KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — Malaysia recorded 21,176 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, with cumulative cases now standing at 1,940,950 cases, according to data released by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. This is in....

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 10 — The Penang government has set up a new Covid-19 call centre to improve the response time in monitoring patients and those under home quarantine from close contacts starting from September 15. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — A total of RM12.3 billion of the special Covid-19 aid (BKC), encompassing Bantuan Prihatin Nasional 2.0 (BPN 2.0), Bantuan Prihatin Rakyat (BPR) and BPR Tambahan, has been distributed to almost 10 million.....

IPOH, Sept 10 — The High Court has set Oct 25 to decide the citizenship application of a stateless child, born to a Malaysian father and Chinese national mother in Ipoh. Judge Datuk Abdul Wahab Mohamed made the ruling after hearing submissions...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — Despite registering RM92.7 billion in July 2021, the overall sales in Malaysia’s wholesale and retail sector contracted by -14.7 per cent compared to the same period last year. The latest data released by the Department...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 ― Muar Member of Parliament Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman today maintained his not guilty plea on two counts of money laundering charges, involving RM100,000. The former Youth and Sports minister made the plea when the...

MIRI, Sept 10 ― A 32-year-old man who climbed a tarap tree in an orchard in Kampung Kejapil, Bekenu yesterday was shot dead after he was apparently mistaken for a monkey. It is learnt that the incident happened around 12 noon, when the man was on.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — The Malay Muslim community prioritised social and economic issues such as poverty and living cost over matters such as institutional reform, according to a survey by think-tank Ilham Centre. In its “Institutional Reform...

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 10 — Penang should leverage the skills and expertise of the private medical sector here for its fight against Covid-19, said DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng. The Bagan MP said Penang has a natural competitive advantage as it...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — After being in “pole position” for many months in terms of generating new Covid-19 cases, the Klang Valley has of late observed a decline in infections, thus enabling it to shift to the second phase of the National...

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 10 — The government’s shortage of medical personnel and beds to treat Covid-19 could be resolved if Health Minister Khairy Jamaludin invokes Section 26 (1) of the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 to...

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 10 — Penang state executive councillor Jagdeep Singh Deo is calling on the federal government to open vaccination for all students in the country before they go back to school on October 1. He said the vaccination for adolescents....

KUCHING, Sept 10 — Sarawak’s Minister of Welfare, Community Wellbeing, Women, Family and Early Childhood Development Datuk Sri Fatimah Abdullah today said the High Court’s decision on automatic citizenship conferment will solve many problems...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin must keep his word to provide a detailed explanation for the increasing number of brought-in-dead (BID) Covid-19 cases, DAP lawmaker Lim Kit Siang said today. The Iskandar Puteri MP said...

MELAKA, Sept 10 — Melaka through the Melaka Historic City Council (MBMB) has won the ‘Jean Paul L’allier Prize For Heritage’ award organised by the Organisation of World Heritage Cities (OWHC) which is based in Quebec, Canada. The...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — Nominees to be the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of Parliament should not include those with unresolved criminal charges or scandals, said Tan Sri Rais Yatim. The Dewan Negara president said in an Utusan Malaysia report today...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — A total of 51.1 per cent of Malaysia’s total population or 16,680,780 individuals have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday, according to the Special Committee for Ensuring Access to Covid-19 Vaccine...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has cleared rubber glove makers Top Glove Corporation to resume exporting and selling its gloves to the country. In a statement, Top Glove said that this comes following....

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 10 — Roadblocks in Putrajaya ended at midnight after operating for nine months since January 13. Putrajaya police chief ACP A. Asmadi Abdul Aziz said even though the roadblocks have been removed, the people are rem...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — A jewellery shop owner suffered injuries to her face and lost over  RM200,000 when her store was robbed yesterday evening. Gombak police chief ACP Zainal Mohamed Mohamed said in the 6.15pm incident three me...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 10 — Two local broadcasters were recently instructed by the Film Censorship Board (LPF) to stop displaying male and female innerwear in their respective home shopping segments. In the letters to the broadcasters sighted by Malay....

KOTA KINABALU, Sept 9 — Five more new cases involving the Rapak cluster were detected in Ranau today, bringing the total number of Covid-19 positive cases for the cluster to 42, said Sabah Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun.....

BUKIT MERTAJAM, Sept 9 — The police busted a drug smuggling and distribution syndicate with the arrest of 11 men and seizure of various types of drugs worth RM34.1 million following a series of raids in Penang, Kedah and Perak on September 3....

JOHOR BARU, Sept 9 — Johor police have crippled a syndicate targeting telecommunications companies following a series of arrest of mule account holders and syndicate members around Iskandar Puteri last Wednesday. Johor police chief Datuk Ayob Khan....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 — The hybrid celebration of National Sports Day (HSN) 2021 which will be held simultaneously throughout the country on October 9 will see a difference through the use of the latest technologies. Youth and Sports Minister Datuk....

ALOR SETAR, Sept 9 — The Sultan of Kedah, Al Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah and the royal family today donated a container to the Sultanah Maliha Hospital (HSM) in Langkawi, to store the remains of deceased Covid-19 patients....

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 9 — The Health Ministry (MOH) did not rule out the possibility of waning effectiveness of Covid-19 vaccines over time that drives transmission in Sarawak. Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the ministry is also studying the...

YAN, Sept 9 — There are significant changes detected on the slopes and peak of Gunung Jerai, here following the debris flow incidents that occurred on August 18. Kedah, Perlis and Penang Minerals and Geoscience Department director Abdullah...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 — Domestic tourists from all over the country, with the exception of those residing in areas placed under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO), are allowed to visit Langkawi island from September 16, said Tourism, Arts...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 9 — The National Student Consultative Council (MPPK) today said that the Higher Education Institution (IPT) Student Vaccination Programme will enable the Covid-19 vaccination rate to be accelerated to form safe campus bubbles....