KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — Fresh cases of Covid-19 infections declined marginally today with 11,985 new infections reported over the last day, with more than half of new cases detected in the Klang Valley. Health Ministry Director-General Tan Sri Dr.....

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — Despite having received priority Covid-19 vaccination alongside medical workers, members of Parliament (MPs) are not required to be inoculated to access Dewan Rakyat for the upcoming special sitting on July 26. A source...

KOTA KINABALU, July 21 — Sabah police have arrested three Health Department drivers for allegedly smuggling undocumented people across the Kunak — Lahad Datu district border here last week. Sabah police chief Datuk Hazani Ghazali said that two...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — Malaysia is still under testing for Covid-19, said Damansara MP Tony Pua today. In a statement, he claimed that the Ministry of Health (MoH) has not been consistent with its daily testing and had conducted significantly...

KUCHING, July 21 — Another 76 new cases of the Delta variant (B.1.617.2) have been detected in Sarawak, said Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas)’s Institute of Health and Community Medicine (IHCM) director Prof Dr David Perera. According to...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — Malaysia’s attorney general should be a member of Parliament to enable the government’s top legal adviser to be present in parliamentary sittings and answer questions from lawmakers, Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — A police station chief (OCS), three policemen and four women were arrested yesterday after they were caught partying within a police station in Kajang during a raid conducted by Bukit Aman. According to Berita Harian, a...

BUKIT MERTAJAM, July 21 — Forty-eight foreign men and a local senior citizen are under remand for four and three days respectively to assist investigations into alleged violation of  Covid-19 prevention standard operating procedures (SOP) ...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — Proceedings before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) concerning the procurement of Covid-19 vaccines and their use for Malaysians will resume on July 27, its chairman Wong Kah Woh said today.  The Ipoh Timur MP sa...

PETALING JAYA, July 21 — A film producer claimed trial at the Magistrates Court here today to the charge of not obtaining a valid licence from the National Film Development Corporation (Finas) for the production and promotion of the movie Babi a...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — A total of 4,769,909 individuals or 14.6 per cent of the country’s population have completed two doses of Covid-19 vaccine as of 11.59pm last night. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said 10,301,905 individuals had....

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — The Ministry of Education (MOE) and Ministry of Higher Education’s (MOHE) plans for the country’s students to cope with Covid-19 must be presented in the special parliamentary meeting on pandemic-related issues next...

MIRI, July 21 — The Salak Tinggi Veterinary Public Health Laboratory has yet to release results of samples taken from dead pigs in Buduk Bai, Ba Kelalan last week. When contacted, Department of Veterinary Services Sarawak (DVSS) director Dr Adrian....

KUCHING, July 21 — An 18-year-old boy was arrested Monday for allegedly raping an underage girl he had become acquainted with via WhatsApp. Padawan police chief Supt Aildil Bolhassan in a statement yesterday said the teenager was detained around...

KUCHING, July 21 — Business associations and operators are hopeful of positive news to be announced for the business community in the coming special address by Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg on the state’s post-Covid-19...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — The Perak Islamic Religious Department (JAIPk) said it has “not ruled out” implementing multi-level graves to deal with crowding in the state’s Muslim cemeteries amid rising Covid-19 related deaths. Local Malay daily.....

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 —  The Ministry of Health (MoH) disclosed today that Terengganu had the country’s highest Covid-19 reproduction rate (R0 or Rt) as of yesterday, ahead of Sabah and Kedah. The state on the east coast of the peninsula...

NEW YORK, July 21 — A former Goldman Sachs banker charged in connection with a multibillion-dollar scandal at Malaysia’s state investment fund 1MDB won a Brooklyn judge’s permission to replace his ankle monitor with a smaller one so he can jog....

SIBU, July 21 — A 49-year-old security company operator lost RM39,700 to scammers after downloading a smartphone app purportedly offering discounted utility bills payment. According to Sibu police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit, the victim saw....

MIRI, July 21 — The Sarawak state election, which is rumoured to be held before year-end should, be postponed to next year until the Covid-19 situation in the country is fully under control, said Sarawak Democratic Action Party (DAP)...

KUCHING, July 21 — Those getting their first dose of Covid-19 vaccine in Sarawak after July 22 will be administered with either Pfizer-BioNTech or Cansino vaccine, said Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor Datuk Seri Dr Sim Kui...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 21 — While the informal #benderaputih movement to help to the sections of the country most in need of assistance was lauded by many, some responded cynically and disparaged the humanitarian campaign. These people derided the...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has advised the Humanitarian Mission 4 Palestine (HM4P) team currently in Cairo, Egypt to return to Malaysia as the situation in Gaza remains uncertain. The advice was...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — Thirty foreigners and a local woman were arrested today after they were believed to have violated the Covid-19 standard operating procedure (SOP) by attending a feast in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidiladha at a house in...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — Agencies under the Transport Ministry have been instructed to collect the names of e-hailing drivers and p-hailing riders in the country for vaccination purposes, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong. Wee said as....

BUKIT MERTAJAM, July 20 — The police have arrested 49 men to facilitate investigations into a viral video showing hundreds of individuals believed to be foreigners violating the standard operating procedure (SOP) by having Aidiladha prayers at an.....

KOTA KINABALU, July 20 — A thanksgiving prayer gathering is believed to have triggered the Kampung Pukak COVID-19 cluster in Tuaran that has led to 17 infections to date. Sabah Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said the...

KUALA LUMPUR, July 20 — Only drama, advertisement and documentary productions which have been postponed due to the implementation of movement control order (MCO) under the National Recovery Plan (PPN) will be allowed to resume shooting in Phase...

IPOH, July 20 — Police detained a driver who was driving suspiciously and found three foreign men cramped in the car boot at Km 30 Jalan Feri, Hutan Melintang early this morning. Hilir Perak police chief ACP Ahmad Adnan Basri said police personnel....

JOHOR BARU, July 20 — Police are investigating allegations that a member of the security personnel at the Persada International Convention Centre Covid-19 vaccination centre (PPV) had made obscene jokes and gestures aimed at a woman who came for...