KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — Self-test Covid-19 kits have been flying off the shelves nationwide but not many have been reporting the outcome of their results. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said almost five million self test...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — The effective reproduction number (Rt) of Covid-19 infections in Malaysia surging back up to 1.0 could be an early sign of another wave of the coronavirus epidemic, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today. The Health...

KUALA LUMPUR, 12 Nov — Former attorney general Tan Sri Tommy Thomas and 12 others are seeking to quash a suit by former Asian International Arbitration Centre (AIAC) director Datuk Prof N. Sundra Rajoo for wrongful arrest and prosecution in an...

COMMENTARY, Nov 12 — Racial politics seems to have taken a back seat in the Melaka state election as campaigning enters its fifth day. As of now, the issue seems to be about the chief minister candidate which was the cause of the dissolution of...

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 12 — Former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng and former Penang Barisan Nasional chief Teng Chang Yeow have agreed to settle a defamation suit over an article on Pulau Jerejak. Lim’s counsel Datuk N. Mureli informed the Court of.....

MELAKA, Nov 12 — Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) has made thorough preparations to ensure electricity supply at polling stations and tallying centres is not disrupted during the Melaka state election on November 20. TNB Distribution Network Division.....

ALOR GAJAH, Nov 12 — Parti Perikatan India Muslim Nasional (IMAN) will unveil its manifesto for the Melaka state election next week, said its secretary-general Amir Hamzah Abdul Rajak. It would be launched in a hybrid manner either on Monday or...

PAPAR, Nov 12 — The Sabah government is stepping up preparations with the approaching of the north-east monsoon for all eventualities. Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji Noor said he did not want a similar situation during the floods in Penampang last...

KUCHING, Nov 12 — Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah has called on the Election Commission (EC) to come up with realistic standard operating procedures (SOP) to be used during campaign activities in the interior areas during...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will lead the Malaysian delegation at the Apec Economic Leaders’ Meeting (AELM) scheduled at 7pm today. Set to be chaired by New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, all 21...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — A private legal firm was appointed to draft a preliminary contract between Consortium Zenith-Beijing Urban Construction Group (CZ-BUCG) and the Penang state government without it ever being referred to the state government...

MELAKA, Nov 12 — Although she has been labelled a ‘traitor’, this has not dampened the spirits of Masjid Tanah Member of Parliament, Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin to continue to serve her constituents. In fact, she is determined to repa...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — PKR’s communication director Fahmi Fadzil today questioned the authorities after a man was fined RM4,000 for wearing a jacket bearing the Pakatan Harapan (PH) symbol. He attached a picture of the summons on his Twitter...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — A special meeting on the 12th Sarawak state election will be held on Nov 24 in Kuching, Sarawak. Election Commission (EC) secretary Datuk Ikmalrudin Ishak said the meeting, to be chaired by EC chairman Datuk Abdul Ghani...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 ― Malaysia will not face stagflation despite rising global inflation, with 2022 GDP growth expected to range between 5.5 per cent and 6.5 per cent. However, Malaysia must embrace structural reforms to foster dynamism,....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) logged 6,517 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours. The latest numbers represented an increase of 194 cases compared to the new infections recorded yesterday. This makes it the third day in a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 ― The ringgit appreciated by 0.9 per cent against the US dollar as of November 9 (since October 1), broadly in line with the trend in other regional currencies, Bank Negara Malaysia governor Datuk Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus said.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 ― Malaysia’s Current Account Balance (CAB) recorded a surplus of RM11.6 billion in the third quarter of 2021 (Q3 2021) compared to RM14.4 billion in the previous quarter (Q2 2021), the Department of Statistics Malaysia...

MELAKA, Nov 12 ― Perikatan Nasional (PN) is launching its manifesto for the Melaka state election this Sunday, according to its campaign coordinator. PN Melaka election campaign coordinator Badrul Hisham Shaharin, also known as Che’gu Bard, said....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — The impact of the proposed Cukai Makmur (Prosperity Tax) under the recently announced Budget 2022 is expected to be manageable on the banks, given that it is a one-off tax, said Bank Negara Malaysia...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB) said that it has secured a working capital financing package worth RM400 million from Deutsche Bank (Malaysia) Berhad. It said that the package consists of a RM150 million bank guarantee line...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — The effective reproduction number (Rt) of Covid-19 infections in Malaysia — an indicator of how fast the disease is spreading — has surged back up to 1.0, according to Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. A value higher...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — The High Court will hear on Dec 14 an application by Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor to recuse High Court Judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan from hearing her case on money laundering (AMLA) and for tax evasion. Rosmah, 69, who is t...

BA’KELALAN, Nov 12 — Construction of the Ba’kelalan Customs, Immigration and Quarantine (CIQ) Complex, which has been left abandoned since two years ago, will be re-tendered to get the project completed, said Sarawak Deputy Ch...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — A total of 2,472,098 individuals or 78.5 percent of adolescents, aged between 12 and 17, have completed their Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday, according to the Health Ministry. Based on the Health Ministry’s data on...

SIBU, Nov 12 — The Sarawak government has allocated a total of RM2.174 billion to the Ministry of Education, Science and Technological Research (MESTR) since its establishment in 2017, thus reflecting the state g...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — A total of 131 parliamentary members (MPs) debated  the Supply Bill 2022 at the policy level which ended yesterday after the session continued for the third week of the Dewan Rakyat sitting. The winding up s...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) has recorded another 49 deaths due to Covid-19, bringing the total number of fatalities from the pandemic in Malaysia to 29,535. According to the CovidNow website, updated by MoH to show the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — A man died and another was seriously injured after falling off a Ferris wheel at a funfair in Cheras here. Kajang police deputy chief Supt Mohd Sabri Abdullah said the police&n...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 12 — Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa has issued a ‘gentle reminder’ to artistes who have yet to get vaccinated against Covid-19 to do so to enable them to resume their work. He said getting...