SEBERANG PERAI, Aug 3 — The Seberang Perai City Council (MBSP) has ordered the Bukit Mertajam Market to be closed from August 5 to 11 after five Covid-19 cases were detected among traders and workers. MBSP Mayor Datuk Rozali Mohamud said two...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — Some 40 Barisan Nasional (BN) MPs have signed statutory declarations (SD) to support Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as prime minister, said Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin. The Star reported the Padang Besar MP as saying this afternoon.....

ISKANDAR PUTERI, Aug 3 — The Transport Ministry will open additional industry vaccination centres (PPVIN) specifically for the transport sector throughout the country to speed up the vaccination process. Its minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong said...

ISKANDAR PUTERI, Aug 3 — Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong today said that a policy to implement and regulate food delivery (p-hailing) services in the country will be presented to the Cabinet soon. He said the Transport Ministry and...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — A housewife wept in the Sessions Court here today after she was fined RM9,000 for improper use of the network facilities by making and initiating communications that insulted the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on her Facebook. Judge...

BANTING, Aug 3 — The Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC) estimates that the timber sector has suffered a loss of RM60 million a day as it was not able to operate for two months following the implementation of the National...

LABUAN, Aug 3 — A small number of school teachers here have yet to receive the Covid-19 vaccine, ahead of school reopening on September 1. Labuan Education director, Yusup Mohamad said the unvaccinated teachers (mostly women) constituted three per....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 — De facto law minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan will not be resigning in the aftermath of the controversy surrounding his announcement in Parliament on July 26 that the Emergency Ordinances (EO) were revoked on July 21....

KOTA BARU, Aug 3 — Kelantan government is anticipating that the state’s daily tally of Covid-19 cases will show a decline in the next two weeks, said state Local Government, Housing and Health Committee chairman Dr Izani Husin. He said the...

JOHOR BARU, Aug 3 ― A police team has busted a syndicate specialising in making counterfeit and contraband liquor in Johor. Johor police chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the raid on a two-storey house in Taman Ungku Tun Aminah in.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 ― Deputy Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said today suggested that it was too late for the prime minister to only now announce that the Emergency Ordinances have yet to be completely revoked. The Pengerang MP for....

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 3 ― Penang hopes the Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) will continue to boost vaccine supplies to the state this month. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yew said the state government and the state Health Department has yet to.....

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 3 ― The Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) state government remains united amidst the political developments taking place in Peninsula Malaysia, said chief minister Datuk Seri Hajiji Noor. Hajiji who is also GRS chairman, said he had...

SHAH ALAM, Aug 3 ― Deputy Youth and Sports Minister Senator Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal is confident national diver Cheong Jun Hoong can spring a surprise and win a medal in the women’s 10-metre platform ...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 ― The Health Ministry today reported 17,105 new Covid-19 cases, an uptick from yesterday’s 15,764 total. This brings the nations’ cumulative Covid-19 cases to 1,163,291, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 ― Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today said that the Emergency Ordinances which the government announced to have been revoked on July 21, will now be debated in Parliament. In a statement today, Muhyiddin said the...

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 3 ― Sabah industrial players are encouraged to get the Rapid Antigen Test Kit, which uses saliva or nasal swab samples, to test their own staff for Covid-19, said Sabah Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Dr Joachim Gunsalam. The Sabah.....

TAIPING, Aug 3 ― A former Bersih 2.0 activist was charged at the Sessions Court today with posting insulting comments on Islam on social media last April. Sarajun Hoda Abdul Hassan, 65, however, pleaded not guilty and claimed trial after the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 ― Claiming to have been prevented from conducting his duty as a lawmaker, Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran lodged a police report after being blocked from entering Parliament yesterday. Kulasegaran, who is also the former human...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 ― Dewan Negara lawmakers from the Opposition bench marched to Parliament this morning, demanding the Upper House proceed with its three-day special sitting that was supposed to start today. The gates to Parliament remained...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 ― DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today offered the Opposition’s aid to help the government source funds to procure enough Covid-19 vaccines for the remaining adult population in Malaysia, estimated to number 6.3 million......

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 ― Housing and Local Government Minister Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin said she saw no mistake made by de facto Law Minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan’s remarks on the revocation of the Emergency Ordinances. During the Astro...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 ― A taxi company owner will be charged in court tomorrow for soliciting and accepting bribes worth RM95,000 from a person who sought his help to clear an ongoing graft case. A source familiar with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 ― Lawyer Mohd Khairul Azam Abdul Aziz claimed trial at the Sessions Court here today to allegedly insulting the judiciary and the police in a Facebook post. Mohd Khairul Azam was accused of committing the offence under the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 ― Padang Rengas MP Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz believes de facto Law Minister Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan owes an apology to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong for prematurely announcing the revocation of the Emergency...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 ― A total of 21,668,999 vaccine doses have been administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation programme as of yesterday. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, through an infographic shared on his Twitter,...

KUCHING, Aug 3 ― Bandar Kuching MP Kelvin Yii has called upon the Ministry of Health (MoH) to explain the reason behind the usage of cycle threshold (CT) values to postpone the special parliamentary sitting. He said this in response to a statement....

KUCHING, Aug 3 ― The Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) should not reconvene if the number of Covid-19 infections is still high, said Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) information chief Datuk Idris Buang. “We cannot take things for granted. Covid-19...

KUCHING, Aug 3 ― The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) will tighten standard operating procedures (SOPs) and modify plan schedules as Sarawak prepares to enter Phase Three of the National Recovery Plan (NRP) on Wednesday. Its advisor...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 ― The Kuala Lumpur Hospital (HKL) has denied claims that a Covid-19 patient who was declared dead was found alive at the burial site. The Communications and Multimedia Ministry (KKMM)...