranked 8th out of 11 nations in the Asia Pacific region in a health index by multinational healthcare company Roche, which measures the readiness and resilience of health systems there. The study released today.....

PUTRAJAYA,  Feb  19 — The Taska Genius Perpaduan kindergartens in states placed under the conditional movement control order (CMCO) and the recovery movement control order (RMCO) are allowed to operate starting this Monda...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — Telekom Malaysia (TM) has today expressed its readiness to contribute significantly in the recently launched Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint or MyDigital.  In a statement today, its managing director and group chi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — The submission of the Income Tax Return Form for 2020 via e-Filing for forms E, BE, B, M, BT, MT, TF and TP will begin on March 1. In a statement today, the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) said the e-Fil...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — The British High Commissioner and acting Canadian High Commissioner have today expressed concerns over the Federal Court’s ruling against Malaysiakini, which was found guilty for contempt over its facilitation of...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 — PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang said today he has been discharged from the National Heart Institute (IJN) after being admitted there last Monday. He added that he has been following Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 ― Police officers from Bukit Aman today seized two computers from publishing house GerakBudaya Enterprise Sdn Bhd for their investigation into former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas’ memoir, My Story: Justice in the...

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 19 ― News portal Malaysiakini said today it will be holding a fundraising campaign to ensure it will be able to pay the RM500,000 fine imposed by the Federal Court for contempt of court over the hosting of five readers’ comments...

COMMENTARY, Feb 19 ― Even as the 15th general election looms, uncertainty can be found in nearly all the political parties in the country. Political analysts as well as the average man on the street have similar thoughts: most of the parties...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 19 ― The Malaysia Digital Economy Corporation (MDEC) will provide full support to make the Malaysia Digital Economy Blueprint (MyDIGITAL) launched today a key driver of national development and success, said Datuk Rais Husin. The....

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 19 ― The Federal Court today sentenced Malaysiakini’s operator Mkini Dot Com Sdn Bhd to a fine of RM500,000 for contempt over its facilitation of five readers’ remarks against the judiciary on the news portal’s website. Court.....

TAMPIN, Feb 19 ― A lorry driver was charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with causing the death of his four-year-old stepdaughter early this month. Abu Hassan Darus, 30, nodded when the murder charge was read out to him before Magistra...