KUCHING, April 21 — Missing diver Karen Chong’s brother failed to call the Malaysian Maritime Enforcement Agency (MMEA) Sarawak’s emergency line or MERS 999 for help when she went missing last Saturday, said MMEA Sarawak Maritime Captain...

IPOH, April 21 — Perak will enter the renewable energy sector through a collaboration between the Perak State Development Corporation (PKNP) and Gading Kencana Sdn Bhd to build a solar farm in Bidor. Mentri Besar Datuk Saarani Mohamad said the...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — The Perak Health Department today said that it has given discounts to a group of six Perak Matriculation College students, who were fined for violating the Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs), recently. In a...

PUTRAJAYA, April 21 — The four purported Arab letters that Datuk Seri Najib Razak kept to indicate his belief in impending “donations” into his personal bank accounts were a classic example of documentary hearsay, the Court of Appeal heard...

MERSING, April 21 — The Johor Department of Wildlife and National Parks (Perhilitan) has captured two wild elephants, roaming near Iskandar Camp yesterday. Its director Salman Saaban said that the elephants were captured after the department...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — A 35 -year -old man who is facing a charge with attempting to commit unnatural sex today withdrew his application for a judicial review  to challenge the action by the Selangor Chief Syarie prosecutor. Lawyer Tay K...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — The police are investigating the death of a man at Suria KLCC shopping centre earlier this afternoon. “The police are currently at the scene, and the matter is being investigated,” Dang Wangi district police chief ACP.....

SIBU, April 21 — Senator Robert Lau has urged Putrajaya to return healthcare autonomy to Sarawak following the debacle over the Health Ministry’s (MoH) delivery of inoperational used ventilators to aid hospitals in the state in the war against...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) has confirmed that 83 Covid-19 clusters have been detected within the education sector from January until yesterday, with 49 still active. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said that out....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — The special Asean Leaders’ Meeting in Jakarta this Saturday is significant as it will determine the possible reconciliation between Myanmar's military (Tatmadaw) and the civilian government, said fo...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) plans to provide bulletproof equipment, including bulletproof vests, at control posts along the Malaysia-Thailand border. Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department director...

KUANTAN, April 21 — The RM10,000 compound fine imposed on a mosque in Pekan near here yesterday is hoped will be a lesson to the management of other mosques In Pahang to comply with Covid-19 prevention standard operating procedures (SOP). State...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — Tomorrow, the Court of Appeal is scheduled to hear former Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor's appeal against his conviction and sentence for accepting a bribe of RM2 million from a...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — Birthday wishes have been pouring in on social media for Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, with prayers that he will stay strong and persistent in the fight against Covid-19 in the country. Dr Noor...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 ― Three women's groups pressed the Education Ministry and Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) today for investigation panels into online allegations of sexual abuse and harassment by their teachers on their students. The three w...

GEORGE TOWN, April 21 — A total of 56 organisations and 28 individuals consisting of artisans and cultural traders were selected as recipients of George Town World Heritage Incorporated’s (GTWHI) inaugural heritage recognition and awards 2020....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 ― A total of 462,335 people have received both doses of their vaccine shots as of yesterday under the first phase of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. According to an infographic uploaded by Health Minister Datuk....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng has hit out at PAS, accusing it of bringing religious extremism and racism in Malaysia to a new and dangerous level. He argued the Islamist party was doing so by openly and unashamedly...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — The Pakatan Harapan (PH) Cabinet never broached the topic of removing DAP’s Yeo Bee Yin as the environment minister, Datuk Salahuddin Ayub said. Responding to DAP strategist Senator Liew Chin Tong’s assertion in a new.....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — Following the decision of its parent Citigroup Inc to leave retail banking in here, Citi Malaysia has promised to keep the best interests of its customers, employees and other stakeholders at heart as it makes the...

PUTRAJAYA, April 21 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s purportedly genuine belief that Arab donations were the source of RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd funds credited into his personal accounts was nothing more than a “desperate” defence...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — Police crippled an online gambling syndicate following a raid at a luxury condominium unit, which was used as a call centre, in Jalan Tun Razak here, early today. In the 12.30 am raid, 11 individuals, aged...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — The Covid-19 pandemic is still a pressing concern for Malaysians, but fewer are now as worried as they were in the second half of last year, a new survey found. Conducted by market research company Ipsos, the survey that...

PORT DICKSON, April 21 — The word “Allah”  is sacred and specifically for Islam and Muslims, and cannot be used by or equated with other religions, said Negri Sembilan Islamic Religious Council (MAINS) chairman Datuk Dr Abdul ...

SHAH ALAM, April 21 — Nigerian man Simon Adavize Momoh yesterday filed a lawsuit to challenge the Immigration Department’s orders to deport him from Malaysia, a country where he has been living for the past eight years with his Malaysian wife...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — Century-old SMK Convent Bukit Nanas (CBN) will not face the wrecking ball once its land lease expires, the Federal Territories Land and Mines Office has said. A report by The Star quoted its director Datuk Muhammad...

KUANTAN, April 21 — Police arrested two female students of a private college on suspicion of using a fake interstate travel permit to enter Pahang on Monday. Bentong district police chief Supt Zaiham Mohd Kahar said the two suspects, both....

KOTA KINABALU, April 21 — The skin condition affecting the sharks of Sipadan island is a chronic natural disease caused by changes in the environment, said a marine expert here. Fellow of the Academy of Sciences Malaysia professor Datuk Mohamed...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 21 — Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba has denied that the government is monopolising the purchase of Covid-19 vaccines, which has resulted in Malaysia experiencing delays in supplies. Utusan Malaysia reported hi...

KUCHING, April 21 — Specific movement control is now enforced in various zones under the conditional movement control order (CMCO) in the state, according to an update to the standard operating procedures (SOPs) issued by the State Disaster...