JELI, June 12 — The Federal Government has approved an allocation of RM4.5 million for upgrading work on two slopes in Jalan Kampung Berdang-Sungai Rual here which collapsed due to downpours in January. Minister in the Prime Minister’s...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 ― Former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad continued pushing for a National Operations Council (Mageran) but suggested it be named the National Rehabilitation Council for neutrality. He said that the council would be...

GEORGE TOWN, June 12 ― Penang police seized another 211 bitcoin machines worth RM100,000 following the arrest of four men yesterday who were carrying out illegal bitcoin currency mining activities, in a series of raids last night. Northeast...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 ― The Ministry of Housing and Local Government (KPKT) has set up a call centre to contact individuals who failed to show up for their vaccination appointments. Its Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin said the initiative, in...

KOTA BARU, June 12 ― The remand order for a police officer who is accused of raping a woman detainee, has been extended for another three days from today until Monday (June 14). Kelantan Criminal Investigation Department chief ACP Wan Khairuddin...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 ― Malaysia has added 5,793 more Covid-19 patients in the past 24-hour period, according to Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Based on the Health director-general’s data, the country’s cumulative Covid-19 cases was now...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 ― The government has introduced an initiative dubbed the Public-Private Partnership Industrial Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PIKAS) to cater for the manufacturing sector, according to the Ministry of International Trade...

GEORGE TOWN, June 12 ― The Penang government has identified two special vaccination centres (PPVs) for economic frontliners, said Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. He said with the cooperation of the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry...

SINGAPORE, June 12 ― Singapore and Malaysia are looking forward to restoring cross-border travel when the Covid-19 situation in both countries allow for it, according to the republic's Minister for Transport S. Iswaran. In its latest update on...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — An additional RM4.22 billion is expected to be allocated from the government’s coffers to maintain the current subsidised fuel prices to weather an increase in global commodity prices, Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 ― Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has denied adopting a policy of favouritism in allowing business activities involving petty trade in the capital during the movement control order 3.O (MCO 3.0) or  total lockdown perio...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — The Malaysian Shopping Malls Association (PPK Malaysia) today expressed disappointment over the backlash against the RM50 fee it advised malls to impose on workers for Covid-19 vaccination, stressing the payment is not to...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 ― Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng urged the government to raise RM45 billion through bonds and use this to shield Malaysians from the economic impact of the latest movement control order, or better known as MCO 3.0. The.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 — Fugitive financier Low Taek Jho, also known as Jho Low, had attempted lobbying former US president Donald Trump’s administration to try and dismiss money laundering charges against him, Bloomberg reported today. The...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 ― Malaysia could not deport ethnic Rohingya refugees being held here as no other country including Myanmar was willing to accept them, said Immigration director-general Datuk Khairul Dzaimee Daud. In an interview with Sinar...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 ― Malaysian Employers Federation (MEF) concurs with the government’s decision in extending the movement control order (MCO) 3.0 as the average daily rate of infection had not reduced to below 5,000 but is hopeful of...

KUCHING, June 12 ― The College Rafflesia at Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (Unimas) is set to be the next vaccination centre (PPV) starting June 14. When visiting the PPV yesterday, Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) adviser Datuk Dr Sim...

KUCHING, June 12 ― The confirmation of Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof’s Covid-19 infection affirms that two doses of Covid-19 vaccine is not a total protection against the virus, said Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Seri Dr....

KUCHING, June 12 ― The Sarawak Police Contingent welcomed their new deputy police commissioner DCP Mancha Ata in a simple ceremony yesterday. Mancha takes over the post from Datuk Fisol Salleh who is on transfer to the Pulau Pinang Police...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 ― The Education Ministry (MoE) today denied that an “SPM grading scale” chart being viralled on social media was from the ministry’s examinations syndicate. MoE in a statement said the “SPM grading scale” chart...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 ­— Dozens of foreign workers in Malaysia have won a legal battle against US tyre giant Goodyear for underpaying them, their lawyer said yesterday, the country’s latest case of migrants being mistreated. The relatively...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 12 ― A mock election is to be held today in 33 seats nationwide, with five political parties formed by youth participants organised by advocacy group Architects of Diversity Malaysia (AOD). Speaking to Malay Mail, AOD co-founder....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — The Small and Medium Enterprises Association Malaysia (Samenta) hopes the government will ease up on the strict restrictions that currently inhibit their operations. Responding to the latest announcement of an extension of.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — Police have detained six men in connection with an incident in which a customer was assaulted by a group of food delivery riders in Sungai Way, Petaling Jaya today. Petaling Jaya district police chief ACP Mohamad Fakhruddin....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — The Covid-19 pandemic will continue to impact the peak demand of electricity in Peninsular Malaysia with a reduction of up to 1,100 megawatts (MW) by 2025 compared to the forecast made in 2019 by the Committee for the...

SEREMBAN, June 11 — Controlled fresh markets (PST) nationwide will continue to operate throughout the total lockdown period, said Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Datuk Che Abdullah Mat Nawi. He said this was to ensure the continuity of...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — Prasarana Malaysia Bhd (Prasarana) has taken immediate steps to beef up its standard operating procedures (SOP) related to safety, operations, manpower and rail maintenance for the Kelana Jaya Line Light Rail Transit (LRT).....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 — Another mega vaccination centre in the Klang Valley, located at the Mines International Exhibition & Convention Centre (MIECC), Seri Kembangan will begin operations on Monday (June 14). The Covid-19 Immunisation Task...

SINGAPORE, June 11 — A 46-year-old Malaysian who was on the run for more than 20 years was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment with effect from the expiry of his existing sentence meted out in 1999, for offences punishable under the...

KOTA KINABALU, June 11 — The latest Covid-19 cluster detected in Sabah today is linked to a group of people who attended a funeral and tahlil ceremony in Kampung Kopi Blues on May 29. State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun....