KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 ― Hindu mother Loh Siew Hong’s lawyers today condemned any attempts to threaten or intimidate their client for pursuing a court challenge against her Muslim convert ex-husband’s unilateral conversion of her three young...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Seventy-two Ramadan bazaar locations involving 5,000 stalls are expected to open around the federal capital during the fasting month starting this Sunday. Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim said the...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — The Ministry of Education (MOE) has introduced the Subject Cluster (KMP) method for the one-off intake of teachers to ensure there is no oversupply of graduates with a Degree in Education. Senior Education Minister Datuk...

KUCHING, March 29 — An arrest warrant has been issued against the father of the missing four-year-old boy, Eric Chang Wei Jie, for failing to appear in the Magistrates’ Court here today to face a drug abuse charge. Magistrate Zaiton Anuar issued....

MIRI, March 29 — The Magistrates’ Court here today sentenced a man to two months in prison for slapping a woman following a road accident. Magistrate Nazira Adlin Ahmad Khairul Razi ordered the imprisonment term take effect from the date of...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Despite vaccine shortages, logistics and the public’s reluctance to be vaccinated, Asean is on the right track in handling the Covid-19 pandemic, said Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today thanked medical experts at the National Heart Institute (IJN) and external medical specialists for treating him while he was undergoing treatment at the heart treatme...

KUCHING, March 29 — The Sarawak government is coming up with a blueprint on sustainability to guide all government agencies, businesses and communities in achieving its desired sustainable development goals (SDGs). Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 ― Malaysia has reiterated its concern over the Ukraine-Russia conflict and strongly urged all parties involved to immediately de-escalate hostilities, said Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein. In his...

JOHOR BARU, March 29 ― A 43-year-old ministry enforcement assistant pleaded guilty at the Sessions Court here for accepting a RM700 bribe and failing to report it to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in May last year. The accused...

GEORGE TOWN, March 29 — A total of 2,309 visitors have entered Penang over a 12-day period under the Penang-Singapore air Vaccinated Travel Lane (VTL). Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said these visitors travelled to Penang on 21 flights...

IPOH, March 29 — Perak DAP chairman Nga Kor Ming said that it is time for the Perak state government to ban child marriage.  He stressed that children should be protected from being the victims of paedophiles.  “I have visited M...

KOTA KINABALU, March 29 — Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa today said it was not impressive for telecommunication service providers or telecommunication companies (telcos) to record profit of RM1 billion, but stil...

GEORGE TOWN, March 29 — Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow today said that the state government is still waiting for the Penang Port Commission (PPC) and Penang Port Sdn Bhd (PPSB) to submit written reviews on the controversial undersea tunnel...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — News portal Malaysiakini today failed its bid to get the Federal Court to review its previous decision that found it guilty of contempt of court for publishing comments from five of its readers back in June 2020. Federal...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Malaysia recorded 13,336 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, a sharp drop from the 16,863 cases logged yesterday. The latest death toll from the coronavirus stands at 54, including those who were brought-in-dead...

IPOH, March 29 — The Perak government has decided that the state’s water sourced from Sungai Perak is to be used only for its people, Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad told the State Legislative Assembly today. Saarani said that the state.....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Putrajaya should give a breakdown of what it will cost Malaysians to hire domestic help from Indonesia, Batu Kawan MP Kasthuri Patto said today ahead of the signing of a new bilateral deal. The Opposition lawmaker noted...

SINGAPORE, March 29 — A Singapore court rejected on Tuesday an appeal against the execution of a Malaysian convicted of drugs smuggling, dismissing an argument put forward by his legal team that he should be spared because he was mentally...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — A total of 15,668,773 individuals or 66.6 per cent of the adult population in the country have received the Covid-19 booster dose as of yesterday. Based on the CovidNow website, a total of...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Pontian MP Datuk Ahmad Maslan said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin should not attempt to pass the blame on Umno for the government’s failure to secure sufficient vote to pass the Security Offences (Special...

NEW YORK, March 29 — The wife of former Goldman Sachs banker Roger Ng on Monday testified in her husband’s defence at a US trial over the looting of hundreds of millions of dollars from Malaysia’s 1MDB sovereign wealth fund between 2009 and...

DOHA, March 29 — Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today gave the assurance that Malaysia was on the right path to reviving its economy as well as strengthening foreign ties that had been much impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The p...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 29 — Most recently, several houses were deemed unsafe and possibly uninhabitable following a landslide in Taman Bukit Permai 2, Ampang Jaya that claimed four lives and injured one person on March 10. A local authority...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) will conduct a test for the Malaysian National Tsunami Early Warning System (MNTEWS) siren at Tanjung Mersing Tower, Johor from 9.30am to 10.30pm tomorrow. MetMalaysia.....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — The Sessions Court today was told that Felcra’s proposal to invest RM50 million in Public Mutual Berhad unit trust was made without the knowledge of the chief executive officer (CEO) Datuk Ramlee Abu Bakar as there was...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — A weak earthquake with a magnitude of 3.8 on the Richter scale hit Beluran, Sabah at 8.39pm tonight. According to a statement from the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia), the quake with a depth of seven...

PAPAR, March 28 — Barisan Nasional (BN) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) share good ties in the government, although both political entities have their own strategies in facing the 15th general election (GE15), Tan Sri Annuar Musa said. The...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 28 — The first locally developed tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) was unveiled today on the opening day of the four-day 17th Defence Services Asia 2022 (DSA 2022) and National Security Asia 2022 (NATSEC Asia) exhibitions,....

SEREMBAN, March 28 — Police have confirmed that they had brought one of the suspects remanded in the case of an unidentified body of a woman found in a ravine at Jalan Bukit Putus Seremban-Kuala Pilah, to the scene to track down new evidence....