KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — Budget 2022 cleared its first stage today with a voice vote in the Dewan Rakyat. Earlier, Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz had a torrid time getting through his winding-up speech as MPs questioned him on various...

ISKANDAR PUTERI, Nov 18 — The Johor government has announced a special financial assistance of half a month’s salary or a minimum of RM1,000 to civil servants in the state, including federal civil servants whose salaries are paid by the state...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) has decided to seek voice votes during Budget 2022’s policy stage next week as the coalition objected to some parts of the federal spending plan, its presidential council said today. In a statement,...

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 18 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) today urged students, teenagers and the less fortunate people to subscribe to the Keluarga Malaysia Teen Package and Keluarga Malaysia Device Package launched by the....

IPOH, Nov 18 — After the High Court here gave the police a dressing down for their shoddy attempts at relocating M. Indira Gandhi’s youngest daughter, Prasana Diksa, Indira Gandhi Action Team (Ingat) chairman Arun Dorasamy today said it is time.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — Finance Minister Datuk Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz said the Cabinet received and discussed former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s application for a plot of land and home, which some have valued at RM100 million....

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 18 — The cost of performing the Haj for the 1443H/2022 season will be finalised after it is tabled before the Cabinet, says Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Idris Ahmad. He said Tabung Haji...

GEORGE TOWN, Nov 18 — The Penang government was willing to collaborate with other northern states, including Kedah, to create a Northern Peninsular Malaysia Travel Corridor, said a state official. Tourism and creative economy committee chairman...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim was practising double standards for prohibiting the sale of liquor in the city’s sundry shops and Chinese medicine halls, said parliamentarians. They made the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) named Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia’s (Bersatu) Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin as its candidate for the position of Melaka chief minister, should the coalition win the state poll on November 20. The.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — Despite the current climb in Covid-19 cases, most Malaysians are less worried about catching the coronavirus today than they are about the dire state of their wallets and the level of political corruption in the country....

SHAH ALAM, Nov 18 — The Ministry of Education (MoE) aims 70 per cent of 80,000 Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) graduates to be employed as skilled workers in the relevant industries by 2025. Its deputy minister Datuk Dr Mah.....

KOTA KINABALU, Nov 18 — Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Dr Jeffrey Kitingan has backed the Singapore-based company handling the state’s controversial carbon trading deal to come good, citing its experience in the field. Facing criticism for...

PUTRAJAYA, Nov 18 — Malaysia’s labour productivity, measured by value-added per employment, fell 5.6 per cent in the third quarter of 2021 (Q3 2021) with a productivity value of RM21,985 per person compared to RM22,128 per person in the previous....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — A former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) chief financial officer related in the High Court today the reason he went all the way to the Middle East on Jho Low’s orders at the height of the scandal. Azmi Tahir, who was...

COMMENTARY, Nov 18 — The fight for Malay supremacy in the historical state of Melaka ends tomorrow. There won’t be a final grandstanding this time before official election campaigning ends when the clock strikes midnight. The strict Covid-19...

MELAKA, Nov 18 — The Melaka government has declared Saturday (Nov 20) as a special public holiday to enable the people to go out and vote in the state election. State Secretary Datuk Kamel Mohamad, in a statement...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — The country's daily Covid-19 cases continued to remain above the 6,000-mark, with the Ministry of Health recording 6,380 new transmissions as of noon today. Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said th...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — The setting of the price to obtain three spectra to roll out the national fifth-generation (5G) network in the country is done through consultation with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) using the....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — The Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has been instructed to review its standard operating procedures so that more proactive action can be taken against those who upload content that is insulting to religion,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — Any directors of the government-owned 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) would probably have to give up their positions if they had said “no” to what the prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak wanted, the High Court...

KUCHING, Nov 18 — Kuching has now become the first city in Malaysia to be accepted as a member of Unesco Creative Cities Network (UCCN) in the field of gastronomy, state Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Sri Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah...

IPOH, Nov 18 — Perak PKR information chief Muhammad Arafat Varisai Mahamad today alleged that voters in the Tambun constituency who sought help at the Tambun Parliament service centre were forced to register as Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — A youth initiative called #KamiNampak (Malay for “we see”) said today it has recorded 17 cases so far of politicians playing up racial and religious sentiments while campaigning online for the Melaka state election. The.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 ― The 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) board had been “used” in order to make the government-owned company’s transactions look legitimate as they had only been fed with limited and misleading information, a former...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 ― A total of 108 letters of acceptance (SST) for construction projects approved by the federal government have been issued to the companies involved until early November. Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said...

UALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 ― Bersatu’s Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin has the potential to be Melaka’s first woman chief minister, according to democracy outreach organisation Kuasa. The non-government outfit predicted that she is likely to be...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 ― The Dewan Rakyat broke into a tumult today as Opposition MPs raked Deputy Speaker Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon for disallowing them from questioning National Unity Minister Datuk Halimah Mohamed Sadique about the alleged...

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 18 — No person with disabilities (PWD) lost their jobs from the Covid-19 pandemic, according to records by the Human Resource Ministry, said Deputy Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff....

SEBERANG PERAI, Nov 18 — The police have classified the death of a pilot in the Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) Hawk 108 aircraft crash at the Butterworth air base as a case of sudden death (SDR). Penang police chief Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain....