KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — The DAP will field first-time candidates in the Pengkalan Batu and Bandar Hilir seats for the November 20 Melaka state election. For Pengkalan Batu, the party has selected 25-year-old Muhamad Danish Zainudin while 37-year-old....

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 5 — The Court of Appeal here today set February 23 next year to decide on Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s appeal against a High Court’s decision in striking out his originating summons relating to his sodomy conviction against a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — The Health Ministry reported 4,922 new Covid-19 cases today, a decrease of 791 from yesterday’s 5,713 cases. The numbers bring Malaysia’s cumulative total to 2,497,265 cases, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham....

BENTONG, Nov 5 — Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has today ordered that a holistic study be made, with safety as a priority, on the redevelopment of Kampung Baru Karak, here. He said the study was...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun announced today that four out of the nine Parliamentary Select Committees (PSC) will be headed by the Opposition MPs. The decision followed the Parliamentary restructuring and...

KUCHING, Nov 5 — Sarawak Perikatan Nasional (PN) is leaving it to the wisdom of both the PN chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and the Chief Minister cum Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) chairman Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg to decide ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah, and the Raja Permaisuri Agong, Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, have expressed their condolences to the families of the two...

KUCHING, Nov 5 — The Sarawak State Legislative Assembly has been dissolved effective Nov 3, thus making way for a state election. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg said the dissolution was in compliance with the Yang di-Pertuan.....

KUCHING, Nov 5 — Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) has already discussed the allocation of seats among its component parties for the upcoming Sarawak state election, GPS chairman Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg. However, he said ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 ― The United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has on November 4 banned Smart Glove Corp Sdn Bhd’s rubber gloves from entering all its ports due to alleged forced labour practices. CBP issued a Withhold Release Order....

GEORGE TOWN, Nov 5 ― Penang is acquiring more lands to be made available for the industries for the sake of the state’s industrial development, said Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. He said the state’s investment arm, Penang Development...

ALOR SETAR, Nov 5 ― The number of flood victims in Kedah  has increased to 954 people from 266 families today, from 932 people, involving 262 families yesterday. Kedah Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM) Disaster Management Committee...

KOTA BARU, Nov 5 ― The police were forced to fire a shot at a car when its driver attempted to ram into them in an incident near the Wakaf Bharu Market in Tumpat yesterday. Kelantan deputy police chief Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun said the incident...

KUCHING, Nov 5 ― Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg today said the Sarawak election has to be held now as the state government feels that it would be betraying its oath if it were to hang on to power under the guise of Emergency even when its...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 ― A total of 22,417,059 individuals or 95.8 per cent of the adult population in the country have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH). Based on the MoH’s data on the.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 ― There were 64 deaths due to Covid-19 logged in yesterday including 16 brought-in-dead (BID) cases, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH). This brought the total number of deaths to 29,155 with a total of 5,903 BID cases......

KUCHING, Nov 5 ― Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) president Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh strongly believed that the 12th state election should not be rushed following the 60-day grace period that took effect on November 3 after the lifting of the Emergency....

KUCHING, Nov 5 ― The Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) election machinery should now be in ‘fourth gear’ following the lifting of the Emergency Order, as consented by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Wednesday. Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah, who is the...

MIRI, Nov 5 ― Assistant Minister of Local Government and Housing Datu Dr Penguang Manggil is eager for the 12th state election to be called soon following the lifting of the Emergency Order on Sarawak. The Marudi incumbent also aims to dispel some....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 5 — The Umno-led Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition will find it more challenging to win now that PAS has decided to contest the Melaka state election under the Perikatan Nasional (PN) banner, according to political analysts. For...

LAWAS, Nov 4 — Plans to build and upgrade the road linking the entry point of the Malaysia-Indonesia border to Long Lopeng will bring big changes to the Ba’kelalan area, said Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister, Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan. He...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — A total of 1,047 new variant of concern (VOC) cases, namely, the Delta, has been detected from October 29 until today. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brought the cumulative number of cases...

IPOH, Nov 4 — A 35-year-old local man was found dead in Taman Silibin, here, today, believed to have been murdered. Ipoh district police chief, ACP Yahaya Hassan said based on information received from Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital, here, an...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — The number of flood victims in Kedah continued to rise this afternoon as another flood relief centre (PPS) was opened in Kota Setar district, while the only PPS in Melaka was closed after the flood waters fully subsided. In...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — Unity in diversity is the true strength of the Malaysian Family, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Taking the example of the Deepavali festival, he said it was being celebrated today by various races in an...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — Yayasan Peneraju Pendidikan Bumiputera (Yayasan Peneraju) aims to fund more than 10,000 new Bumiputera talents and more than 6,500 existing beneficiaries who are undergoing training in high-impact fields such as finance,...

KUALA TERENGGANU, Nov 4 — Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang was returned unopposed as PAS president at the 67th PAS Muktamar (annual general assembly) for the 2021-2023 term. PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said Datuk Seri Tuan...

KUCHING, Nov 4 — Express and stage bus services in Sarawak will be allowed to operate at full passenger-seat capacity from tomorrow. The State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN) is a statement today said the decision was made based on the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 — The enhanced movement control order (EMCO) will be enforced at Ladang Sime Darby Bukit Puteri, Batu Yon 1 sub-district, Lipis, Pahang from November 6 to 19. National Security director-general Datuk Rodzi Md Saad said in a...

MELAKA, Nov 4 — A total of 254 nomination forms for the Melaka state election have been sold since they were made available on October 18, a spokesman from the Election Commission (EC) headquarters said today. The forms have been sold at the EC...