ALOR STAR, April 28 — The Kedah government today announced a special RM1,000 Aidilfitri assistance for all state civil servants. Menteri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor said the aid involved an allocation of RM5.3 million and would benefit 5,300...

KUCHING, April 28 — Bandar Kuching Member of Parliament Dr Kelvin Yii today called on the state government to introduce a clear and specific “alert level system” to replace the movement control order (MCO), conditional movement control order...

PUTRAJAYA, April 28 — The High Court erred in its decision to convict Datuk Seri Najib Razak of criminal breach of trust (CBT) by adopting a definition of “director” that was outside the scope provided in the Penal Code, the Court of Appeal...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Two former deputy ministers today asked Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun what role she has played to help Malaysian women facing gender discrimination under the country’s...

IPOH, April 28 — The Perak Islamic Religious Department handed over its anti-corruption action plan to the state government today. Perak Mentri Besar Datuk Saarani Mohamad said that the religious department is the first Islamic body in the state...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — All police officers and personnel nationwide will have their leave frozen as part of preparations for the Aidilfitri celebration next month, said Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Abdul Hamid Bador. He said it wa...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — The Ministry of Education (MoE) announced today that the Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR) for Standard Six students will be abolished in 2022. Its minister Datuk Seri Mohd Radzi Md Jidin said there will be no...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Media advocacy group, Centre for Independent Journalism (CIJ), has demanded that the police and Home Ministry stop targeting the media for quoting a public statement made by Deputy Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Datuk...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Police will review investigations into the case of Zaidi Kanapiah or Addy Kana and two policemen following their release from detention under the Prevention of Crime Act 1959 (Poca) for a...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today suggested that all fines under the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Act 1988 (Act 342) should be suspended pending a full review of the related laws. In a statement,...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Honda Malaysia today announced a product recall involving an additional 77,708 units of Honda vehicles to replace the fuel pump as a precautionary measure. The affected models are Accord (year of model:...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — The government will not include the controversial AstraZeneca vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP), coordinating minister Khairy Jamaluddin announced today. In a joint press conference with...

KOTA KINABALU, April 28 ― After a demonstration in the Kampung Muhibbah Jaya against the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) last weekend, residents of Kampung Baru, Pasir Putih, also in the Tawau district, have done the same. Some 350...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) has found that smokers were twice as likely as non-smokers to develop complications with Covid-19 infections. Deputy Health Minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said the possible complications...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Bentong MP Wong Tack pressed Khairy Jamaluddin today to withdraw Lynas Corp’s operating permit as the latter said he would if the rare-earths firm did not start building a permanent waste facility by the previous...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Datuk Seri Amrin Awaluddin has been appointed as Lembaga Tabung Haji’s (TH) new group managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) effective May 6. Amrin, currently the CEO of Lembaga Tabung Angkatan Tentera...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — The Home Ministry should summon Deputy Inspector-General of Police Datuk Seri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani to confirm if he made the remarks about a student’s claim of rape threats for which two news outlets were being...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Australian miner Lynas Rare Earths Limited is working to provide more information requested by Malaysian authorities to resume an assessment of its application to build a facility for its low-level radioactive waste, it...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — The government will allow a Malaysian’s Nigerian husband, Simon Adavize Momoh, to lawfully remain in Malaysia until the High Court decides on his legal action against the Immigration Department’s order to deport him...

KUCHING, April 28 — The Sarawak government has agreed to give a special Aidilfitri and Gawai aid of RM500 to state civil servants. The Sarawak Chief Minister's Office, in a statement today, said the aid would be paid in May, before th...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — The Selangor Education Department has directed another 30 schools in the state to close from today due to the presence of Covid-19 cases. In a report by Malaysiakini, the circular sent to the principals said the closure...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — The Labour Department will investigate a deceased foreign worker’s allegation before committing suicide that his employer did not pay his salary for the past five months, an officer said. Malaysiakini reported today that....

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Malaysia’s current Covid-19 infections have continued to exceed a Health Ministry projection that would put the country at over 5,000 cases a day before the end of May. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — After she and members of her family were fined a total of RM60,000 for violating Covid-19 standard operating procedures (SOPs), celebrity Noor Neelofa Mohd Noor said she takes the fine as a lesson learnt and accepts it...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — Ensuring migrants have equal access to the Covid-19 vaccine is crucial to gain control of the coronavirus, despite calls to have non-citizens pay for them or sideline them altogether, experts say. Datuk Dr Ahmad Faizal...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 — While PAS’ insistence on redrawing electoral boundaries might have some merit, its focus should expand beyond the eastern states if it is serious about addressing malapportionment, said academics and rights...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The Education Ministry (MoE) has been urged to promptly address the recurring cases of sexual harassment and safeguard children in schools. A non-governmental organisation, ENGENDER Consultancy in a statement today said...

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — The Royal Malaysian Navy (TLDM) has assured that the naval armada’s preparedness is always at the highest level as the country’s maritime power. Chief of Navy Admiral Tan Sri Mohd Reza Mohd Sany said in line with that.....

KOTA KINABALU, April 27 — The Sabah state government has decided to continue to allow inter-district travel according to six zones although the state has changed status from recovery movement control order (RMCO) to conditional movement control...

LUMUT, April 27 — The Royal Malaysian Navy’s (RMN) submarine rescue ship, MV Mega Bakti is conducting operations to find additional debris belonging to the Indonesian Navy (TNI) submarine that went missing last Wednesday in the northern Bali...