PENGERANG, May 13 — Pengerang Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said has described the formulation of the anti-party hopping law as a progressive approach for Malaysia in facing the 15th General Election (GE15). She said the effort to....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 ― Bank Negara Malaysia today stressed the importance of recalibrating the monetary policy to avoid the need to be aggressive in raising interest rates, said governor Tan Sri Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus today. However, she said the....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 ― Pegging the ringgit will not be in the best interest of Malaysia as it will have substantial risks, one of which is mirroring the monetary policy of the country that the local currency is pegged against, Bank Negara Malaysia....

PUTRAJAYA, May 13 ― The United States through its Department of Customs and Border Protection (US CBP) has agreed to work with the Malaysian government to address the issue of forced labour through the establishment of a working committee, said...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — A lorry laden with latex crashed into nine vehicles at Kilometre 9.2 of the North–South Expressway Central Link (Elite) near Subang here last night due to a faulty brake, leaving three people injured. Selangor Traffic...

PUTRAJAYA, May 13 — A teenage girl who is facing a charge of killing her newborn son was allowed to be released on bail by the Court of Appeal today pending the completion of her trial. A three-member panel comprising Justices Datuk Yaacob Md Sam,....

PETALING JAYA, May 13 —  A part -time lorry driver was charged in the Sessions Court here today with robbing a television news presenter last week. Muhammad Qayyum Mazlan, 32, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge which was re...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 ― Four senior officials from troubled oil-and-gas company Serba Dinamik Holdings Bhd were today fully acquitted of charges of submitting a false statement to Bursa Malaysia last year. The acquittal was given after the chief...

KUALA KANGSAR, May 13 ― Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today gave contributions to the families of three Universiti Sultan Azlan Shah (USAS) students who were killed in a crash on the North-South Expressway northbound here at...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 ― Three men were charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today over the death of a man in a hotel in Bukit Bintang here last week. T. Muniswaran, 49; S. Katharavello, 52; and Mohd Zulbihar Ali Khan Kamaldin, 48, were jointly.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 ― Malaysia’s economy has rebounded in the first quarter of 2022 (Q1 2022), registering a five per cent growth versus a contraction of 0.5 per cent in Q1 2021. The positive economic performance was underpinned by improving...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 ― Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister, Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin today launched a new website called “Mothering” in honour of all mothers. Launched just a week after Mother’s Day, Zuraida said a mother’s role....

SHAH ALAM, May 13 ― A total of 6,748 cases of hand, foot and mouth disease (HFMD) have been reported in Selangor, with the weekly number of cases exceeding the warning level as of May 7, said state Health director Datuk Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman. He...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin is determined to eradicate toxic work culture in the hospitals of the Health Ministry (MOH). Describing the work environment in the past and present as different, Khairy wants mutual...

WASHINGTON, May 13 ― Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today urged the United States to adopt a more active trade and investment agenda with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), saying this would benefit...

GEORGE TOWN, May 13 — The Esplanade seawall which was under a RM12.9 million upgrading work in the last three years is now finally completed and open to public. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow, who officiated the opening of the 570 metre...

MIRI, May 13 ― Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) aims to carry its winning momentum from the last state election into the 15th general election with the continued focus on securing Sarawak’s rights, said Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 ― A total of 993,652 children aged between five and 11 years, or 28 per cent of their population, have completed the vaccination under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme For Children (PICKids) as of yesterday....

WASHINGTON, May 13 ― Malaysia is now on the same page more than ever with Indonesia, that it is time to strongly advance the unity and strength of Asean centrality in light of the global uncertainties, says Senior Minister of International Trade...

KUCHING, May 13 ― Sarawak will engage seriously with Norway in an earnest effort towards the successful formation and management of its own sovereign wealth fund, Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Tun Openg said. Given the widely acclaimed...

WASHINGTON, May 13 ― Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob met senior officials of major American companies here to. The companies included Microsoft, Google, Tesla, Boeing, IBM, Texas Instruments, GE Aviation, Conoco Phillips, Ford,...

WASHINGTON, May 13 ― Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob met with United States (US) President Joe Biden and Asean leaders at the White House today. President Biden hosted in-person the leaders of Asean for a two-day Asean-US Special...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — PKR, Pakatan Harapan’s biggest component in terms of membership and diversity, took the bold step of holding party polls to choose its leaders at a time when the country may also call a national election. The party that...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi has refuted allegations that he was taking AirAsia’s side on the issue of the company’s recent flight delays. Nanta said his ministry...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — Malaysians would be better off now if the Goods and Services Tax (GST) was still around, said former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak. He claimed GST would have given Malaysia an additional income of RM30 billion, which....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has agreed to grant conditional registration approval for the product Evusheld 100 milligrammes per millimetre (mg/ml) Solution For Injection (Tixagevimab 100 mg/ml and Cilgavimab 100 mg/ml)...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim dared Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, who is from Umno, to instruct the attorney general (AG) to reopen past cases said to involve him, including the 1994 Forex scandal......

NIBONG TEBAL, May 12 — A motorcyclist was killed after being involved in a 13-vehicle crash at Jalan Batu Kawan, Simpang Ampat here yesterday, South Seberang Perai district police chief Supt Lee Chong Chern said. The victim, Tang Hai Kok, 46, died....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — State oil firm Petronas could acquire beleaguered oil-and-gas operator Sapura Energy Bhd to rescue the firm without costing taxpayers any money, ex-prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said tonight. In a live debate with...

KUALA KANGSAR, May 12 — The trailer driver arrested in connection with a fatal accident at KM245.2 of the North-South Highway near Kuala Kangsar early today has been remanded for four days. Kuala Kangsar district police chief ACP Omar Bakhtiar...