LABUAN, March 13 — Smuggling of cigarettes in the country dropped by six per cent last year following the imposition of an excise duty on cigarettes and tobacco products beginning January 2021, said Customs director-general Datuk Seri Abdul Latif.....

SEREMBAN, March 13 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) is targeting to have 50 per cent of children in Malaysia aged five to 11 vaccinated against Covid-19 through the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) before the school...

SEREMBAN, March 13 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin opines that the public health situation in the country which has been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic needs to be stabilised before the 15th General Election (GE15) can be held. “Even when....

BERA, March 13 — Youths accounted for almost 50 per cent of the 14,308 road accident death cases recorded in two years from 2019, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today. He said road accident was among the main cause of deaths in....

SHAH ALAM, March 13 — The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, to prevent cervical cancer, should be taken three times in a lifetime, in sequence within a year, to contain the third major cancer faced by women in Malaysia. Avisena Women’s and...

JOHOR BARU, March 13 — PAS, together with the Perikatan Nasional (PN) components, will continue to serve the people based on the increasing show of support from voters in constituencies where they contested in the Johor s...

KOTA BARU, March 13 — The government is expected to announce haj cost and quota for this year early next month, said Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Ahmad Marzuk Shaary. He said the announcement would....

KOTA BARU, March 13 — Pengurusan Aset Air Berhad (PAAB) has allocated about RM471 million for the construction of 10 water treatment plants (LRA) in Kelantan. Its chairman, Datuk Dr Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali said it would include the Semerak...

KUCHING, March 13 — Barisan Nasional’s (BN) landslide victory in the Johor state election yesterday was a manifestation of the people’s anger over Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) inability to govern the country, opined Dato Sri Wan Junaidi Tuanku...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng in the aftermath of the Johor state election said that the party will continue to fight against policies concerning the livelihoods of the people. The Bagan MP said that the party will...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — A day after the Johor state elections, Amanah president Mohamad Sabu called on the Opposition to take its loss at the polls as a lesson that it needs to reunite in preparation for the 15th general elections (GE15). In a...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — The Singapore police today said that it has been aiding its Malaysian counterparts in investigations involving Tan Sri Zeti Akhtar Aziz’s husband, Datuk Tawfiq Ayman, who has been linked to 1Malaysia Development Berhad...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — A local man was detained to assist in an investigation on the finding of a woman’s charred body in a secondary school in Bandar Tun Razak here yesterday. Cheras police chief, ACP Muhammad Izham Jaafar said the suspect in....

BERA, March 13 — The results of the Johor state election which saw Barisan Nasional gaining a landslide victory yesterday would not affect relations among ministers and deputy ministers from other parties at the federal government&nbsp...

KUCHING, March 13 — The proposed redelineation exercise to add parliamentary seats in Sabah and Sarawak must be carried out through a proper legal process, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Wan...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — Barisan Nasional (BN) leads in popular votes in the Johor state election (PRN) yesterday with 445,085 votes or 66.25 per cent, far ahead of its other challengers. Pakatan Harapan (PH), represented by DAP and Amanah...

GEORGE TOWN, March 13 — DAP, which failed to retain all its 14 seats in the Johor state election (PRN) yesterday, expected to win only up to 10 seats given the changed political situation in the country, said its National Vice-Chairman, Ch...

BATU PAHAT, March 13 — Penggaram State Assemblyman Gan Peck Cheng said she will support efforts by state government for the good of the people and will “criticise” if there are matters that burden the people. In expre...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — Police have opened an investigation paper (IP) into a viral video on Facebook showing a Civil Defence Force (APM) officer entering the landslide incident site at Taman Bukit Permai 2, Ampang, here, on Thursday without...

JOHOR BARU, March 13 — Bersatu will continue to support the leadership of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as party president, said Bersatu deputy president Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu. “The struggles of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today congratulated Barisan Nasional (BN) over its landslide victory in the Johor state election but raised caution over the low voter turnout yesterday. In a statement posted on his.....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — The Health Ministry reported 26,250 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, a decrease from the 32,800 cases the day before. This brings the cumulative infections to 3,801,036 from the time Covid-19 arrived in the...

KUCHING, March 13 — The number of Sarawak’s Covid-19 patients involving children aged 11 and below has maintained at 160 and above since March 7, according to Ministry of Health’s CovidNow website. Such figure has been on the rise since last...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) president, Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir has blamed his party’s logo as the reason for its disastrous performance in the Johor state polls, with all of its candidates losing their...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — Twenty-seven flood victims from seven families are still being housed at two temporary relief centres (PPS) in Selangor and Melaka as of this morning. According to a statement of National...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — A total of 15,259,493 adults or 64.9 per cent of their population in the country have received the Covid-19 booster dose as of yesterday. Based on the CovidNow website, a total of 22,934,341 indiv...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — A total of 85 candidates, including all 16 Independents, who contested in the Johor state election had to return home empty-handed when they lost their deposits. This included all candidates from the three...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — Candidates under the age of 30 who contested in the Johor state election are still unable to secure mandates from the state’s voters even with the very first implementation of Undi18.  Eight under-30 can...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — Several top leaders from Barisan Nasional (BN) have reminded the winning candidates from the coalition in the Johor State Election to uphold the people’s mandate. Uno vice-president Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 13 — Fifteen out of the 37 women candidates in the Johor state election this time won the seats they contested in while all seven women fielded by Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) and Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) lost.....