KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — More mega Vaccine Dispensing Centres (PPV) that can manage more than 2,000 appointments for vaccine recipients daily will be opened for the third phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. National Covid -19...

PUTRAJAYA, May 5 — The online sale of Harumanis mangoes received an encouraging response, with a sales value of RM22 million from April until yesterday, said Agriculture Department director-general, Datuk Mohd Nasir Warris. During the period, he...

SHAH ALAM, May 5 — The Selangor government announced today that all Ramadan bazaars in districts under the movement control order must stop operating from May 8. Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Amirudin Shari said the date was chosen to allow the....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — Muar MP Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman has denied he is the person shown in a video clip of a person dubbed “Baby Sadiq” having a lewd conversation with a schoolgirl on WhatsApp. According to local news portal Malaysiakini,...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — The Selangor Education Department is ordering all schools in Selangor to close starting tomorrow until after the Hari Raya holidays are over. It comes a day earlier than the scheduled festive season break which was meant to...

ALOR SETAR, May 5 — The Kedah government has issued a final warning to Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBAPP) not to interfere in the state’s internal affairs, especially on the issue of water catchment areas in the Ulu Muda Forest Reserve.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 ― Bishop Philipose Mar Chrysostom Mar Thoma Valiya Metropolitan has passed away at age 104. Early this morning (May 5), many Mar Thoma Malaysians were met with the news that His Grace the Most Rev. Dr. Philipose Mar Chrysostom.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — Phase Three of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) might be delayed beyond its intended kick-off in May, coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today. Khairy attributed this to the lack of supplies in the....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — The lawyer and family members of a businessman arrested for suspected car theft are demanding that he be allowed to see his legal counsel. The sister of spare parts and car accessories dealer Hong Chen Peng, 38, who only...

BINTULU, May 5 — Bintulu Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing today warned owners of rented houses that authorities will demolish their premises if they do not comply with standard operating procedures (SOPs) to curb the spread of...

IPOH, May 5 — Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Saarani Mohamad today quashed rumours that he will be contesting the Larut parliament seat, currently held by Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin, in the 15th general...

PUTRAJAYA, May 5 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today launched the Jaringan Prihatin Programme involving an allocation of RM3.5 billion in an effort to bridge the digital gap of the B40 group. He said the programme will benefit...

KOTA KINABALU, May 5 — At least two Opposition politicians here have asked the police to investigate recent revelations made by outgoing inspector-general of police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador that a federal politician may be behind an attempted...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — Covid-19 vaccination recipients need not obtain permission from the authorities to cross districts to head towards their designated Vaccination Centre, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — The opt-in AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccination programme today went smoothly as eager Malaysians numbering in the hundreds showed up to receive their first shot at the World Trade Centre KL here.  Based on observations b...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — The Malaysian Indian Restaurant Owners Association (Primas) has pleaded for the government to reverse its ban on dine-ins at eateries under the third movement control order (MCO), appealing that a minimum seating capacity be.....

LUMUT, May 5 ― Two Myanmar crewmen have been reported missing after their boat capsized in stormy weather while sailing near Pantai Remis here, a little after midnight yesterday. Perak Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) director Captain.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 ― Market research firm Ipsos Malaysia today said that Malaysians are among the top global citizens who are in support of “vaccine passports” and believe that having it will make travel and large events “safe”. Its...

PASIR PUTEH, May 5 ― About 70 per cent of Kelantan Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) personnel will be on duty during Aidilfitri as the leave of most of its staff have been frozen during the period. “This has been the practice for our....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — Damansara MP Tony Pua today lambasted the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration for failing to follow through with acquiring intercity highways in the Klang Valley that could have saved it billions of ringgit in compensation....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak has not been recorded as bankrupt even as the Inland Revenue Board (IRB) today sought to have the court record that an act of bankruptcy has occurred, his lawyer said. Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee,...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — DAP national organising secretary Anthony Loke has denied that the party is ruled by the so-called “Lim Dynasty”, insisting that the party adopts a “collective leadership” principle. In an interview with Malaysiakini.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — Despite the announcement of the movement control order (MCO) in six districts in Selangor yesterday, the Education Ministry has yet to come up with a decision on whether schools will continue to operate. A joint statement...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the 15th general election (GE15) should not be held this year and must wait for the end of the current Parliament term in 2023.  Malay daily Utusan Malaysia quoted Dr...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin yesterday chaired the first Bumiputera Prosperity Council (MTKB) meeting. According to a statement from the Prime Minister's Office, the MTKB comprises  21 Cabinet...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — The police are looking for the owner of an Instagram account who uploaded a video purportedly showing a toddler being given an electronic cigarette — also known as a vape — to inhale. It is understood that the pair are a.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — The US Customs and Border Protection has seized a shipment of 3.97 million nitrile disposable gloves from Malaysia’s Top Glove Corp Bhd estimated to be worth US$518,00 (RM2.1 million), on indications they were made by...

JOHOR BARU, May 5 — Johor Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) is certain that it will not work with Umno in the state at the next general election, in light of continued tensions between the two Malay parties. Its secretary Datuk Dr Sahruddin....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 5 — Barisan Nasional’s (BN) odds running up to the general election has become much more tenuous as the coalition's lynchpin party, Umno faces a tense relationship with the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration,...

PUTRAJAYA, May 4 — The Road Transport Department (RTD) has collected RM3.147 million in traffic summonses within two weeks, following its 70 per cent discount offer in conjunction with the department’s 75th Platinum Jubilee celebration, said its....