KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Parliament today passed three resolutions on the balance of receipts of Malaysian Government Investment Issues (MGII), Malaysian Islamic Treasury Bills (MITB) and Malaysian Treasury Bills (MTB) into the Development Fund and.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — A Malaysian Chinese exchange programme will be opened to youths aged 17 to 20, to foster international cultural and educational experience. The Malaysia-China Business Council (MCBC) Education Bureau is hosting the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — National Unity Minister Datuk Halimah Mohamed Sadique today visited the location of Thaipusam celebration at Batu Caves, Selangor to streamline the proposed standard operating procedure (SOP) The inspection was made...

MELAKA, Dec 16 — The Melaka Health Department has refuted the viral allegation of a double standard in the treatment of a woman in labour at the Melaka Hospital maternity ward. State Health director Dr Rusdi Abd Rahman said the allegation, which...

MUAR, Dec 16 — Five 16-year-old boys who were detained yesterday for their alleged involvement in the bullying of a secondary school student in Muar, have been remanded for three days from today to assist in the investigation. The remand order was....

KUALA LUMPUR,  Dec 16 — A study report on the goodness and benefits of cannabis, hemp and ketum (Mitragyna speciosa) will be submitted to the Ministry of Health (MOH) and Home Ministry oonest possible to obtain approval to grow these plant...

PUTRAJAYA, Dec 16 — Malaysia has prepared strict standard operating procedures (SOP) for the entry of foreign workers covering four stages to curb the risk of Covid-19 transmission, Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M Saravanan said. The four...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — The Sessions Court here today allowed statements which were recorded from Ewein Bhd founder and executive chairman Datuk Ewe Swee Keng before his death two months ago to be admitted as evidence in the corruption trial of...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has agreed to extend the current Dewan Rakyat meeting for another day to allow it to debate and vote on proposed amendments to the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases...

KUCHING, Dec 16 — The Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) candidate for Batu Kitang, Lo Khere Chiang, claimed today that voting for parties based outside the state would weaken the Sarawak state assembly. Lo, the incumbent for Batu Kitang,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Malaysia today reported 4,262 new Covid-19 infections. In an update on Twitter today, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brings the cumulative Covid-19 cases in the country to 2,707,402. MORE TO COME

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — The Real Estate and Housing Developers’ Association Malaysia (Rehda) urged the government to help the property industry by curbing anti-competition and profiteering activities. They said these practices were hurting the...

IPOH, Dec 16 — The state government plans to establish an introductory briefing between students, teachers and hostel wardens before school session begins so that bullying cases do not recur in the state, the Perak State Assembly (DUN) was told...

KOTA KINABALU, Dec 16 — The Sabah Law Society lauded the constitutional amendment to put Sabah and Sarawak on par with Peninsular Malaysia but said there were further issues that required resolution. SLS resident Roger Chin said the constitutional....

TANGKAK, Dec 16 — Police arrested a 33-year-old foreigner for allegedly sexually harassing and assaulting an eight-year-old girl at a sundry shop in Ulu Tiram near here. The incident took place at 7.50pm on Tuesday, when the man allegedly touched.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin urged lawmakers again today to support the Bill to increase penalties available to health authorities under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988. Lamenting the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 ― Total development expenditure for state-level projects has risen from RM28.9 billion in 2010 to RM30.6 billion in 2020, excluding DE for projects than span multiple states, said Deputy Finance Minister II Yamani Hafez Musa......

KUCHING, Dec 16 ― Some 1,485 police officers and personnel will be reporting for duty at 11 district police headquarters (IPD) as additional reinforcement to ensure the 12th Sarawak election this Saturday runs smoothly. State police contingent...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) director Tan Sri Ismee Ismail today denied that he was threatened into giving evidence against former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. Ismee also denied being given any...

KOTA TINGGI, Dec 16 ― The boat that capsized in waters off Tanjung Balau, near here, yesterday, was supposed to drop off its passengers in Kampung Tengah, near here, before taking another group of Indonesian nationals back to the republic....

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Nigeria is the latest country to be categorised as a country of risk by the Ministry of Health following a confirmed imported Covid-19 case involving an eight-year-old Malaysian girl who was travelling with her family....

KUCHING, Dec 16 — The weather on the morning of the 12th Sarawak state election this Saturday (Dec 18) is expected to be clear, with no rain forecast. However, the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) expects thunderstorms in the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — The government plans to increase the daily quota for Malaysian and Singapore citizens travelling through the Vaccinated Travel Lane-Land (VTL-Land) facility to 2,100 people each way accordi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Bracing for the threat of the more transmissible Covid-19 Omicron variant, large-scale New Year’s Eve and Christmas celebrations will not be allowed, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin announced today. However, smaller...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — The Sungai Semenyih Water Treatment Plant (WTP) has been temporarily shut down after odour pollution detected at the river, Air Selangor said With the shutdown, 463 areas in five areas — Petaling (172 areas), Hulu Langat...

IPOH, Dec 16 — A total of 250 teachers in Perak have yet to receive the Covid-19 vaccination as of November 22, the state legislative assembly was told today. Perak Education, Higher Education and Human Resource Committee chairman Ahmad Saidi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Full vaccination privileges will be withdrawn from Sinovac vaccine recipients and those aged 60 and above if they do not obtain booster doses by February, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said. In a press conference today,.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology will be available for toll payments by private Class 1 vehicles along the entire stretch of the North-South Expressway, beginning January 15, 2022. The Works Ministry said...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) trial finally managed to proceed today, after it had to be postponed twice earlier this week due to his MySejahtera status being...

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 16 — Malaysia has encountered its second case of the Covid-19 variant of concern dubbed Omicron, which the Health Ministry said was detected in an eight-year-old Malaysian girl who arrived from Nigeria. The ministry said the...