JOHOR BARU, Feb 16 — Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi reminded the young voters that parties in the coalition were evergreen, and had never failed or misunderstood the aspirations of the young people. In a post on his...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng has criticised the Pahang government’s decision to sue two people who earlier alleged that wrongful logging activities were taking place in the state. The Opposition lawmaker also said...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Malaysia and Singapore’s delayed adoption of the 5G mobile broadband standard has caused both countries to be leapfrogged by neighbours in cellular download speed rankings, according to Opensignal’s latest report. The...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — The federal conspiracy trial of former Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker Roger Ng was told yesterday how now-fugitive Penang businessman Low Taek Jho allegedly blew millions from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) throwing...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Former Bangladeshi envoy Mohamed Khairuzzaman, who had been detained by Immigration authorities last week, has been released pursuant to the court order his lawyers won yesterday halting his deportation. In confirming his...

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 16 — The Penang Hill funicular train service will be closed from May 17 to 28 for its bi-annual scheduled maintenance. Penang Hill Corporation (PHC) said in a statement that engineers from the funicular manufacturer (Garaventa AG.....

KOTA BARU, Feb 16 — Only eight adverse events following immunisation (AEFI) reports have been received since the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) began on February 3, with all cases experiencing mild side effects...

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 16 — A Sabah DAP leader has questioned the need to change the title of the head of the state government, following in the footsteps of Sarawak’s recent move to refashion “chief minister” into “premier”. Kota Kinabalu...

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 16 — A WWF Malaysia recent study shows that the smaller estimated number of elephants in Central Sabah is not due to the population decline in that elephant range, says its Elephant Conservation manager, Dr Cheryl Cheah. Cheah...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — The High Court in Singapore had earlier today rejected a court challenge by Malaysian citizen Pausi Jefridin and Singaporean Roslan Bakar against their scheduled execution, but gave them a temporary stay of execution until...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — AstraZeneca today delivered a further 1,365,200 doses of Covid-19 Vaccine AstraZeneca (ChAdOx1-S [Recombinant]) to Malaysia, marking the successful completion of its commitment to supply 6.4 million doses under the Advanced.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — High vape taxes could lead to an increase in the number of those smoking conventional cigarettes, a recent United States study showed. Chad Cotti from University of Wisconsin-Oskosh’s Department of Economics led the 2020...

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 16 — Single mother Loh Siew Hong has sent a letter of demand to the Islamic Councils in three states to provide written proof that she consented to the religious conversion of her three young children who were raised as Hindus....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today commended the nurse who administered the Covid-19 vaccination shot for his six-year-old son after online attacks on her professionalism. The unnamed nurse was even accused of taking...

NEW YORK, Feb 16 — Two former Goldman Sachs colleagues will face off in a Brooklyn courtroom on Wednesday in a trial over the looting of hundreds of millions of dollars from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund, one of the biggest scandals in...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 ― The Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) today expressed its shock over the murder charge against a 15-year-old rape victim who allegedly stabbed her newborn. Its president Dr Koh Kar Chai said that there is a definite need...

IPOH, Feb 16 — Six workers from a foreign cosmetic company in Jelapang here demanded the employer to pay their wages, which have been pending for eight months. Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran, who is representing the workers as their lawyer,....

KUCHING, Feb 16 — Sarawak State Legislative Assembly today passed the Supplementary Supply (2021) Bill 2022 for an additional expenditure of RM478,843,946 in 2021. The bill was tabled by Deputy Chief Minister and Second Minister for Finance and...

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 16 — Hindu mother Loh Siew Hong said today she is trying to visit her three children again who were alleged to have been converted to Islam without her knowledge, at their temporary abode in Kedah after she was turned away...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — The Securities Commission (SC) will meet the Parliamentary Special Select Committee (PSSC) on Finance and Economy tomorrow to report its finding on MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki’s stock trading scandal. Subang.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — MCA believes that it can win up to six seats in the upcoming Johor state elections by riding on Barisan Nasional’s (BN) formula of stability and economics, said a report in The Malaysian Insight. Johor MCA secretary Ng...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Sarawak’s initiative to pass a Bill changing the title of its “chief minister” to “premier” could be the state’s first step to achieving more autonomy within the Malaysian Federation, several political observers.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Travellers from Malaysia to the Philippines can rest now rest easy that their Covid-19 vaccination certificate on the MySejahtera app will be accepted in the republic. The Philippine Embassy told The Star that the digital...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — A total of 246,869 children aged between five and 11, or seven 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 Im...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Malaysia recorded 31 deaths due to Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, which brings the Covid-19 death toll here since the pandemic started to 32,180. The fatalities from the coronavirus have risen in the last two days. On...

KUCHING, Feb 16 — A notice by Chong Chieng Jen (DAP – Padungan) to propose amendment to the Interpretation (Amendment) Bill 2022 was dismissed by State Legislative Assembly (DUN) Speaker Tan Sri Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar. Chong had...

KUCHING, Feb 16 — All children of mixed marriages between natives and non-natives should be recognised as native, said Baru Bian (PSB-Ba Kelalan). Speaking in support of the Interpretation (Amendment) Bill, 2022, he said the current definition...

KUCHING, Feb 16 — All Sarawak citizens, who are born in Sarawak including those of Chinese and Indian racial origins, should be considered as ‘natives’ of Sarawak, said See Chee How (PSB-Batu Lintang). He said he agreed with Assistant Minister....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — Sarawak now has the opportunity to translate the recent constitutional amendment into practical and visible actions to reaffirm its position as a component of the Federation and not just as one of the member states of...

JOHOR BARU, Feb 16 — Its president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said Warisan is not looking to form the next Johor government in the March 12 vote but using it as preparation for the 15th general election that may be held this year. He said there.....