KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 ― The Film Censorship Board (LPF) and the Home Ministry are in the midst of reviewing the possibility of reducing television (TV) stations’ censorship authority for the approval process to broadcast a film or drama. Deputy....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — AirAsia had settled over 90 per cent of passenger refunds thus far, despite financial difficulty faced by the airline industry which was hit by the Covid-19 pandemic, and is not expected to face a big hurdle to settle more....

KUCHING, March 28 — The Unit for Other Religions (Unifor) will remove the limit on the number of attendees for non-Muslim houses of worship, as well as funeral and burial ceremonies from April 1, but physical distancing will still be required as...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — It’s been a rough couple of days for the MySejahtera app, with people concerned over the issue of who actually owns the app and Anwar Ibrahim also raising concerns about ownership and risk of abuse of private...

GEORGE TOWN, March 28 — Australian Annapuranee Jenkins made a distress call to her husband on the day she was last seen, which was December 13 in 2017, lawyer S. Raveentharan told the Coroner’s Court here, today. Raveentharan, who is conducting.....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) is aware of a viral message on social media claiming that the government will wipe off digital Covid-19 vaccine certificates of two million vaccinated people who refuse to get their booster...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — The Federal Territories Ministry has set up a Poverty Unit at the ministry and agencies’ levels to address the issue of urban poverty on an ongoing basis, the Dewan Negara was told today. Its Deputy Minister Datuk Seri...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — Former Malaysian Bar Council president Datuk Lim Chee Wee has been cleared of any investigation for allegedly bringing the judiciary into disrepute after the Attorney General’s Chambers (AGC) classified the case as no...

KUANTAN, March 28 — The Regent of Pahang Tengku Hassanal Ibrahim Alam Shah Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah has stressed that he refused to see any ‘sick’ or delayed projects and all locatio...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — The Justin Bieber concert set to arrive in Malaysia on October 22 is a welcome sign after ‘live’ music events here ground to a halt two years ago, according to several industry leaders. Speaking to Malay Mail, the...

KUCHING, March 28 — Wearing face masks continues to be compulsory at mosques and suraus but officials on duty to sound the azan and to lead prayers will be exempt, said the Sarawak Islamic Council (MIS). In its update of standard operating...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — The High Court here today postponed Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s trial over alleged money laundering and making false statements to the Inland Revenue Board (IRB), to tomorrow as the seventh prosecution...

IPOH, March 28 — The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah, told state leaders to pay appropriate attention to issues that are objective and ideas that are constructive, as raised during the State Youth Assembly Sitting. Sultan Nazrin...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — Sunday’s Covid-19 cases dropped to 16,863, reflecting the low rate of testing typical of weekends, but daily transmissions in the country have continued their downward trend since cases first breached the 30,000 mark...

GEORGE TOWN, March 28 — The South Australian government will be monitoring the proceedings of the inquest into the death of Annapuranee Jenkins, said a member of the South Australian legislative council, Frank Pangallo. He said he hopes that there....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — A total of 1,312,205 children aged five to 11 or 37 per cent of the child population in the country have received the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids)....

JOHOR BARU, March 28 — Businesses in the city centre here welcomed the announcement of the reopening of the Malaysia-Singapore land border from April 1. Most of the businesses there have been hit hard in the last two years, with some shutting for.....

KALABAKAN, March 27 — The decision to delay the construction of the RM600 million Customs, immigration, quarantine and security (CIQS) complex in Serudong here will hurt Sabah’s economy with the development of Nusantara in Kalimantan Timur as...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — Cybersecurity remains one of Malaysia’s top concerns following a drastic rise in online crimes reported in the country. Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said the number of cases recorded associated with...

KUCHING, March 27 — The Sarawak government has released the general protocols for the reopening of Sarawak’s international borders by air which takes effect this April 1, the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said. It said in a...

KUANTAN, March 27 — A man was found drowned while his friend is believed to be still missing in an incident at the Lata Hammer waterfall in Bentong today. Pahang Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) deputy director (Operations) Ismail Abdul Ghani...

KOTA KINABALU, March 27 — Over 2,500 job opportunities in various sectors and industries are up for grabs at the Career Gig-SMJ programme to be held in conjunction with the three-day celebration of the first anniversary of Sabah’s development...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) is working towards the establishment of the National Circular Economic Council so that the circular economic agenda can be implemented comprehensively and benefit the...

KOTA BARU, March 27 — The Anti-Party Hopping Bill needs further study to prevent arising issues in the future, said PAS secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan. He said this is because the term “party hopping” itself is still unclear,...

KOTA BHARU, March 27 — The construction of a hydroelectric dam in Nenggiri, Gua Musang is currently in the implementation stage, says Energy and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan. He said the implementation of the project was....

JOHOR BARU, March 27 — The Johor and Federal governments are working together on preparations to ensure the reopening of the Malaysia-Singapore land border on Friday will run smoothly, says Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi. Onn Hafiz said.....

DOHA, March 27 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob arrived here today for a three-day official visit to the State of Qatar. The aircraft carrying the Prime Minister landed at the Doha International Airport at 3 pm (local time). He was.....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — PKR’s poor performance in four state elections between 2020 and 2022 will be on the agenda at the party’s National Congress which is expected to take place this June, said its secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin...

KUCHING, March 27 — Sarawak-based Opposition parties today said they generally welcome the proposal to form a Borneo Alliance among Opposition parties in Sarawak and Sabah for the 15th general election (GE15). However, they said they want to study....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has today sought allay public fears, explaining that the MySejahtera application used for Covid-19 contact tracing has never been sold to any private companies. In a statement today, he...