PUTRAJAYA,  Aug 11 ― The Court of Appeal here today disallowed an application by lawyer Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, appearing for Datuk Seri Najib Razak and his son Datuk Mohd Nazifuddin, to refer constitutional issues involving Sect...

GOPENG, Aug 11 ― The Health Ministry (MOH) has detected the sale of vaccination certificates, in the form of physical cards on an online platform, in the northern part of the country. Its deputy minister Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali said MOH...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 ― A moderate earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit North Sumatra, Indonesia at 1.19pm today. Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) in a statement said tremors were felt in certain areas in Selangor and.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — Research by a journalism portal covering the environment and sustainability in Malaysia has shown that Selangor is the most effective state when it comes to monetising its forests, whereby RM233 was made from every hectare...

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 11 ― The Sabah government has received a dividend payment totalling RM2.74 million from the Sabah Ports Authority (SPA). The dividend payment was based on the port authority’s 2019 profit, according to a statement from the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 ― Police detained 18 individuals including seven women, four of them foreigners, for being involved in a wild party at a condominium in Kepong, here, early today. All of them were issued with a compound of RM4,000 each under...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — The motor vehicle industry suffered a staggering 92.4 per cent drop in its sales value in June this year, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia. Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said the sales value for...

PASIR MAS, Aug 11 ― Police arrested a married couple and seized heroin-base and psychotropic pills worth RM2.095 million from a house at Jalan Pasir Mas-Tanah Merah here last Sunday. Kelantan police chief Datuk Shafien Mamat said the seizure was...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 ― Less than a week after daily new Covid-19 cases in Malaysia fell below 20,000 cases, the Ministry of Health (MoH) recorded 20,780 new cases today. In a Twitter post, MoH revealed that Selangor alone recorded 6,921 cases,...

SEREMBAN, Aug 11 ― A total of 512 police personnel and their family members in Negri Sembilan tested positive for Covid-19 since January this year following assignments to curb the spread of the pandemic. State deputy police chief...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 ― The national birth rate declined by approximately 4.4 per cent in the second quarter of 2021 while the death rate increased by 10.1 per cent during that same period, the Department of Statistics Malaysia disclosed today....

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 11 ― Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng today said the police are wasting their time and resources to investigate MPs over the August 2 gathering by Opposition MPs at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur. The former finance minister was summoned to....

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 11 ― DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng today denounced the arrest and investigation into several individuals said to have “insulted” Kedah Mentri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor, calling it an abuse of power. The former finance.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun has rubbished a news report claiming he told Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin that the latter no longer commanded the majority support in Parliament. Azhar was responding.....

KOTA BARU, Aug 11 — The Kelantan government is providing special assistance of RM1,500 for the B40 group to help with the funeral arrangement of their family member who died due to Covid-19, said Mentri Besar Datuk Ahmad Yakob. He said the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 ― Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin is expected to call Perikatan Nasional’s (PN) component leaders after his Cabinet meeting today amid ongoing debate about his support in the Dewan Rakyat. Sources from several PN...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 ― Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi reportedly denied offering himself as a prime minister (PM) candidate in the event Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin fails his confidence vote in Parliament next month. The Vibes reported.....

JOHOR BARU, Aug 11 ― The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has been granted a remand order to detain Johor Baru City Council (MBJB) Mayor Datuk Adib Azhari Daud to assist with investigations into an alleged corruption case. The three-day....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 ― Some 28.3 per cent or 9,246,295 of the country’s population have completed both doses of the Covid-19 vaccination as of yesterday, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. Through an infographic shared on his...

KUCHING, Aug 11 ― The state government has asked the Sarawak Covid-19 Vaccination Advisory Group to evaluate whether those under 18 should also be inoculated against Covid-19, according to state Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) adviser Datuk...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 ― Umno was not informed that its supreme council (MKT) could only function as a “caretaker” during a meeting with the Registrar of Society (RoS) last Monday, the party’s secretary-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan said....

KOTA  KINABALU, Aug 11 ― Despite the risks of catching the coronavirus with the highly transmissible Delta variant running rampant, tourism and travel operators in Sabah are hoping the government will allow them to reopen for business agai...

IPOH, Aug 10 ― Congregants at mosques and surau in the state must continue to adhere to standard operating procedures (SOPs) prescribed under Phase Two of the National Recovery Plan (PPN), including individuals who have completed their Covid-19...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 — Bandar Kuching MP Dr Kelvin Yii has suggested several long-term solutions to deal with the issues currently faced by the country’s contract doctors. During a talk on the “Hartal Doktor Kontrak” issue organised by the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 ― Police are tracking down several individuals in connection with a viral video showing a group of men involved in a fight using weapons in an incident believed to have taken place in a residential area at Sri Timah flat, in...

SEREMBAN, Aug 10 ― A 39-year-old employer was detained for allegedly abusing an Indian national man at a business premises in Jalan Dato Pathmanaban, Port Dickson, near here yesterday. Port Dickson district police chief Supt Aidi Sham Mohamed said....

LUMUT, Aug 10 ― A man was stabbed to death in a quarrel with a neighbour at Jalan Sitiawan-Bruas, about 40 kilometres from here, yesterday. Manjung district police chief ACP Nor Omar Sappi said in the incident at about 5pm, the victim, in his 40s,....

MIRI, Aug 10 ― An elderly fisherman drowned while his son was rescued when the boat they were in capsized after being hit by huge waves while fishing about 11 nautical miles south-west of Kuala Miri, here, today. Malaysian Maritime Enforcement...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 ― A man has been arrested for allegedly assaulting his wife and son at their house in Taman Melati Utama here yesterday. Wangsa Maju district police chief Supt Ashari Abu Samah said the 44-year-old man was nabbed at about 3pm.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 ― A total of 19,606 cases or 98.1 per cent of the 19,991 new Covid-19 cases reported today were of categories one and two involving asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients respectively. Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr.....