BUKIT MERTAJAM, Aug 31 — The Selangor government today contributed 20,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to Penang in an effort to vaccinate the rest of the population on the island state. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow thanked Selangor for...

BUKIT MERTAJAM, Aug 31 — The decision as to whether the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) will be enforced at the Taman Manggis People’s Housing Project (PPR) in Jala Zainal Abidin, George Town, near here, will only be made after an...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — The direct and indirect tax collection stood at RM67.4 billion or 56.2 per cent of the target and RM24.8 billion or 59 per cent of the target, respectively, as of July 2021, the Ministry of Finance (MoF) said. It said the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Datuk Seri Azam Baki has vowed to investigate allegations of medical doctors receiving bribes from vaccine refusers in exchange for vaccination certificates. In a statement...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — The Malaysian government’s Budget 2022 will be drafted with an inclusive approach in the “Keluarga Malaysia” spirit, and will work to ensure that no one is left behind in receiving government aid, the Finance Ministry.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — The renewal of road tax for private vehicles can now be done at Computerised Vehicle Inspection Centre or Puspakom beginning tomorrow. The Road Transport Department (JPJ) in a statement today said, for a start, the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — Unscheduled water supply disruptions will affect 463 areas in five Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) regions beginning today as a treatment plant has been closed due to pollution. Air Selangor head of...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 ― The Finance Ministry released today its first-ever Pre-Budget Statement (PBS) ahead of the government’s parliamentary proposal on the country’s expenditure for next year in a bid to be more transparent. Finance Minister.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 -- The Health Ministry registered 20,897 new Covid-19 cases on Malaysia’s 64th National Day. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said infections in Selangor have breached the 600,000 mark with the latest...

JAKARTA, Aug 31 ― The Malaysian Embassy in Indonesia is in discussions with the Indonesian authorities to ensure that Malaysians in Indonesia are given the Covid-19 vaccine. The embassy’s chargè d’affaires ad interim Adlan Mohd Shaffieq said.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 ― A total of 14,886,006 individuals or 63.6 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed both doses of the Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday, according to the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guarantee...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — The additional two days allocated for Dewan Rakyat sitting next month, from the initial 15 days, is to give the lawmakers more time to settle all government affairs and motions brought forth at the sitting. This was....

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 31 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will chair the first meeting of the Special Committee to Address Covid-19 tomorrow, which among others, will discuss new methods to manage the pandemic. According t...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — Though Parliament has to be postponed a week, Opposition lawmaker Lim Guan Eng said today Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob must table a confidence motion as soon as possible once the sitting resumes. The Bagan...

IPOH, Aug 31 — The Perak police will not approve any application to organise vehicle convoys during the National Recovery Plan (PPN) period. State police chief Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid said such activities would result in.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry (Mafi) today announced an additional aid of RM2.8 million through the Padi Crop Disaster Fund (TBTP) for farmers affected by the floods in Yan and Kuala Muda, Kedah. Its....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today said that social cohesion, national integration and racial unity is the key to tackling all challenge including Covid-19 in Malaysia....

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 31 — The Bayan Baru market here has been ordered to close from today after 11 Covid-19 cases were detected among the traders and workers. According to Penang Island City Council (MBPP), the temporary closure was for sanitisation...

KUCHING, Aug 31 — The Dayak Cultural Foundation (DCF) is awarding an incentive of RM50,000 to Bonnie Bunyau Gustin, Malaysia’s first gold medallist at the Tokyo Paralympic Games. In a statement yesterday, its managing trustee Tan Sri Datuk Amar.....

KUCHING, Aug 31 — Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Childhood Development Minister Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah has refuted the allegation by Pending assemblywoman Violet Yong that the government is ‘giving false confidence to our...

SIBU, Aug 31 — Covid-19 positive cases will be permitted to quarantine at home based on the suitability of cases, said the Sibu Divisional Disaster Management Committee (SDDMC). In an announcement posted on the Sibu Health Promotion Unit’s...

KUCHING, Aug 31 — The National Day, which is celebrated today, should remind Sarawakians of their struggle to put back Sarawak to where it was under the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63), said Parti Bansa Dayak Sarawak Baru (PBDS Baru) president...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — A senior citizen who had just been discharged from hospital quarantine for Covid-19 was killed when the ambulance he was in lost control and skidded into a drain at KM 21 Jalan Pekan-Batu Balik in Pekan yesterday....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — Former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today said his political party Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia welcomes the Keluarga Malaysia concept introduced by his successor Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Muhyiddin said...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — Medical staff on duty at the Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital in Sungai Petani had attended to a warded elderly Covid-19 patient within five minutes of being alerted that he had fallen from his bed, Dr Othman Warijo said today....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — The US military trial of two Malaysian militants and their Indonesian recruiter suspected of orchestrating the fatal bombings in Bali and Jakarta nearly 20 years ago hit some speed bumps on the first day of trial. US...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — Petaling MP Maria Chin Abdullah has proposed 14 parliamentary special select committees to improve oversight on government affairs and activities. In a Merdeka Day message, she said the proposal was supported by 56 other...

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 31 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today called on the people to embrace the theme of the 2021 National Day celebration, Caring Malaysia. In a post on his official Facebook, the prime minister stated that car...

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 31 — Malaysia today celebrated its 64th National Day, in a celebration filled with patriotism in the spirit of the Malaysian family. It is celebrated under the new normal circumstances for the second year due to the Covid-19...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 31 — In an attempt to prevent his wife from getting her Covid-19 shot, a Muslim man in Terengganu went as far as telling her he would divorce her by reciting lafaz taklik. Malay daily Berita Harian reported the couple to be in a.....