SHAH ALAM, May 28 — The Section 6 Modern Market here has been ordered to close for four days starting today after Covid-19 cases were detected among its traders. Shah Alam City Council (MBSA) Corporate and Public Relations Division head Shahrin...

JOHOR BARU, May 28 — Seven private hospitals in Johor will begin operating as Covid-19 vaccination centres (PPV) starting June 1 as part of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme. State Health and Environment Committee chairman R....

GENEVA, May 28 — Malaysia is set to escalate a trade dispute with the European Union and two member states for restricting palm oil-based biofuels, WTO filings showed ahead of a meeting of its dispute settlement body today. The EU is implementing.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — The Selayang Hospital has become the second one after the Sungai Buloh Hospital in Selangor to use a special container to store the bodies of dead Covid-19 patients. Selayang Hospital Forensic Medical Unit head Dr Zairee...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said there will no longer be delays on the Kelana Jaya LRT line due to damage caused by a two-train crash earlier this week. He said the recovery team by Prasarana and monitored by.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — Any victims of the train crash on the Kelana Jaya LRT line on May 24 could sue operator Prasarana Bhd if they desired, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong. He said that Malaysia is a democratic country and...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — Sacked Prasarana chairman Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman said it is business as usual for him despite reports that he was detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) yesterday on charges of power abuse....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — Malaysia today recorded a daily new Covid-19 figure that exceeds the 8,000 threshold for the first time. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah announced on Facebook and Twitter that Malaysia today had 8,290....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 ― All events planned to be held in conjunction with the official birthday celebration of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah next month  have been postponed to a date t...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 ― Double-masking or wearing a cloth mask on top of a medical-grade mask helps filter more particles than wearing a single cloth mask alone, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Sharing information...

SERI KEMBANGAN, May 28 — The proposal to give the Manpower Department (JTK) the authority to take action against employers who violate the work from home (WFH) rules will be brought to the National Security Council (MKN) meeting today. Human...

SEBERANG PERAI, May 28 — The Seberang Perai City Council (MBSP) has warned traders and customers that strict action will be taken against those who vandalised and removed barbed wires that were installed around wet market complexes here. MBSP...

SANDAKAN, May 28 — Eight members of the Abu Sayyaf group detained by the Malaysian security forces in Beaufort last May 8 were handed over to the Philippine security forces today, said Sabah police commissioner Datuk Hazani Ghazali. He sai...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 ― In the High Court today, a senior journalist from a local publication has confirmed writing four news articles in connection with Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah’s RM9.5 million payment that he had received from Datuk...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 ― Covid-19 is still at the top of Malaysians’ minds even after more than a year and despite the government ramping up vaccinations, a survey found. The survey by research outfit Ipsos is done monthly in 28 countries and...

GEORGE TOWN, May 28 ― There will be no water tariff hike in Penang for now, said Penang exco Zairil Khir Johari. The infrastructure and transport committee chairman said the Environment and Water Minister Datuk Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man announced in...

GEORGE TOWN, May 28 ― More than 35,000 factory workers in Penang have registered their interest in a proposed mass Covid-19 vaccination for the manufacturing sector under the Public Private Partnership (PPP) Immunisation Model, according to the...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 ― The Kelana Jaya Line Light Rail Transit (LRT) service is operating using a single track today as repair and installation work between the KLCC and Kampong Baru stations is not completed yet. Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — Putrajaya has moved Covid-19 appointments from two troublesome Covid-19 vaccination centres to a new location, The Malaysia International Trade & Exhibition Centre (Mitec). In a tweet this morning, the Covid-19 Vaccin...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — An appeal by a 10-year old boy, who was born out of wedlock to a Malaysian father and Filipino mother, to obtain Malaysian citizenship was dismissed by the Federal Court today in a split 4-3 decision this morning. The...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 ― Canada is investigating allegations of forced labour in Malaysia's palm oil and glove manufacturing industries, the government said today. Malaysian firms, which includes some of the world's biggest palm oil and rub...

KOTA KINABALU, May 28 ― More flood evacuees in Beaufort were allowed to return  home this morning, leaving only 118 victims from 27 families, as compared to 602 people from 155 families yesterday evening. The Sabah State Disaster Managemen...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today said the Special Independent Emergency Committee (SIEC) should not use the third wave of Covid-19 infections to justify an extension of the ongoing Emergency past August 1. He said...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — Former Prasarana non-executive chairman Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman was detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) yesterday on two charges of abuse of power. Several news portals reported that the...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 ― Malaysian volunteers, who help to give virus victims a Muslim burial, say they are being stretched like never before, as the Southeast Asian country struggles to cope with its worst Covid-19 outbreak since the start of the...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 ― Former deputy health minister Dr Lee Boon Chye has urged the public to remain calm amid claims that several people had received insufficient doses of their Covid-19 vaccines, believing the incidents were likely accidental....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 ― The national Covid-19 infectivity rate, measured as R0 or Rt, has dropped five days in a row to 1.14 as of yesterday, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah announced on Twitter this morning. The drop was...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 ― The family of 21 year-old Surendren Shanker has alleged foul play after the latter died in Kluang Hospital yesterday, while being held at the Simpang Renggam prison. Free Malaysia Today reported a police report lodged by a...

MIRI, May 28 ― Hesitancy in receiving the vaccine and shortcomings in the MySejahtera app for registration could derail the goal of achieving herd community in Baram, said Assistant Minster of Local Government and Housing Datu Dr Penguang Manggil.....

KOTA SAMARAHAN, May 28 ― The body of a missing man who is feared to have been attacked by a crocodile at the river in Kampung Naie Lama here was found at 1.58pm yesterday. Deputy director of Fire and Rescue Department Sarawak Tiong Ling Hii said...