IPOH, Jan 17 — Four individuals have been issued compounds for violating standard operating procedures (SOP) in conjunction with the Thaipusam celebrations, said Perak police chief Datuk Mior Faridalathrash Wahid. He said the SOP violations were...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — The bantuanbanjir.com portal developed by the Finance Ministry gathers various links under one website to make it easier for the public to obtain information on flood relief assistance provided by the government. Finance...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Maybank is currently having a major outage which affects most of its banking services both online and offline. Besides its website and mobile applications, Maybank has updated that its ATMs, self-service terminals (SSTs) are....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Malaysians are reminded to continue complying with the Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs) during the Thaipusam celebration tomorrow and the  Chinese New Year festival next month. Health Minister Khairy...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — The Parliamentary Select Committee (PSC) for Agencies Under the Prime Minister’s Department meeting to discuss the issue of share ownership involving Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) lauded today the Ministry of Health’s (MoH) proposal for a white paper on reforming the country’s healthcare system. MMA president Dr Koh Kar Chai said these reforms must be...

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 17 — Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi today warned subsidised cooking oil packaging companies to conduct their businesses in accordance with the conditions set to ensure that there...

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 17 — The Court of Appeal has fixed February 7 to deliver its decision on Khairy Jamaluddin’s appeal to challenge Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s defamation suit over a statement of immoral character filed against him, 14 years ago....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — The Shah Alam High Court advised members of a mosque to issue a public apology to the community for washing a teenager like a “corpse” after they caught him thieving. High Court judge Abd Halim Aman said that those who...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — The National Aerospace Industry Corporation Malaysia (Naico Malaysia), an agency under the Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti), will spur the development of the industry’s ecosystem, and ensure cohesion and....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein today gave assurance that the Armed Forces Fund Board (LTAT) Retirement Fund will be fully guaranteed by the government. He said the proposal to amend the.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — The Malaysia Census 2020 (MyCensus) has recorded the oldest man and woman in the country to be aged 120 and 118 respectively, minister Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed said today. Mustapa, who is minister in the Prime Minister’s....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Malaysia is estimated to have suffered total losses of between RM5.3 billion and RM6.5 billion so far due to the recent flood emergency that hit the Klang Valley and multiple states in the country, minister Datuk Seri...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — A briefing to decide the actual date for the country's transition to the endemic phase will be held next week during the Covid-19 quartet ministerial meeting. Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Huss...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Malaysia recorded 2,342 new Covid-19 cases today as compared to 3,010 cases yesterday. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brings the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases nationwide now to...

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 17 — The government has allocated RM680 million for the Price Standardisation, Price Stabilisation and General Use Flour Subsidy programmes this year, said Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister D...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) will provide transit houses to the two families whose houses were destroyed in a fire that broke out at a public housing (PA) flat in Setapak Jaya here, by tomorrow at the latest. City Mayor....

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 17 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today said that English Premier League side Chelsea and the Vietnam national team are the gold standard for footballing success and that Malaysia should take a leaf out of both...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Public Accounts Committee (PAC) chairman Wong Kah Woh has clarified that the Dewan Rakyat Speaker has the power to make PAC meetings public. In a statement today, Wong said it was “not right” for Speaker Tan Sri Azhar...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Sending one’s parents to a residential care facility should be the last resort as the government A total of 9,364,326 individuals or 40 per cent of the adult population in the country has received the Covid-19 boos...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Sending one’s parents to a residential care facility should be the last resort as the government spends RM900 million a year on providing aid and care to the elderly, said the deputy women, family and community development....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — PAS leadership has dismissed allegations that the party is on the brink of splitting over the dismissal of Datuk Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali as a member of its central working committee. They also denied that a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Malaysia recorded 12 more deaths due to Covid-19 as of midnight. Of this figure, however, none were brought-in-dead (BID). Based on the Health Ministry's CovidNow data, the total number of Covid-19 deaths in Malaysia now...

JOHOR BARU, Jan 17 — A fun outing for six young boys at Sungai Masai, near Taman Masai Utama, here yesterday turned tragic after two of them drowned. Johor Zone 1 Fire and Rescue Department Asst Supt Hamdan Ismail said the body of Sharif Mohd...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 17 — Barisan Nasional (BN) will still need to bank heavily on MIC if it wishes to garner ethnic Indian votes in the next general election, observers said, citing the Malaysia Makkal Sakti Party’s (MMSP) current lack of support,....

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 16 — The Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (KPDNHEP) has recognised Music Rights Sabah Berhad (MRS) as the licensing body to conduct royalty collection activities for local artistes and musicians in the state,...

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 16 — Thirty-six Covid-19 cases has been linked up to a cluster at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan (SMK) Tambunan till today, Sabah Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun said. The Sabah Covid-19 spokesman said...

NIBONG TEBAL, Jan 16 —Some 400 residents of Ladang Byram and Kampung Kebun Baru, have been advised to evacuate to two relief centres, following the fire at the Pulau Burung landfill area near Nibong Tebal, last Wednesday. State Environment and...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has given his commitment to assist Rohana Abdullah, who was abandoned as a two-month-old baby at a kindergarten 22 years ago after her Indonesian mother returned to her country......

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — A family misunderstanding led to a man, believed to be mentally ill, setting his home on fire that eventually razed two other flat units in Setapak Jaya here this evening. Wangsa Maju district police chief Supt Ashari Abu...