KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — PAS Ulama Wing chief Datuk Ahmad Yahya today said that it is irrelevant to ask the Islamic party to be dissolved as Umno also carries Islamic’s struggle simply because PAS as a party is more Islamic in its constitution. He....

PUTRAJAYA, May 12 — Ten Gombak voters turn to the Federal Court in an attempt to reinstate their lawsuit against Gombak Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali for alleged deceit and breach of fiduciary duty. Lawyer Yohendra Nadarajan,...

KOTA KINABALU, May 12 — Parti Warisan Sabah president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal said the party is once more open to new alliances after its pact with the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (Muda) fell through. He said Warisan is on it...

SHAH ALAM, May 12 — The High Court was told today that several letters lobbying for approval and continued support from Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to grant an extension to Ultra Kirana Sdn Bhd’s contract for the government’s Foreign...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng today questioned if the government has any plans in the pipeline to address the nation’s acute labour shortage and rising prices of necessary items, amid worrying inflation rate and a...

PUTRAJAYA, May 12 ― The issue of shortage of nurses in hospitals in the country is being addressed in an effort to provide the best health services to the people, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said. Speaking after officiating the International....

PUTRAJAYA, May 12 ― The list of doctors allegedly involved in bullying trainee doctors or housemen at Penang Hospital (HPP) received by the Ministry of Health (MoH) also involves specialist doctors, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. Speaking....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin’s recent remark in support of party hopping is a “good indication” that the much anticipated Bill on the matter would not see the light of day come June, Petaling Jaya MP Maria.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Kelantan Deputy Mentri Besar Datuk Mohd Amar Nik Abdullah has reportedly said that the state has water in excess, but is unable to meet demands as it has no facilities to store it. After the state government held by Islamist....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — The Fan Yew Teng Grant for Independent Writing is now open for application and the successful candidate will walk away with an RM5,000 financial aid to help with his or her research or writing. In a statement today, Pusaka�...

GEORGE TOWN, May 12 — A total 959 cases of the hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) have been recorded in Penang for epidemic week 18 of 2022, according to the state health department. The number of HFMD cases in Penang saw an increase of 8.4 times....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — A former company secretary of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) today confirmed in the High Court that she is not the aunt of now-fugitive Low Taek Jho, and said this individual was only pointed out to her once while she...

COMMENTARY, May 12 — The stage is set for Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) to morph into a political party with a clear cut political aspiration other than fulfilling party president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's goal to be prime minister. That plan h...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — A total of 976,336 children aged five to 11 or 27.5 per cent of the child population in the country have been fully vaccinated under the National COVID-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of yesterday....

KOTA KINABALU, May 12 — A total of 1,958 people from 733 families affected by the floods in Tenom and Beaufort are housed at 17 temporary evacuation centres (PPS). The State Disaster Management Committee, in a statement, said that...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 infections continued to rise, hitting 3,321 new cases in the last 24 hours, having stayed below the 3,000-mark since last week. The Health Ministry’s CovidNow data also showed a sharp increase...

IPOH, May 12 — Police have arrested the driver of a trailer laden with metal fences to assist in the investigation into an accident involving a car and another trailer that left five victims burnt to death at KM245.2 of the North-South Expressway.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — The Kuala Lumpur High Court has today fixed July 7, 2022 to deliver the verdict in Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s corruption case, with regards to the RM1.25 billion solar hybrid energy project for 369 rural schools in...

WASHINGTON, May 12 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob Wednesday (Thursday in Malaysia) rolled out the red carpet for American investors and businessmen, and presented Malaysia as a preferred investment destination. He welcomed...

GEORGE TOWN, May 12 — There are no proper channels for junior doctors in Malaysia to submit their complaints to the authorities on bullying, said Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P. Ramasamy. He believed that bullying in government hospitals exists....

IPOH, May 12 — Five were burnt to death when the car they were travelling in caught fire after being involved in a collision with two trailers at KM246 of the North-South Expressway northbound near Kuala Kangsar early this morning. A Perak Fire...

GEORGE TOWN, May 12 — Penang state exco Norlela Ariffin has presented 13 recommendations, on how to improve work environment for housemen and doctors at government hospitals, to the Health Ministry for consideration in the setting up of its...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Veteran politician Lim Kit Siang’s recent prophecy of a “golden era revisionism” for Malaysia, which he said would see the return to power of convicted and corrupt politicians, following the election triumph of the son....

JOHOR BARU, May 11 — With the ongoing development in the city centre here, Johor Mentri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi said Johor Baru has good potential to develop into an international metropolis. “Improving infrastructure, strengthening security....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — The Immigration Department expects counter operations until 10pm, which began today, to be implemented for three months. Its director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud said this was due to the high demand for international.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — The United States (US) Department of Commerce’s Secretary Gina M Raimondo and Malaysia’s Senior Minister for International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali signed the US-Malaysia Memorandum of Cooperation.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — Former prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin claimed that the statements he made regarding Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi asking for his help to intervene in the former deputy prime minister’s court cases were true and...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 11 — Police arrested the driver of a Perodua Myvi car over alleged provocation and obstructing other drivers on the road. Kuala Lumpur Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) chief ACP Sarifuddin Mohd Salleh in a.....

KUCHING, May 11 — Sarawak is seeking the federal government’s approval to source more plantation workers from other countries beside Indonesia after it was revealed that the acute labour shortage has caused the state to lose RM2 billion in...

KINABATANGAN, May 11 — A six-month-old girl was killed and her mother seriously injured after they were slashed by a man believed to be a relative in Kampung Ubi Sungai Pauh here yesterday. District police chief Supt Dzulbaharin Ismail said the...