KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — Hawa Osman was robbed of her eldest son Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain when he died four years ago while just a student at the National Defence University of Malaysia (UPNM) in Sungai Besi here. The pain of learning that his...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) welcomed the decision of Islamist party PAS to use the coalition’s logo at the Melaka state election this month, said Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali. The PN information chief lauded the decision,...

MIRI, Nov 2 — The Magistrates’ Court here today fined a man RM1,500 in default two months in prison for enticing and having an affair with a married woman. Magistrate Md Syafique Md Hilmie convicted Matthew Gima, 26, of Spaoh on his own guilty...

KLUANG, Nov 2 — A 22-year-old woman and her grandparents were killed after the multipurpose vehicle (MPV) they were travelling in collided with a tipper lorry along Jalan Johor in Kampung Pinggir near here early today. It was learnt that the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (Langkawi-Pejuang) said Budget 2022 could be further reduced by privatising infrastructure projects. During the Budget 2022 debate today, the twice former prime minister cited the National Digital...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — The projects to upgrade dilapidated schools in Sabah will only be undertaken by the Sabah Public Works Department (JKR), the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Deputy Education Minister II Datuk Mohamad Alamin said this was due to.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — Malaysia recorded 5,071 new Covid-19 infections today. This is an increase of 445 cases from yesterday's log of 4,626 infections. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the cumulative Covid-19 cases ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — DAP’s Tony Pua today said he disagreed with Auditor-General (AG) Datuk Nik Azman Nik Abdul Majid’s worry of the Malaysian government financing older matured loans by taking on new debts, saying it is normal practice to...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — A projection of a five to six per cent expansion for the local economy as aimed within Budget 2022 is indeed achievable, provided there is proper implementation and oversight of the public funds, said DAP’s Tony Pua. The...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 ― The government is still studying the number of foreign workers who will be allowed to enter the country for the sectors permitted to employ the workers, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah...

GEORGE TOWN, Nov 2 ― Penang won’t be short of subsidised cooking oil anymore this week, the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry said today. The ministry’s Penang director Mohd Ridzuan Ab Ghapar gave an assurance that supplies of the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — Wan Nadiah Wan Abdullah Yaakob, CEO of the Thomson Hospital in Kota Damansara, Selangor, is the only Malaysian to be listed in Forbes Asia’s top 29 Power Businesswomen this year. The group CEO and executive director of TMC.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff said today the government is looking to establish a Children’s Department under her ministry. Siti Zailah admitted to a question from...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — The Ministry of Finance (MoF) is waiting for the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) to report its findings by federal auditors that RM620 million in public funds had been lost in 2020 before taking any action. Deputy Finance...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — Deputy Finance Minister Yamani Hafez Musa today said the company linked to him in the Pandora Papers exposé is dormant and he does not receive any funds from it. Answering a question from Hassan Abdul Karim (Pasir...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — The High Court today convicted six former National Defence University of Malaysia (UPNM) students of causing the death of marine cadet officer Zulfarhan Osman Zulkarnain in 2017. Judge Datuk Azman Abdullah said all six were...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — The team behind the #HartalDoktorKontrak (HDK) movement pushing for contract medical officers to be given permanent posts said yesterday it will be organising a second event in protest of the recent Budget 2022 announcement......

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — Neither Bersatu’s Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin nor Umno’s Datuk Seri Najib Razak breached the prohibition against political gatherings during their recent visit to Melaka ahead of the state election, the Ministry of Health...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — The government said today it will not intervene in the setting of prices for domestic flights. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said the Cabinet has not intervened since 2006, when the industry was allowed to reduce....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — The DAP Central Executive Committee (CEC) today voiced its stance against nominating the four Melaka state assemblymen who had earlier yanked support for former Melaka chief minister Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali, causing the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — Malaysia recorded 63 more deaths due to Covid-19 as of midnight, including 18 who were brought in dead. Based on the Health Ministry's CovidNow data, the total number of Covid-19 deaths in Malaysia so far is 28,975, with....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — Today’s Dewan Rakyat sitting is expected to focus on the issue of the establishment of the Children’s Commission Act as an independent body with specific jurisdiction to protect the rights and welfare of children ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — PAS will use the Perikatan Nasional (PN) logo in the Melaka state election on Nov 20, says its president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang. In a statement released on Facebook last night, he said ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 2 — An award-winning Malaysian whisky recently attracted controversy over its name “Timah” — which is the Malay word for “tin” — with multiple ministries and government agencies stepping in to discuss the possibility.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali wants the people to form their own judgment on those who rejected any form of cooperation with Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) in the Melaka state election on November 20. Mohamed Azmin,.....

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 1 — A former cook escaped the death penalty when the Federal Court set aside his conviction and death sentence for trafficking 4,754gm of cannabis, eight years ago. A three-judge panel led by Chief Judge of Malaya Tan Sri Azahar...

KOTA KINABALU, Nov 1 — Fully vaccinated visitors entering Sabah will now undergo a shorter quarantine period. Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun today said upon arrival, a fully vaccinated visitor will be allowed to undergo.....

KUCHING, Nov 1 — Fourteen out of the 20 Covid-19 fatalities recorded in the state between September 30 to October 30 were in Betong Hospital, revealed the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). “On September 30, there was a Brought In Dead.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 1 — The Commercial Crime Investigation Department (CCID) has warned that fraud syndicates are using social media platforms to offer jobs online promising high incomes of between RM200 and RM300 a day. Bukit Aman CCID director...

MELAKA, Nov 1 — Pakatan Harapan has almost finalised its decision on whether two former Umno state assemblymen would be allowed to contest on behalf of Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the Melaka State Election on November 20, says its chairman Datuk Seri.....