KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s lawyers had been trying to justify his use of Yayasan Akalbudi’s funds to give out RM10 million to a coal supplying company and RM360,000 to a voter registration firm, but these companies.....

TAWAU, Oct 13 — Nearly 19,000 residents in the districts of Tawau, Semporna and Kunak are now able to enjoy faster and quality broadband service with the construction of six new communication towers under the National Digital Network Plan...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — Ten work packages under phase one of the Pan Borneo Highway project from Sematan to Miri have reached 71 per cent completion, as of last September, said Deputy Works Minister Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup. He said the Telok...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — The Election Commission (EC) will hold a special meeting in Melaka at 10am next Monday to discuss the implementation of the state election. EC secretary Datuk Ikmalrudin Ishak in a statement said the meeting, which will be...

JOHOR BARU, Oct 13 — Former Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Osman Sapian was hospitalised after experiencing a stroke here today. The Kempas assemblyman and Johor Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) leader was reportedly rushed to the KPJ Johor...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — The Federal Territories Ministry in collaboration with Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will be implementing a shared space project in Jalan Raja Muda Musa, Kampung Baru, here, early next year and is expected to be ready by...

KUCHING, Oct 13 — Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh today urged the ruling Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) to refrain from calling for the state election before the end of this year. He said the rumour mills have been...

JOHOR BARU, Oct 13 — The Johor government has decided to postpone Maulidur Rasul celebrations, which were initially scheduled to take place on October 19, due to Covid-19 risks. State Islamic Religious Affairs Committee chairman Tosrin Jarvanthi...

KOTA KINABALU, Oct 13 — Sabah has decided to allow movement interstate, going along with the rest of the country as of November 1, despite having only achieved 70 per cent Covid-19 vaccination of its registered adult population. Chief Minister...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the party will enter the Melaka state election alone even as some of his party colleagues seemed keen to work with PAS. In a talk show with titled PRU15: Membentuk atau...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — Malaysia recorded 7,950 new Covid-19 cases today, a slight increase from yesterday’s numbers, which stood at 7,276. This brings the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country to 2,361,529. MORE TO COME

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 —  DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today urged the Ministry of Finance (MoF) to direct Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) to launch a full investigation into the Pandora Papers exposé to show that the Malaysian government ...

KUCHING, Oct 13 — Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) president Voon Lee Shan today said the state government should not be the one to foot the bill for the RM500 one-off financial incentive for federal officers serving in Sarawak in recognition of their...

SHAH ALAM, Oct 13 — The Magistrate’s Court here today issued a three-day remand order against another employee of a government agency for allegedly soliciting and receiving bribes from a private company as an inducement to secure a contract...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — The government is currently refining the draft amendments to three Acts as it moves towards ratifying the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP), said Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Lim...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — Former home minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi had dishonestly misappropriated charitable foundation Yayasan Akalbudi’s funds to give RM1.3 million to the police’s football club in November 2015, as this cannot count....

GEORGE TOWN, Oct 13 — The Penang Island City Council (MBPP) will be increasing surveillance and monitoring of tourist hotspots together with the police and state health department enforcement team this coming weekend to ensure visitors from other.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — A recent survey showed that there is a 50 per cent drop in individuals having faith that their Employee Provident Fund (EPF) savings will hold them in their retirement years. According to financial platform RinggitPlus, only....

IPOH, Oct 13 — A 36-year-old school warden was fined RM8,000 and sentenced to one-day imprisonment for receiving a bribe amounting to RM5,800 in exchange for not deducting the school food contractor’s claims in 2017.  Muhamad Rozi Ahmad....

KUCHING, Oct 13 — The State Health Department will begin administering the third dose and booster shots of the Covid-19 vaccine to eligible residents in Sarawak from today, said deputy director Dr Rosemawati Ariffin. She said priority will be...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — Bukit Aman Commercial Criminal Investigation (JSJK) deputy director Datuk Muhammed Hasbullah Ali is among five senior officers of the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) involved in a transfer exercise which takes effect this Nov...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — Taps in Klang Valley started going dry from 9am today as Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) started its scheduled upgrading and maintenance work for critical assets at its Sungai Selangor Phase 1 Water Treatment.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — The prosecution today questioned if Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and his wife were thinking of the poor in Malaysia when they went shopping at brands associated with luxury goods. The prosecution said this when highlighting....

SIBU, Oct 13 — The state’s first Field Hybrid Modular Intensive Care Unit (FHyICU) at Sibu Hospital has been completed and is ready to commence operation on Friday. Sarawak Health Department deputy director (Medical) Dr Azlee Ayub said...

KUCHING, Oct 13 — Two men were arrested on suspicion of robbing a goldsmith shop in Kenyalang Park here on Oct 5, involving losses of RM30,000. Kuching police chief ACP Ahsmon Bajah said the suspects, aged 35 and 61, were arrested by Criminal...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — A total of 21,220,121 individuals or 90.6 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday (Oct 12), according to ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — The Health Ministry recorded 103 new deaths from Covid-19 as at midnight, bringing the total lives lost in the country to 27,525. Out of the new deaths logged, 26 died before they could be hospitalised. Selangor was the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13 — The emergence of Parti Kuasa Rakyat (Kuasa) that promotes seemingly left-leaning policies but also touts a government-friendly stance looks set to split votes among urban Malay voters, political observers polled by Malay...

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 12 — The face-to-face school session has been implemented well and in an orderly manner in compliance with the prescribed guidelines and standard operating procedures (SOPs), said Senior Education Minister Datuk Mohd Radzi Md...

MUAR, Oct 12 — The Singapore government has been asked to consider the standard operating procedures (SOPs) on the reopening of the Malaysia-Singapore borders submitted by the Johor government and approved by the federal government. Johor Mentri...