KOTA KINABALU, Sept 2 — A magnitude 3.2 earthquake was detected in Semporna, about 530 kilometres (km) south-east of here, at 1.45pm today. The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) in a statement said the epicentre was 10km south of...

KOTA KINABALU, Sept 2 — Sabah aims to administer 60,000 jabs a day this month in the hopes of fully vaccinating its adult population by next month, said Sabah Covid-19 spokesman Datuk Masidi Manjun today. He said that this was possible with the...

TOKYO, Sept 2 — Six-time world badminton champion Cheah Liek Hou has booked his place in the last four of the Tokyo Paralympics after another convincing win in his second Group B match today. Liek Hou, who is competing in the men’s singles SU5...

HONG KONG, Sept 2 — Central banks in Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and South Africa will conduct a cross border payments trial using different central bank digital currencies (CBDC) to assess if this allows transactions to be settled more cheaply....

KOTA KINABALU, Sept 2 — Police are tracking down a group known as “Perjalanan Mimpi Yang Terakhir” (PMYT) that is believed to be spreading deviant teaching, including triggering World War III in Sabah. Inspector-General of Police Datuk Sri...

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 2 — Penang state executive councillor Norlela Ariffin wants a new law that will compel private health facilities to take in more seriously ill Covid-19 patients to relieve the congestion in public hospitals, and hopefully save...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases rose to 20,988 today, up from yesterday’s 18,762. This brings the country’s total number of positive cases to 1,786,004 since the start of the pandemic. MORE TO COME

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun today confirmed that his office has received several motions from MPs asking him to vacate his position in the coming Parliament sitting. He asserted that he has never denied...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang, Datuk Seri Richard Riot Jaem and Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing have all been retained as the government’s special envoys, the Prime Minister’s Office confirmed today. All three were previously...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) senior director of investigation Datuk Norazlan Mohd Razali has been appointed the commission’s Deputy Chief Commissioner of Prevention, effective today. Norazla...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — The Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) and its allies have agreed to increase crude oil production slightly, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Moham...

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 2 ― The Penang government must start developing its own measures to stop the spread of Covid-19 in the state, several lawmakers told the state legislative assembly today. Deputy Chief Minister II Prof P. Ramasamy (PH ― Prai)...

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 2 ― Work on the RM200.3 million Gurney Wharf project is expected to start in the fourth quarter of this year after delays in the project due to the Covid-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdowns. State executive councillor Jagdeep...

KOTA KINABALU, Sept 2 ― Incessant rain that started late Tuesday and lasted until yesterday has caused 45 villages in Beaufort and 15 villages in Membakut to be hit by floods. The Beaufort District Disaster Management Secretariat, in a statement...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 ― Former health minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam has claimed that he had tried to resolve the decades-old problem faced by junior medical officers in the civil service back when the Barisan Nasional was in power, but...

MELAKA, Sept 2 ― About 58.11 per cent of the population in Melaka has completed both doses of the Covid-19 vaccination, thus providing an opportunity for the state to move to Phase Two of the National Recovery Plan, said Chief Minister Datuk Seri.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 ― The federal government today announced a ceiling price of RM19.90 for Covid-19 self-test kits in retail stores starting September 5. It also capped the wholesale price for the kits at RM16. “The demand for rapid test kits.....

JOHOR BARU, Sept 2 ― An elderly couple were rescued by firemen after their house at Batu 10, Kampung Laut in Skudai here was inundated by flood waters due to heavy rain early this morning. Said Ahmad and his wife Kamariah Kanto, both in their late....

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 2 — Penang will be installing smart street poles in the state that can be used to provide free WiFi among other telecommunication functions under its Penang Connectivity Master Plan (PCMP), state executive councillor Zairil Khir.....

JOHOR BARU, Sept 2 —  Johor Health director Datuk Dr Aman Rabu has acknowledged a complaint from a Covid-19 positive woman who gave birth unassisted while warded at the Sultan Ismail Hospital (HSI) two months ago. He promised a detailed...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 —  A total of  65.1 per cent of the adult population in the country, or 15,241,655 individuals, have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday, according to the Covid-19 Vaccine Supply Access Guaran...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 —  The prosecution failed today to convince the Court of Appeal to overturn the High Court’s decision to dismiss the government’s forfeiture of RM192.9 million against Umno, Wanita MCA and seven others. This means ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — Iskandar Puteri MP Lim Kit Siang has urged newly-minted Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin to address Malaysia’s high Covid-19 infections and deaths that were persisting despite the country’s rapid vaccination. While...

KOTA KINABALU, Sept 2 — As the Covid-19 vaccination rate in the state is currently more than 40 per cent of the adult population, the state government has decided to ease the SOP for restaurants by allowing outdoor seating. Sabah Covid-19...

MIRI, Sept 2 — A 61-year-old driver was killed after he crashed his car into a tree at Jalan Taman Awam last night (Sept 1). Firefighters responding to a report received at 10.50pm found Tan Kaw Tee trapped inside the burning vehicle. According to....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — The water supply problem that affected 463 areas in the Klang Valley on Merdeka Day has been fully fixed after two days. Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) said water supply was fully restored at 6am today....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — Malaysia’s oldest university Universiti Malaya (UM) has retained its spot among the top 350 universities in a global ranking for the fourth consecutive year, the Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2022.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 2 — “Congratulations Ziyad, be patient Ziyad”. This is the advice of national track cycling champion Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang to para shot-put athlete, Ziyad Zolkefli following the latter’s gold medal....

TOKYO, Sept 2 — “This was my best performance in my career, ” said national swimmer, Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli, 26, after ending his debut campaign at the Paralympic Games in the final 50 metre (m) men’s freestyle event ...

KOTA KINABALU, Sept 2 — Sabah’s surge of new Covid-19 cases has led experts to suggest that another crisis may hit the state with hospitals already unable to cope with the staggering numbers of patients, and some wards tripling their normal...