KANGAR, Jan 21 — The people in Perlis are advised to maintain the standard operating procedures (SOP) to curb the spread of Covid-19 and not to engage in panic buying of goods in any supermarket following the implementation of the movement control....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — State governments are responding positively towards the implementation of the National Digital Network (Jendela) initiative, said the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC). Its chairman Fadhlullah Suhaimi....

SHAH ALAM, Jan 21 — Former Puspakom Sdn Bhd Human Resource Division head pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court here today to two counts of forging a document, in 2016. Noor Marliza Ishak, 48, made the plea after the charges against her were...

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 21 — Penang has identified the first five target groups to receive one-off cash aid as part of the state’s third assistance package. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the groups will receive RM10 million in aid to...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — Malaysia has the right formula to position it on the recovery path in terms of both public health and the economy, said Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz. He said the combination of the recent decisions...

KUCHING, Jan 21 — The state government today extended the 11 measures under Bantuan Khas Sarawakku Sayang (BKSS 5.0) for another six months, starting this month, to help mitigate the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic. Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — A 33-years-old jobless man was charged by the Magistrate Court here with insulting the modesty of former Miss Universe Malaysia Sabrina Beneett. Brickfields district police chief Asst Comm Anuar Omar told Malay Mail that the....

PETALING JAYA, Jan 21 — Two company directors including a Datuk today pleaded guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here to disturbing and assaulting customers and workers at a restaurant in Tropicana Avenue in Damansara here this month, in a case...

KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 21 — Terengganu recorded six Covid-19 clusters due to non-compliance with standard operating procedures (SOP) at the workplaces, said state Health director Dr Nor Azimi Yunus. On January 16, she said the latest Covid-19...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — The Human Rights Commission of Malaysia (Suhakam) has called for immediate legal remedy to conversion involving minors after receiving complaints of indigenous children in Sarawak being forced to observe Islamic rituals....

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 21 — Penang is set to receive the first of its Covid-19 vaccines at the end of February, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. He said the state health department has informed the Penang government of the impending arrival of.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak confirmed that his latest test results today showed that he had tested negative for Covid-19 yet again. Najib, who is also Umno’s Pekan MP and the party’s former president,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — Politicians and supporters campaigning for their respective parties were the least observant of Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOP) put in place by the Ministry of Health for last year’s Sabah snap state election,....

ALOR SETAR, Jan 21 — Kedah’s decision not to observe Thaipusam which falls on Jan 28, as a public holiday, is not meant to deny the rights of Hindus in the state. Mentri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor said however, worshi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — Malaysia can take a page out of the United States’ recent presidential election where Joe Biden was elected based on a campaign that promoted equality and fought racism, white supremacy and religious extremism, DAPs Lim...

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 21 — The Malaysian government today filed an application to ask the High Court to throw out a constitutional challenge on the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s discretion to not declare an Emergency, claiming that such a lawsuit is a waste.....

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 21 — The Federal Court today struck out lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah's application to obtain leave to appeal against the Court of Appeal's refusal to expunge an affidavit containing the allegation that he had rec...

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 21 — The Penang state government has introduced a loan to help those in the creative industry who are struggling because of the Covid-19 pandemic. Tourism and Creative Economy committee chairman Yeoh Soon Hin said those in the...

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 21 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has called on Asean member-states today to consider enacting laws against online hate speech and posts advocating violence and attacks on other users. In his keynote address at the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 ― Datuk Seri Najib Razak today slammed PAS Kedah Mentri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor for his decision for the state to not observe Thaipusam as a pubic holiday this year, citing the Covid-19 pandemic as justification. In a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said today that his Covid-19 screening result has confirmed to be negative earlier today. Taking to Facebook, Zahid said that he went for the screening yesterday at Avisena...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) has today announced its nominated candidates for members of the special bipartisan Emergency committee, to advise the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on matters relating to the Emergency Proclamation. In a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — Asean has to find ways to collectively mitigate cross-border cyber crime as it prepares to emerge as a competitive digital economic bloc in the post-Covid-19 period, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. In h...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — Asean countries could consider setting up a fund as a means of improving digital and Internet infrastructure among member states. Prime Minister Tan Sri  Muhyiddin Yassin said member countries could also com...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — The Covid-19 pandemic, which has affected the world since early last year, has accelerated the growth of the digital economy in Malaysia. According to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, since the pandemic began, things....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — For some, digital learning is a necessity in the new normal wrought by Covid-19. But, for others, this alternative classroom experience is one that is filled with anxiety, fear and uncertainty as they grapple with technology....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — MIC deputy president Datuk Seri M. Saravanan has hit out at Kedah Mentri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor for declaring that the state will not observe Thaipusam as a cuti peristiwa or holiday this year, citing the Covid-19...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 21 — The current movement control order (MCO) can work to contain Malaysia’s runaway Covid-19 infections, health experts said when stressing that weak compliance could put this at risk. Despite Malaysia’s persistently high...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 20 — Malaysia needs to be developed as a digital nation in the formation of the Asean digital economy bloc, says CIMB Asean Research Institute executive director Jukhee Hong. She said this could be achieved through several...

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 20 — Sabah will request for an allocation from the Federal government to repair the parking area at Taman Kinabalu, Kundasang which collapsed in a landslide this morning. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Bung Moktar Radin said...