KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Istana Negara issued an excerpt today of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s views for the government to reconvene the Parliament as soon as possible. Istana Negara re-posted a poster of this on its official Facebook and...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Young asymptomatic Covid-19 patients who have the “happy hypoxia” condition but do not realise it until their health condition is seriously affected is one of the reasons for the 35 per cent hike in the number of...

PUTRAJAYA, June 18 — Almost 91 per cent or 150, 934 Home Ministry frontliners have received their Covid-19 vaccination doses, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin. The vaccination exercise includes 108,595 Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM)...

JOHOR BARU, June 18 — The telecommunications networks of several companies affected by the communication tower fire incident at Ladang Sibol B, Kota Tinggi last Tuesday, will be fully restored by next Tuesday. The Malaysian Communications and...

GEORGE TOWN, June 18 — The Penang Hill Festival 2021 (PHF2021), scheduled to take place from July 16 to 18, has been cancelled due to concerns about the current Covid-19 pandemic. Perbadanan Bukit Bendera Pulau Pinang (PBBPP) said the cancellation....

MELAKA, June 18 — The Melaka government today announced the Melakaku Maju Jaya 2020: Sejahtera Bersama Economic Stimulus Package involving an allocation of RM174.52 million. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali said the inclusive and...

KOTA KINABALU, June 18 — The Sabah state assembly could be called to session at any moment that was suitable, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor when citing the state’s Speaker. “We will seek National Security Council’s (NSC) advice.....

KANGAR, June 18 — The Perlis government is targeting 2,600 people to receive the Covid-19 vaccine jab each day so as to achieve 80 per cent herd immunity by the end of the year,” said State Secretary Azman Mohd Yusof. He said the target....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Foreign direct investment (FDI) into Malaysia recorded a net inflow of RM14.6 billion in 2020, down 54.8 per cent from RM32.4 billion in 2019, the lowest since 2009.  However, as of end-2020, the FDI&nb...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Another vaccination centre (PPV) specifically for persons with disabilities (PwD) will be opened in Bangi next week, said Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun. She said the...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — The nation recorded 6,440 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, the first time Malaysia has gone above the 6,000-case level since June 11. The increase also meant the country was further away from Phase Two of the...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Malaysia’s FGV Holdings Bhd will appoint an independent auditor to assess its operations for signs of forced labour on the advice of US Customs, the company told the stock exchange on Friday, with a report expected eight.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — PAS considered the government’s “commitment” to reopen Parliament to be consistent with Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah’s call to do so, said Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim...

KUCHING, June 18 — Another 350,000 doses of Sinovac vaccine as part of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Sarawak arrived here this morning, said state Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Sri Dr Sim Khi Hian. He said the...

KOTA KINABALU, June 18 — Police are looking for a woman seen in a viral video shouting at policemen after being caught at a roadblock here along Jalan Kepayan for driving with an expired road tax. Sabah Police Commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali...

SEREMBAN, June 18 ― The case of celebrity couple Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor and her husband Muhammad Haris Mohd Ismail, who have been charged with violating standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the conditional movement control order (CMCO) has been....

KUNAK, June 18 ― A total of 5,670 residents of Kunak town received their first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine through the walk-in vaccination programme implemented by the Kunak District Health Office from June 8 until yesterday. Kunak...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 ― Efforts to revive Malaysia-Egypt bilateral relations and cooperation, especially in the political and economic context, were discussed by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi...

GEORGE TOWN, June 18 — Penang is hoping to record total investments of RM5 billion for 2021 after its outstanding investment performances in the last two years, according to Invest Penang. Invest Penang Executive Director Datuk Seri Lee Kah Choon.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Form Five students will begin receiving their Covid-19 vaccination next month using the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said. He said this in a press conference with...

JOHOR BARU, June 18 — Johor Umno Youth chief Mohd Hairi Mad Shah today criticised the federal government’s lack of resolve in handling the Emergency that eventually saw the need for a special meeting involving the Agong and the Conference of...

KUCHING, June 18 — The state government has endorsed the conditional award by state-owned Petroleum Sarawak Berhad (Petros) for Sarawak onshore block SK 433 to Petra Energy Development Sdn Bhd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Petra Energy, and its...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Malaysia’s Parliament must reconvene on August 2 at the very latest, the day immediately after the current Emergency’s scheduled August 1 end date, PKR MP Fahmi Fadzil said today. Fahmi, who is also PKR communications...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Health workers administered 221,706 Covid-19 vaccinations yesterday to give the country a total of 5.3 million doses to date, according to data released by the Special Committee on Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Supply...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Over two years after a plan was approved by the Pahang State Executive Council to declare an area covering 4,600 hectares at Tasik Chini as a forest reserve to protect biodiversity there, the decision has yet to be...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — The government’s failure to act on the Conference of Malay Rulers’ advice to reopen federal and state legislatures could cause the country to descend into a constitutional crisis, DAP’s Lim Kit Siang asserted today....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Forty thousand persons with disabilities (PwD) would be able to be vaccinated through the OKU Sentral National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Drive-Through Vaccination Centre (PPV) in the next fiv...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan @ Harun has denied defending the government’s plan to only do so in September as acceptable and not too late, saying his quotes have been misconstrued. “I had merely expressed...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 — Issuing low specification smartphones to students could do more harm than good to their efforts to adjust to the new norm of online learning, according to several tech experts and children's empowerment groups. Recently...

SEREMBAN, June 17 — A 12-week pregnant woman who fell into a coma, believed after being beaten by her husband, is now under the care of her sister Fazariah Nordin, in Bandar Sri Sendayan, near here. Negri Sembilan Islamic Religious Council (MAINS)....