KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — Instead of banning vape products wholesale, vape industry players are urging the government to implement long-delayed regulations for the industry. The Malaysia Retail Electronic Cigarette Association (MRECA) president Datuk.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — The Malaysian Bar said the refusal of Attorney General’s Chambers to prosecute Serba Dinamik Holdings, which left the Securities Commission no recourse beyond issuing compound notices to the listed firm, was a “dangerous.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today announced the formation of a task force to investigate the death of a young doctor in Penang, who fell to his death, after allegations of bullying were brought to his attention. Two...

GEORGE TOWN, May 6 — Police have recorded statements from doctors and housemates of a houseman attached to Penang Hospital who fell from a building here on April 17. Acting Timur Laut district police chief, Supt V.  Saravanan said the...

GEORGE TOWN, May 6 — Medical practitioners in government and private health clinics are urged to refer children aged one month to under 18 years, with symptoms of jaundice and other acute hepatitis to hospitals for further case...

GEORGE TOWN, May 6 — After a two-year hiatus, the Malaysia International Travel Mart (MITM) travel fair will be back in July this year and targeting a sales turnover of RM70 million. The last time the Malaysian Chinese Tourism Association....

KOTA KINABALU, May 6 — Two DAP MPs have asked their respective state governments to look into helping pig farmers currently struggling with rising costs that have seen prices increase by up to five times in as many months. Kota Kinabalu MP Chan...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — PAS would prefer to see the 15th general election after the current government completes its term next year, its president Tan Sri Abdul Hadi Awang said today. Hadi who is also Marang MP said the Islamist ruling party is...

KOTA BARU, May 6 — Energy and Natural Resources Minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said that thus far no state reported having exceeded the Annual Felling Ration (CTT) set by the government and issued new licences for forest plantation...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — Traffic flow to the Klang Valley from the north and east is still congested as at noon as more city folks return home after the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration. A spokesman of the Malaysian Highway Authority (MHA) sa...

MIRI, May 6 — Police were called to a home in Sungai Saeh Merah, Niah on Wednesday (May 4) after a 31-year-old man allegedly ran amok and assaulted his wife. He was reportedly found holding a parang while punching his wife. The suspect’s...

KUCHING, May 6 — Sarawak United People’s Party (SUPP) Youth Central has lodged a police report against Pending assemblywoman Violet Yong for alleging on Facebook that the state government is using expired Covid-19 vaccines for booster doses....

MELAKA, May 6 — The Melaka River Cruise (MRC) boat service was halted temporarily today due to the strong current and high water level of Sungai Melaka, following heavy rain from early morning today. MRC said the resumption of the service....

SEREMBAN, May 6 — Two family members were killed after a Toyota Avanza multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) they were travelling in was involved in a crash involving five vehicles along Jalan Besar Palong 4, Gemas, near here, last night. Jempol district...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 ― Malaysia, the world's second largest palm oil producer, today said it plans to leverage the global edible oil shortage and “political tension in Europe” to regain market share after buyers shunned the commodity over.....

SIBU, May 6 — The African Swine Fever (ASF) situation in Sarawak is under control as no reports have been received of new infections, said Datuk Sri Stephen Rundi Utom. The Minister for Modernisation of Agriculture and Regional Development said...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 ― Daily new case numbers continued to remain below 1,500 this week and on Tuesday (May 3), the number of new infections reported fell to three digits, adding joy to the festive atmosphere. Tuesday’s 922 new caseload was the...

JOHOR BARU, May 6 ― Johor Ruler Sultan Ibrahim Sultan Iskandar said the presentation of the state’s highest award to Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong was testimony to the neighbours’ long-standing close and strong relationship....

JOHOR BARU, May 6 ― The number of flash flood victims in Pontian district has dropped to 51 individuals from 11 families as at 8am after a relief centre was closed yesterday. Pontian district disaster management committee in a statement informed...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad has expressed discontent over the government’s move to resolve out of court the suit filed by former attorney general (AG) Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali against both himself and the government. The...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin reminded Malaysians that the country's shift to Covid-19 endemicity depends on everyone being truthful and cooperative with the authorities on their health status. He acknowledged that ha...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 ― A total of 881,602 or 24.8 per cent of children aged five to 11 in Malaysia have been fully vaccinated under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday. According to the CovidNow...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 — Durian producers in the country have warned consumers that they will need to fork out more for the fruit as production fell by 60 per cent this year. According to The Malaysian Insight (TMI), they gave two reasons for the...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 ― Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak and Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim will be facing off against each other in a public debate next week. In a joint statement today, the offices of both the Umno...

KUCHING, May 6 ― A group of house buyers at the stalled Phase 7 Sentoria Borneo Semariang Garden (BSG) housing project gathered at their half-completed units yesterday to host an Aidilfitri open house. The group’s representative Abdul Rahman...

KUCHING, May 6 ― The tourism and hospitality industry sees a pick-up in the number of visitors including Sarawakians returning from overseas since the reopening of the state borders. Sarawak Tourism Federation president Audry Wan Ullok said with...

KOTA KINABALU, May 6 ― Pork prices are going up for the fifth time this year starting next week in Kota Kinabalu and the west coast of Sabah due to increase in operational costs of pig farms. The price of pork will rise from RM20 per kilogramme...

KUCHING, May 6 ― The Sarawak government has announced their takeover of the troubled Sentoria Borneo Samariang Garden (BSG) housing project with the intention of solving the current issues faced by the homebuyers. Premier Datuk Patinggi Tan Sri...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 ― Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan today expressed happiness over the strong bilateral relations enjoyed between Malaysia and Turkey in...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 6 ― PKR secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail said predecessor Rafizi Ramli need not be afraid to express his opinions to the party like before as the latter’s former rival, Datuk Seri Azmin Ali, was no longer.....