JOHOR BARU, April 23 — The Johor Royal Malaysian Customs Department (JKDM) foiled an attempt to smuggle alcohol worth RM1.8 million, including in unpaid taxes, after inspecting a bonded cargo lorry, at Kilometre 13, Lebuhraya Lingkaran Kedua...

MOSCOW, April 23 — Malaysian Ambassador to Russia Datuk Bala Chandran Tharman told Sputnik that he hopes Russian flagship carrier Aeroflot will soon open direct flights between St Petersburg or Moscow and Kuala Lumpur. “The issue of direct...

SEREMBAN, April 23 ― A Special Cabinet Committee for Protecting Vulnerable Groups has been set up to safeguard the welfare of these people, especially children, persons with disabilities (PwD), women and senior citizens, said Prime Minister Datuk.....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — The Securities Commission Malaysia (SC) today filed a police report against Serba Dinamik Holdings Berhad, according to a source. It is understood that the complaint was made by the SC on the grounds of defamation under...

LARUT, April 23 ― The government will review the issuance of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) cards to Rohingya refugees in the country, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin. He said the study had to be done following....

LABUAN, April 23 — Parti Warisan (Warisan) will be contesting in several parliamentary seats in the peninsula in the upcoming 15th general election (GE15), its president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said. Shafie said the move was taken to spread...

IPOH, April 23 — Former Perak mentri besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu is willing to give his full cooperation in the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission’s (MACC) probe into the sale of a piece of land originally meant for a proposed...

PASIR GUDANG, April 23 — Three teenage boys were killed and another was seriously injured after they met with an accident while racing motorcycles in Jalan Delima, Taman Kota Masai, near here, yesterday. Seri Alam police chief Supt Mohd Sohaimi...

KUALA NERANG, April 23 ― The Kedah Regional Development Authority (KEDA) has allocated RM6.4 million to help its 10,350 participants through the implementation of various economic activities this year. Rural Development Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 ― The newly launched Social Entrepreneurship Action Framework 2030 or SEMy2030 provides a new national direction for the development of social entrepreneurship in Malaysia, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — After being summoned by police for the second time in a month, political artist and activist Fahmi Reza said the authorities have banned him from leaving the country. Fahmi, whose latest alleged offence was uploading a...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — Malaysia’s anti-graft busters have opened an investigation paper into Court of Appeal Judge Datuk Mohd Nazlan Mohd Ghazali over the contents of his bank account. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief Tan Sri.....

ALOR SETAR, April 23 ― The police are still tracking down the remaining 80 Rohingya detainees who escaped from the Sungai Bakap Immigration Detention Depot near Bandar Baharu, last Wednesday. Kedah police chief CP Wan Hassan Wan Ahmad said as of...

PUTRAJAYA, April 23 ― Those wishing to pay their last respects to former Chief Secretary to the Government (KSN) Tan Sri Dr Ali Hamsa, who died on Thursday (April 21), can do so at the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin Mosque here on Monday (April 25)....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia hit 6,342 yesterday, bringing the total number of cases detected in the country since the beginning of the pandemic to 4,300,558. Yesterday’s number is a slight increase compared to the day....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 ― A total of 16,003,461 individuals or 68 per cent of the adult population have received the Covid-19 booster dose as of yesterday (April 22). According to the CovidNow website, 22,963,644 people or 97.6 per cent of the...

LAWAS, April 23 ― The Ministry of Health must ramp up its education to the public on the benefits of using face masks in public, in view of the possible lifting of mask mandates in the country, said Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii. In a statement.....

KUCHING, April 23 ― The Sarawak government is taking proactive steps towards ensuring that there would not be a sudden surge in the number of Covid-19 cases during the coming festive holidays. Deputy Premier Datuk Seri Prof Dr Sim Kui Hian, who is....

ALOR SETAR, April 23 ― Ketereh Umno division chief Tan Sri Annuar Musa has described the ‘PASLeaks’ document which allegedly contained a secret plan to bring down Umno leaders as not unusual and, therefore something not needed to be played up.....

KOTA KINABALU, April 23 ― After almost two months of not recording any Covid-19 cluster, a new cluster namely the Jalan Segama Lahad Datu cluster was reported today involving a male secondary school student in Lahad Datu. Sabah Local Government...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — Hauling parents to court for offences of neglect or exposing their children to danger over the latter’s “basikal lajak” activities — racing illegally modified bicycles without safety features such as brakes — may....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 — Multinational corporations (MNCs) such as Amazon Web Services, Boeing, Cisco, ExxonMobil, Pfizer, Visa and Google were among the companies that attended a US-Asean Business Council (US-ABC) dialogue with Malaysia’s...

SELAMA, April 22 — Rohingya refugees in this country are being treated well, although Malaysia is not a signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol, Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin said. He said that based on...

ALOR SETAR, April 22 — A total of RM1.6 billion is required for the development of internet facilities and infrastructure in Kedah covering various scopes under the National Digital Network Plan (Jendela) being implemented until 2025....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 — Boustead Heavy Industries Corporation Bhd (BHIC) is committed to ensuring the delivery of the littoral combat ships (LCS) by abiding to all requirements of the Special Monitoring Committee to be set up under the LCS...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 — The Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department (JSJK) has detected a fake link related to a lucky draw allegedly organised by Petronas. Its director Datuk Mohd Kamarudin Md Din said the link transmitted through...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 — Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and his Japanese counterpart Kishida Fumio held a 20-minute Japan-Malaysia Summit telephone talk on Wednesday, touching on regional and international issues of mutual....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 — Individuals aged 60 and above who meet the criteria for the Covid-19 vaccine second booster dose will receive a booking link in stages starting today via the MySejahtera application. Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said.....

KOTA KINABALU, April 22 — Muslims in Malaysia especially in Sabah are urged to understand the challenges posed by the Covid-19 pandemic which have affected the cost and quota for performing the Haj pilgrimage. Chief Minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor....

ALOR SETAR, April 22 — Three customers, including a woman, died from smoke inhalation when a fire broke out early today at a karaoke entertainment outlet in Jalan Putra, Mergong near here. The male victims were identified as Jeffrey Tan Yan Wei,...