ALOR SETAR, Aug 2 ― The Kedah government signed a joint venture agreement with ECK Group today to build the Kulim International Airport (KXP). In the joint venture agreement, a special purpose vehicle (SPV) will be set up as the main owner and...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 ― Negotiations with Pfizer Incorporation have begun for Malaysia’s 2022 vaccine procurement, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today. In the weekly Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF)...

LABUAN, Aug 2 ― The Labuan Disaster Management Committee launched an integrated Covid-19 operation involving 13 enforcement agencies today, as part of its efforts to prevent the virus from spreading on the island. Its chairman Rithuan Ismail said.....

SHAH ALAM, Aug 2 — The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) will only manage the remains of Covid-19 patients that have been released by the hospital, said its director, Datuk Mohd Shahzihan Ahmad. He said matters such as informing the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Umno will hold a virtual special meeting of its Supreme Council tomorrow to discuss the latest political developments, party secretary-general, Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan, announced today. In a post on his official Facebook, he.....

KANGAR, Aug 2 — Perlis state government has urged its people to continue to adhere to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) to curb the spread of the Covid-19 outbreak even if Perlis is allowed to move to Phase Three of the National Recovery...

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 2 — Thousands of people in Penang who have registered for Covid-19 vaccination through their MySejahtera application since February still have not received their vaccine appointments, Penang state exco Chong Eng said today.&nbs...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 numbers took a slight dip over the past 24 hours to 15,764 today, after infections exceeded the 17,000 mark for the past two days. The new cases pushed the cumulative total to 1,146,186 cases since....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — An Opposition federal lawmaker today lodged a police report against alleged ‘perpetrators’ who gave the orders to stop members of Parliament (MP) from entering the Parliament building on the final day of the Dewan...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — The Election Commission (EC) is conducting a Q2/2021 Draft Supplementary Electoral Rolls (RDPT) display for 14 days, starting tomorrow until Aug 16 at 822 selected locations nationwide. EC secretary Datuk Ikm...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — A secret meeting with 30 Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs was purportedly held at Wisma Perwira here last night to bolster support for Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. Malay daily Sinar Harian reported an unnamed source...

ALOR SETAR, Aug 2 — Five individuals, including four staff of a district and land office in Kedah, have been remanded for five days from today to assist investigation into bribery cases in 2019 and last year. The remand order against all the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — The organisers of last Saturday’s #Lawan rally chided the authorities for wasting police resources investigating demonstrators for expressing their discontent with the government. The 11 activists who call themselves...

SEGAMAT, Aug 2 — Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Hasni Mohammad opened the Darul Ta’zim Family Development Foundation’s (YPKDT) MindX counselling clinic here today amid growing concerns on the impact of Covid-19 on mental health. Malaysia is still in....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — States can announce and carry out their own Covid-19 walk-in vaccination programmes for senior citizens, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said today. He said the states have been given the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — The federal government’s initiative to speed up Covid-19 vaccinations for residents in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor ended yesterday with a 97 per cent success rate. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — De facto law minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan is currently hospitalised after undergoing an angiogram last Friday, PAS confirmed today. PAS information chief Mohd Shahir Abu Hassan said the operation was to detect...

BINTULU, Aug 2 — Firefighters were sent to a playground, which is currently under construction at Old Airport Road, at around 11pm last night. Upon arrival at the scene, the firefighters found that the playground set had caught fire. They took...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Opposition MPs at the Merdeka Square here criticised the federal government for its alleged cowardly act of cancelling the final day of the Dewan Rakyat’s five-day special sitting that was originally scheduled for today but....

IPOH, Aug 2 — The police have set up a special team to investigate gangsterism activities in Ipoh following allegations made by a Facebook user yesterday. Ipoh district police chief ACP Yahaya Hassan said the team was established to verify...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng today called on the federal government to implement Operation Surge Capacity (OSC) in Penang, similar to the one currently in action in the Klang Valley. The federal lawmaker said Covid-19 cases were on.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — A total of 21,200,473 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) which began last Feb 24, until yesterday. The Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — As the government’s top legal adviser, the Attorney General (AG) has a duty to remain impartial at all times, former office-bearer Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman said. Abu Talib was weighing in on the criticism against incumbent.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Opposition federal lawmakers gathered at the Merdeka Square this morning in a symbolic protest against the authorities’ move to shut and adjourn the special Parliament sitting amid mounting pressure for Prime Minister Tan...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Several Opposition MPs are questioning Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah’s advice to shut down Parliament over Covid-19 concerns.  On Twitter, Lembah Pantai MP Fahmi Fadzil questioned Dr Noor.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today congratulated national women's diver Nur Dhabitah Sabri who performed admirably in the women's 3m individual springboard final at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, yesterd...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Federal lawmakers returned to Parliament last week for a five-day special meeting to hold the government accountable, only to see it come to an abrupt end after it was postponed indefinitely due to Covid-19 infections. The...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 2 — Many businesses in Malaysia have pinned hopes of being able to operate again on their employees being fully vaccinated against Covid-19, but can they make it compulsory for all staff members do so?  One example is the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 1 — Four samples of genome related to the positive Covid-19 cases in Parliament screened on July 29, are most likely to be Delta variant, based on the current circulation of variants in Malaysia. Health director-general Tan Sri...

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 1 — Close contact screenings continue to be the highest contributor of daily Covid-19 cases in Sabah with 591 infections or 59 per cent of the 1,002 daily cases reported today. Sabah Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk...