KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Awang Hashim said no agreement has been reached between Malaysia and Indonesia yet on the price cap for the cost of hiring Indonesian domestic helpers. In a response to Batu Kawan MP...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — Parties who do not agree with the Security Offences (Special Measures) Act (Sosma) 2012 are those who want to make room for criminals and terrorists to dominate the country, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — A late businessman told authorities he was slightly “worried” for his safety after making a confession that allegedly implicated former Penang chief minister Lim Guan Eng in corrupt practice over the RM6.3 billion...

KOTA KINABALU, March 23 – Sabah Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal today denied any involvement with the controversial heirs of the defunct Sulu sultanate who are claiming a stake on Sabah. He also denied claims that he was in Spain...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 23 — The Court of Appeal will decide on June 22 if Malaysia’s citizenship laws can effectively be interpreted to enable Malaysian mothers’ overseas-born children would be entitled to Malaysian citizenship as a right, just...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — The government will provide an insurance protection plan for poor households who have lost their source of income due to the death of the head of the household with an allocation of RM13.4 million a year. Prime Minister...

GEORGE TOWN, March 23 — Indonesian Ellis Andreyani was today sentenced to be jailed for two years by the Sessions Court here after she admitted to physically harming a one-year-old boy under her care last year.  The 47-year-old woman is...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — Johor DAP’s outspoken leader Dr Boo Cheng Hau has today called on Lim Guan Eng to relinquish his post as the party’s recently appointed national chairman due to his ongoing corruption case. He said Lim should step down....

MARUDI, March 23 — Several low-lying areas here have been hit by flooding since yesterday. Although there has been no heavy rain in the town itself, continuous heavy downpours in upper Baram have caused the river to burst its banks here. This...

KUALA LUMPUR, 23 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will confer with Asean leaders to propose the use of Bahasa Melayu (the Malay language) as Asean’s second language, in efforts to elevate the mother tongue at the international...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — DAP’s federal lawmaker Tony Pua today reiterated his call to allow his motion to refer former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to the Rights and Privileges Committee for trying to mislead and insult the Dewan...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — Malaysia is committed to developing its water sector in a sustainable manner, in line with the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), said Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. The prime minister said Malaysia.....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 — Parents of the late Teoh Beng Hock have filed a lawsuit against the police over their department’s alleged failure to complete its probe into the death of the political aide, over a decade ago. In their judicial review...

KOTA KINABALU, Mar 23 — Sabah is expected to enjoy 5G coverage in the next phase of the Malaysia Plan, said Assistant Science, Technology and Innovation minister Datuk Seri Ruddy Awah. “Currently we are using the allocation from the Federal...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — There were 21,483 new Covid-19 cases recorded in Malaysia yesterday, bringing the cumulative number of cases from when the pandemic began to 4,032,435. Yesterday’s new cases marked an increase past the 20,000 mark, after....

BEAUFORT, March 23 — Forty-three flood victims from 14 families in Kampung Suasa here were evacuated to the Datuk Mohd Dun Banir Temporary Evacuation Centre (PPS) as the village was hit by floods due to continuous rain since yesterday afternoon....

HANOI, March 23 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s two-day official visit to Vietnam will not only further boost collaboration and economic ties but also people-to-people relations between the two countries. Ismail Sabri said the.....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — PKR secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said that PKR had given the boot to 11,000 party members who were found to have backed its former party leaders involved in the Sheraton Move, which toppled the...

BINTULU, March 23 — A comprehensive expansion plan for the development of the methanol project at Tanjung Kidurong is being made by the state government to cater for more investors in the near future. Premier of Sarawak Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — Issues related to the government’s measures to monitor home ownership and rental in line with the cost of living and income of the people are among the highlights of the Dewan Rakyat sitting today. According to the Order....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — A total of 1,272,121 children aged five to 11 or 35.8 per cent of the population in the country have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as.....

KUCHING, March 23 — Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) Children’s Commissioner (CC) Prof Datuk Noor Aziah Mohd Awal is appalled by news coverage on three children whose parents died from an electrocution in Cameron Highlands recently.....

IPOH, March 23 — Police have recorded the statement of a suspect who is believed to have hit a cyclist with an iron rod at a traffic light junction in Jalan Seri Manjung-Segari, Manjung yesterday. The video clip of the incident went viral on...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 — The National Film Development Corporation Malaysia (Finas) will help resolve the issue of Employees Provident Fund (EPF) contributions for artists and independent art practitioners. Deputy Communications and...

KUCHING, March 23 — Malaysian Trade Union Congress (MTUC) Sarawak says the state should follow peninsular Malaysia in increasing paternity leave from three to seven days. Its secretary Andrew Lo said the new law does not apply to Sarawak but...

KUCHING, March 23 — Thirty-three crew members of two Vietnamese fishing vessels were detained by the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) for encroaching into Malaysian waters on March 20. MMEA Sarawak director First Admiral (Maritime) Zin....

KOTA SAMARAHAN, March 23 — Sarawak fully supports the plan by the federal government to allow banks to freeze the accounts of alimony defaulters, said Datuk Seri Fatimah Abdullah. The Women, Childhood and Community Wellbeing Development Minister...

KUCHING, March 23 — The Sarawak Manufacturers’ Association (SMA) has proposed that the new minimum wage set for implementation on May 1 this year be a ‘guideline’ instead of a law to enable employers to raise their workers’ salary when...

KUCHING, March 23 — The mother of a four-year-old boy, Eric Chang Wei Jie who was reported missing, was fined RM3,000 in default three months imprisonment by the Magistrate’s Court here yesterday after she pleaded guilty to abusing drugs....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 ― Several political analysts polled by Malay Mail said they see Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad and Lim Kit Siang’s move away from active politics as an impetus for other veteran Opposition leaders to similarly consider...