KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — There is no further excuse for Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to not reconvene Parliament following the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s decree that Parliamentary sittings can be held during the ongoing state of Emergency,....

SIBU, Feb 25 — The first batch of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine arrived safely at the Sibu Division Pharmacy Office in Jalan Awang Ramli Amit, here at about 2.35pm today. Escorted by the police, the delivery using an AsiaLink Cargo lorry from Kuching,...

BUKIT MERTAJAM, Feb 25 — The Mengkuang Dam and three other recreational spots under the purview of Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang Sdn Bhd (PBAPP) will be reopened for recreational activities starting tomorrow. Penang Youth and Sports...

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 25 — Three new Civil Aviation Directives (CADs) regulating unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) operations would take effect on March 1 (2021), Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong said today. The CADs are for Remote Pilot...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — More states in Peninsular Malaysia are receiving the supply of Covid-19 vaccine, Comirnaty, produced by Pfizer-BioNTech on the second day of the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. Negeri Sembilan,...

ALOR STAR, Feb 25 — The ferry service from the Kuala Perlis terminal to Langkawi will resume on Saturday, with a single trip in both directions. Human Resources and Operations Manager, Consortium Ferry Line Ventures Sdn Bhd, Captain Baharin...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah clarified today that three “influencers” reportedly at the head of the line to be vaccinated against Covid-19 at Hospital Serdang are clinical department heads. He.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — DAP’s Lim Guan Eng today pressured Parliament Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan @ Harun to act swiftly and decide on a date for the Dewan Rakyat to convene following the Yang di-Pertuan Agong’s decree that lawmakers can meet...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — As part of efforts to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, courts in the Klang Valley will be equipped with transparent barriers in stages, starting April 1. The Federal Court Chief Registrar's Office (PKPMP) in....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s trial on money laundering and tax evasion involving RM7,097,750 will begin after the High Court has heard her defence on the corruption case in relation to a so...

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 25 — Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow is set to receive his Covid-19 jab to kickstart the vaccination programme within the state this Sunday. After Chow, Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Ahmad Zakiyuddin Abdul Rahman, Deputy Chief....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 —  Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) activists have welcomed the Federal Court’s decision today to invalidate a Selangor Shariah enactment criminalising “unnatural sex” as unconstitutional. After the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The Federal Court’s unanimous decision today to invalidate a Selangor religious enactment on unnatural sex could mean hudud, the Islamic penal law, cannot be implemented in Malaysia, the Shariah Lawyers Association of...

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 25 ― The first shipment of Covid 19 vaccines arrived in Sabah today on a  chartered cargo flight. State Covid-19 spokesman Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said that the first out of two flights today carried 16,380 doses of the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The Federal Court has today made it clear that Parliament has primacy when it comes to making laws on criminal offences in Malaysia, lawyers representing a Malaysian Muslim man in the case said. In a joint statement by...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The government has approved grade adjustment involving 21,408 contract medical officers and 697 contract dental officers. Ministry of Health (MoH) secretary-general Datuk Mohd Shafiq Abdullah, in a statement...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) election director Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali announced that the coalition will soon form election campaign machinery at the state level to prepare for the next general election. He chaired a meeting....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The basic reproduction number (R0) and effective reproduction number (Rt) for Covid-19 infections nationwide stood at 0.99 as of yesterday, said Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. In a tweet, he showed.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Different needles are used to draw and inject Covid-19 vaccines, the Health Ministry (MoH) said today after conspiracy theories emerged over the two used for Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s vaccination. The...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — A group of United Nations (UN) experts have called out Malaysia for deporting over 1,000 Myanmar nationals which also included minors and toddlers — including a three-year-old — despite a court order halting their return....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — A syndicate in Kelantan allegedly offering five women, believed to be single mothers, as sex workers via text messaging app MiChat was busted recently, according to local daily Utusan Malaysia. The report said the D7...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Myanmar Ethnic Rohingya Human Rights Organisation Malaysia (MEHROM) president Zafar Ahmad Abdul Ghani has today called on world leaders to lead efforts to establish real democracy, stop Rohingya genocide, war crimes and...

SEBERANG PERAI, Feb 25 — The police arrested a married couple last night for investigations into the alleged abuse of their domestic worker in Bukit Mertajam here. Central Seberang Perai district police chief Asst Comm Shafee Samad said the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The Federal Court's nine-judge panel today unanimously declared that a Selangor state law's provision which made unnatural sex a Shariah offence is invalid and having gone against the Federal Constitution, as such o...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — While we are now preparing for our own Covid-19 vaccine rollout (slated for early March), the reality is we will have to live with the standard operating procedures (SOPs) already in place for many more months to come. That.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Dewan Rakyat Deputy Speaker Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said today thanked the Yang di-Pertuan Agong after the monarch’s statement asserting that Parliament can sit during the current state of Emergency after the Perikatan...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The country’s Islamic judicial system only has authority over Muslims in Malaysia and cannot act on cases of apostasy outside the nation, a senior Shariah court official said. Berita Harian reported Shariah Judiciary...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has dismissed a book listing reasons why he should not continue leading the party. Utusan Malaysia reported him as saying he and Umno paid no attention to the “dirty tactics”.....

SIBU, Feb 25 — Sibu Division Disaster Management Committee (SDDMC) is proposing lockdown in Tiong Hua Zone and Sentosa Zone to tackle the increasing number of Covid-19 cases there, according to SDDMC coordinator Dr Annuar Rapaee. The Assistant...

SIBU, Feb 25 — A man, 30, was fined RM500 by a magistrates’ court in Mukah yesterday after he pleaded guilty to acting indecently, to wit, shouting and provoking police personnel on duty. The accused Mohd Iskandar David, who was unrepresented,...