KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — Seven Opposition MPs including former education minister Maszlee Malik, today chided the Ministry of Education (MoE) for its abrupt announcement last Friday to reopen schools from March 1. In a joint statement, the MPs said.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng today questioned the police on the outcome of its investigations into the viral photo showing Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa seated with several diners during the movement control...

JOHOR BAHRU, Feb 21 — Johor received a portion of the Covid-19 vaccine supply that arrived in the country today to be placed at four vaccine storage centres (VSC) in the state. The supply, which is part of the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — An Umno supreme council member who attended a party meeting in Janda Baik, Pahang last Friday has tested positive for Covid-19, according to Astro Awani. The Malay news outlet reported the politician is believed to be a...

KUCHING, Feb 21 — The trial operation and passenger service of the hydrogen buses for both the Downtown Heritage Loop and Damai Loop routes are temporarily suspended until further notice, said Sarawak Metro Sdn Bhd (Sarawak Metro) in a statement...

KUCHING, Feb 21 —  Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) has attached a price tag of RM20 million on each of its candidates in the coming state election. Its president Voon Lee Shan said this was to discourage anyone from jumping ship before or after...

KUANTAN, Feb 21 — The proclamation of Kuantan as a city today will ensure economic growth which will be enjoyed by its population as well as those in the outskirts and neighbouring districts such as Pekan and Maran, said Pahang Me...

JOHOR BARU, Feb 21 — Seven staff of the Johor Road Transport Department (JPJ) were arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) today for allegedly committing corrupt practices in road tax issuance which cost the...

KUANTAN, Feb 21 — Kuantan, the capital of Pahang, is now a city. Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah proclaimed the status in a historic event here today. His Majesty, who is the Sultan of Pahang, decreed....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — A multimillion-dollar sailing yacht that once belonged to French tycoon Bernard Tapie has sunk off the coast of Malaysia, an official confirmed today, after it caught fire a few days ago. Malaysia’s coastguard said the...

ALOR GAJAH, Feb 21 — Students of higher learning institutions (IPT) who carry out small businesses are encouraged to apply for micro-credit financing through an allocation of RM20 million under the KPT-MEDAC Siswapreneur programme launched early...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The country’s economy is expected to show a positive development by the middle of this year once the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme, which begins on Wednesday, gathers momentum, an economist said. Malaysian...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The challenges behind the special flight carrying the first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), this morning were related by MAB Kargo Sdn Bhd (MASkargo) chief executive officer...

SEPANG, Feb 21 — Registration for the Covid-19 vaccination, to commence on March 1, will remain open until it reaches the target of 80 per cent of the population have received the vaccine, said Coordinating Minister for the National Covid-19...

SEPANG, Feb 21 — The government plans to issue Covid-19 passports as verification for individuals who have received the vaccine, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. “We are proposing two ways of doin...

SIBU, Feb 21 — A total of 3,583 Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) 2020 candidates will be sitting for the examination in 27 examination centres in Sibu district starting tomorrow, said Sibu District Education Officer Ahli Chikba. He said this number.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The government has assured teachers today that they would be included in the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme ahead of schools reopening in March, with those exhibiting comorbidity amongst the...

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 21 — Penang will continue its Covid-19 mass screening initiative involving the manufacturing and production sectors, said Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. “In the special session of the National Security Council (MKN) on Covid-19...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — As his 80th birthday wish, veteran politician Lim Kit Siang expressed his desire to see Malaysia develop towards being a world-class nation, and a country for all Malaysians regardless of race, religion, creed.  The ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) is providing security escort for every movement of Covid-19 vaccine that arrives in the country, said the Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department (Operations) deputy....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme will be brought forward to February 24 instead of February 26 as initially scheduled. This was announced by Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy...

KUCHING, Feb 21 — The vaccine registration through the MySejahtera mobile application can only be done once the option is ready, said Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas. For the time being, he said the Sarawak state government is....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Seri Zulkifli Mohamad Al Bakri today urged the public to let the relevant authorities to take the necessary action against the&nbsp...

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 21 — Umno president, Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is confident that the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) government is capable of bringing further progress to Sabah if the coaliti...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — The Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) has called for calm from all quarters and for the public to refrain from speculating as the relevant authorities investigate allegations of a man converting his Muslim...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — Malaysia has officially received its first shipment of Pfizer-BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine today after months of anticipation, with the implementation of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme set to begin in phases...

KALABAKAN, Feb 21 — An attempt by three foreign workers to smuggle three undocumented migrants, comprising a woman and two girls, through Serudong here, failed when all the five Indonesian nationals, were arrested by the Malaysian Armed Forces...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 21 — Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysians aged 60 and above can now volunteer for the third phase of clinical trials of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccine made by the Institute of Medical Biology Chinese...

KUCHING, Feb 21 — The floods that hit Sarawak again since Friday has receded and the situation returned to normal today with the last two temporary evacuation centres in the Samarahan district having been closed at 10am today.&...

JOHOR BARU, Feb 21 — The Sultan of Johor, Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar said Johor appreciates the role played by the Chinese community in developing the state since the beginning of the Johor Sultanate in the 1...