KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Daily Covid-19 cases in the country have risen again, with 22,133 Covid-19 cases logged by the Health Ministry today. This is an increase of 818 cases compared to the previous day’s 21,315 new infections. Health...

PORT KLANG, Feb 15 — The Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) will get more ships and helicopters to assist enforcement and rescue operations in national waters, says Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin. He said this was aimed at...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Feb 15 — The Sultan of Brunei Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah today welcomed the proposed implementation of the vaccinated travel lane (VTL) by air to ease cross-border travel between Brunei and Malaysia. The Ruler said he believed...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — A lawyer representing a Malaysian Chinese woman, who was unilaterally converted to be a Muslim as a child and wants the court to restore her as a Buddhist, has insisted her case was not of “renunciation” of Islam. In the....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The Foreign Ministry today said that it is up to the governments of foreign nations if they want to accept MySejahtera’s digital vaccination certificate as valid proof of inoculation for those travelling to their...

 SEBERANG PERAI, Feb 15 — Single mother and chef Loh Siew Hong said she was desperate to have her children back home, and that she would even embrace Islam if this was needed. The 35-year-old said today that she was willing to convert if t...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad accused Umno today of forcing the premature Johor election to gain the political power it needs to save its leaders he described as “kleptocrats” and a “court cluster”....

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 15 — The Sabah government today advised parents and guardians with children aged five to 11 in the state to register their children for vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids). Chief....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Malaysian tycoon Tan Sri Lim Kok Thay is reportedly among several investors interested in acquiring the Global Dream mega luxury cruise liner that was under construction at Genting Hong Kong’s bankrupt shipbuilder, MV...

MELAKA, Feb 15 — Pilgrims who are eligible to receive compensation following the temporary postponement of umrah travel are given until next month to open a Tabung Haji (TH) savings account for that purpose. Minister in the Prime Minister’s...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Sime Darby Plantation (SDP) will reimburse its current and former foreign workers recruitment fees totalling RM82.02 million on Feb 17, following the company’s comprehensive audi...

KUCHING, Feb 15 — Ba Kelalan assemblyman Baru Bian will not support the Constitution of the State of Sarawak (Amendment) Bill, 2022 unless the proposed change of the term Chief Minister to ‘Premier’ is removed. He proposed the Federal...

KUCHING, Feb 15 — The proposed amendment to change the designation and style of the name of the chief minister’s post to ‘premier’ is to correctly reflect the status of Sarawak as different from other states in the Federation of Malaysia,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The High Court here today dismissed Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s application to expunge over half of the written witness statement of a former Inland Revenue Board (IRB) officer in ...

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 15 — Marine Police Region One have identified more than 50 rat routes along the waters of Selangor to Perak used by syndicates to smuggle foreigners into the country from Indonesia. Marine Police Region...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Shariah Chief Judge Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar has applied for a judgment in default against Datuk Lokman Noor Adam for failing to file a statement of defence in response to his suit regarding sexual hara...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 ― The High Court here has granted an interim order against the Immigration Department from deporting former Bangladeshi ambassador Mohamed Khairuzzaman who has been residing here as a refugee for almost a decade. In a report...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 ― Datuk Seri Najib Razak said today he had called on Johor Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Ibrahim and wife Che Puan Khaleeda Bustamam yesterday, as part of his visit there ahead of the state election. The convicted former prime...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) secretary-general Amira Aisya Abd Aziz has said that her decision to participate in politics was influenced by the 'Sheraton Move' which saw the collapse of the Pakatan Ha...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The 15-year-old girl who was raped and gave birth to a son who later died from stab wounds was today charged with murder at the Magistrates Court in Kemaman, Terengganu. Magistrate Tengku Eliana Kamaruzaman rejected the...

JOHOR BARU, Feb 15 — A protest at the Pelican Hotel in Batu Pahat last night marred PKR's announcement of its Semerah hopeful for the upcoming Johor state election. A group of roughly 20 people claiming to be PKR members from its Pari...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The Philippines’ Inter-Agency Task Force for the Management of Emerging Infectious Diseases (IATF) has reportedly approved use of Covid-19 vaccination certificates from Malaysia for travel into the republic. According to a....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Malaysia is being made a “laughing stock” due to the contradictory statements between its human resources minister and home minister who are involved in the bilateral agreement on the intake of workers with Indonesia,...

IPOH, Feb 15 — Perak assemblyman Paul Yong’s rape case hearing, where he was supposed to enter his defence today, was vacated after he came in close contact with a Covid-19 positive case. High Court Datuk Abdul Wahab Mohamed postponed the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The Court of Appeal today unanimously decided not to recognise a 35-year-old woman — who was born in a Pahang refugee camp to parents who were Muslim refugees from Cambodia — as a Malaysian citizen. The woman Azimah...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The Education Ministry’s refusal to let schools in Johor be used as voting stations in the March 12 state election is unconstitutional, according to former Election Commision (EC) deputy chairman Wan Ahmad Wan Omar. Wan...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s bribery and corruption trial has been delayed yet again as her lawyer Datuk Akberdin Abdul Kader tested positive for Covid-19. The court was told Akberdin has not taken his booster shot yet and...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Parti Warisan Sabah is reportedly looking to Johor as a platform to test waters for potential electoral debut in peninsula Malaysia. According to Malaysiakini’s report, a party insider said the decision will be made after.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — The Court of Appeal today unanimously decided that it was correct to declare a 15-year-old girl born in Perak — to a Malaysian father and Filipino mother — as a Malaysian citizen. Court of Appeal judge Datuk Gunalan...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — A total of 206,748 children aged between five and 11, or 5.8 per cent of the group in Malaysia, have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as of yesterday, under the National Covid-19 Immu...