KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — Banks should allocate 30 per cent of their previous two years’ profits to create a RM21 billion government-backed recovery fund, said the Business Survival Group coalition. The coalition’s president, Datuk Abdul Malik...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — Two company directors who were earlier charged with fraud were back in the Sessions Court here today, this time for cheating a company director in connection with the distribution of glove...

JOHOR BARU, March 8 — The Johor Welfare Department (JKM) will only apply for custody of two children to a woman who was murdered by her husband in Kota Tinggi on March 1 after police complete their investigations. Johor Women, Family and Community....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — The 2021 International Women's Day (IWD) celebration kicked off under the new normal today, with women mostly taking to social media platforms to express their grouses, demands and hopes for the fairer sex and sexual...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — Malaysia reported 1,529 new Covid-19 cases today, the lowest the number has been this year and continuing a downward trend in infection rates since the government lifted the movement control order for all remaining states...

KLUANG, March 8 — The Environment and Water Ministry (Kasa) has instructed the related departments including the Environment Department (DoE) to investigate the black patches claimed to have been polluting Sungai...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — The unemployment rate in January 2021 increased slightly to 4.9 per cent against 4.8 per cent in December 2020, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM). Chief statistician Malaysia Datuk ...

SINGAPORE, March 8 — The Covid-19 vaccination will be offered later this month to selected cargo drivers and accompanying personnel who enter Singapore from Malaysia on a regular basis, according to the Singapore Ministry of Health (MOH) today. It....

GEORGE TOWN, March 8 — A total of 5,172 frontliners in Penang have received the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine as at March 7, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. He said currently only the frontliners will be vaccinated under phase one...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — Pakatan Harapan (PH) has begun its seat negotiations process between coalition parties in preparation of the 15th general election, PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today. Anwar, who is also PH chairman, said the....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — Whistleblowers have helped the government detect and act quickly against cases of power abuse in the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccine roll out, Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin said today.....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — The systematic roll-out of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme and the country’s economic recovery plan that embeds strict adherence to standard operating procedures (SOPs) will be the key to drive Malaysia back.....

GEORGE TOWN, March 8 — DAP’s Lim Guan Eng is calling on Putrajaya not to go back on a policy he introduced when he was Finance Minister giving taxpayers amnesty if they voluntarily declared their taxes. He claimed that the current administration....

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 8 — PKR is reportedly seeking a meeting with Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to submit evidence on alleged attempts to buy over Pakatan Harapan MPs by Perikatan Nasional  Malaysiakini reported this intention.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 8 — Individuals who travel overseas in between their first and second Covid-19 vaccine doses will still be subjected to mandatory quarantine upon their return, the government said today. “If they have not completed their two...

GEORGE TOWN, March 8 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng said today his party’s cooperation with Umno is on an ad hoc basis and only on issues that benefit the public. He stressed that DAP does not plan to partner Umno for the coming general...

BAGAN SERAI, Mar 8 — Perak PAS Commissioner Razman Zakaria today lodged a police report over a defamatory allegation against PAS and himself, which was in relation to Tronoh assemblyman Paul Yong Choo Kiong’s&a...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — Malaysia conducts its own testing on all Covid-19 vaccines imported into the country to ensure the product is safe for its population, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said today. He gave an assurance that both the.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 8 — KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 8 — General practitioners (GPs) in the private healthcare sector will be involved in administering Covid-19 vaccination shots from the second phase onwards to boost the government’s coverage of the...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — Malaysia will receive 32 million doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines by this year as part of a new agreement signed with the government, Minister of Science, Technology, and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin announced today....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — The number of women holding senior leadership positions in Malaysia has increased to a record-high of 37 per cent, despite the Covid-19 pandemic affecting global economies, according to Grant Thornton’s annual Women in...

IPOH, March 8 — Perak is waiting for a reply from the Attorney-General’s Chambers (AGC) on the application to hold the State Legislative Assembly sitting in the near future. State Assembly Speaker Datuk Mohamad Zahir Abdul Khalid said the state.....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — Yayasan Akalbudi’s investment purchase of stakes in hotel management firm Ri-Yaz Asset Sdn Bhd was made without the knowledge of its board of trustees, the High Court heard today in the corruption trial of former minister....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — The Perikatan Nasional (PN) government has always upheld the principle of women’s empowerment and will ensure that it continues to be an important national agenda, said Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The Prime Minister said...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah today reminded every woman to love and value herself to be a great and happy human being. She said women need to look after their physical and mental...

LABUAN, March 8 — The first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for 2,328 frontliners under the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme here was scheduled to be completed yesterday. Labuan Health Department director,...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — Tan Sri Annuar Musa’s conflicting remark claiming Umno’s states and divisions’ leadership will continue to cooperate with Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia is an insult to its grassroots, its supreme council member Datuk....

KOTA KINABALU, March 8 — The Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to the People’s Republic of China, Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, has called upon the authorities to increase their enforcement manpower in Sabah in order to bolster the confidence of...

KOTA KINABALU, March 8 — The African Swine Fever (ASF) virus has now spread to other districts, infecting both domestic pigs and their cousins, the wild bearded pigs. In a statement here yesterday, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Dr...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 — Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman today announced that he will be spending a month in Singapore to complete his studies in public policy. The former youth and sports minister said he had engaged in online classes for...