GEORGE TOWN, Aug 25 — Bersatu Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof hopes he will be reappointed as a minister in the new Cabinet under Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. He said he still has a lot of work to...

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 25 — Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim indicated that Pakatan Harapan would allow Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob an easy path through a confidence vote in Parliament if the prime minister committed to pro-Malaysian policies....

SEMENYIH, Aug 25 — The Royal Malaysia Police will order food premises that do not comply with standard operating procedures (SOPs) to be closed, following a married couple’s “social experiment” of dining-in at a restaurant without being...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — The Jaringan Prihatin programme which was launched in May specifically for the B40 group will be extended until September 30, in conjunction with the National Day and Malaysia Day celebrations. Malaysian Communications and...

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 25 — The seven Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) militants who were arrested by Malaysian special forces during an operation in Pulau Timbang in Sandakan on August 18 which resulted in the killing of two of their comrades, might be charged....

KUCHING, Aug 25 — The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme at four vaccination centres (PPVs) in the division will be temporarily suspended from Aug 30. The PPVs involved are the Sibu Indoor Stadium, Sibu Jaya Multi-Purpose Hall, Selangau...

KUCHING, Aug 25 — The number of new Covid-19 cases in Sarawak rose for the third consecutive day today to 1,667, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Sarawak had the fifth highest number of cases today compared to other...

KUCHING, Aug 25 — The Sessions Court here today sentenced a 44-year-old man to a total of 26 years in jail and 10 strokes of the rotan after he pleaded guilty to incest and sexual assault of a child. Judge Afidah Abdul Rahman sentenced him to 18...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — Police police seized three containers laden with duty-unpaid cigarettes and beer worth over RM20 million in separate raids in Shah Alam and Klang yesterday. Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order dire...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — The High Court here has fixed Nov 25 to hear the application by Muar Member of Parliament Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, who is facing charges of criminal breach of trust (CBT), misappropriation of funds and money...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — Covid-19 cases in Malaysia jumped to 22,642 today, an increase of 1,805 in the last 24 hours. Sabah recorded over 3,000 cases for the second day in a row. Outside of Selangor, it was the state with the highest statistics for....

SHAH ALAM, Aug 25 — A total of 169, out of 215 detected cases of encroachment on state land, have been issued with compounds, based on reviews by all local authorities in Selangor, from last year to June this year. Selangor Mentri Besar, Datuk...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — Pakatan Harapan said today it would call for a meeting to propose all Opposition parties unite or collaborate under a “big tent” strategy in a bid to galvanise the forces against the ruling coalition. PH is the main...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — Kelantan’s tourism sector suffered losses of RM2.6 billion last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, said state Community Unity, Culture, Heritage and Tourism Committee chairman Major (Rtd) Datuk Md Anizam Ab Rahman. He said....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — Opposition leaders are to have a meeting with new Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob today at 2pm, says PKR Communications Director Fahmi Fadzil.  He said that PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, Parti...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — The Association of Malaysian Hauliers (AMH) is calling for those who can travel interstate to do so in support of PLUS Malaysia Berhad’s (PLUS) Satu Pembelian, Seribu Harapan campaign in this month filled with...

IPOH, Aug 25 — Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu today said that he will not be sad if he is not given the deputy prime minister post. The Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) deputy president said that he was not even sad when he lost the Perak...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — Malaysia’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) went down by 0.6 per cent last month compared to June, due to factors such as the discounts to consumers’ electricity bills under the government’s Pemulih economic package, the...

TOKYO, Aug 25 — National swimmer Muhammad Nur Syaiful Zulkafli missed the opportunity to advance to the men's 200m freestyle S5 (physical disability) final at the Tokyo Paralympic Games here today. National Sports Council (MSN) Paralympic Divi...

SHAH ALAM, Aug 25 — The Selangor government is making preparations to provide the booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine under its Selangor Vaccine Programme (Selvax), the state assembly was told today. State Public Health, Unity, Women and Family...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — Terengganu Sultanah Nur Zahirah will have to personally attend court proceedings and testify to prove her RM300 million defamation lawsuit against Sarawak Report editor Clare Rewcastle-Brown and two others over a book on the....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — Malaysia’s Leading Index (LI) continued to register positive growth, rising by 0.5 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 105.6 points in June 2021 from 105.1 points in June 2020, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — Umno’s Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said would make a “good” candidate in charge of three ministries, including the key home affairs portfolio, according to Opposition MP Hannah Yeoh. The Segambut MP commended her...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) has denied the allegation that it had blocked access to articles from international news portals. In a statement, the MCMC stressed that the alle...

IPOH, Aug 25 — Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah praised Umno-led Mentri Besar Datuk Saarani Mohamad today for setting a precedent by reaching out to involve assemblymen from the Opposition Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition in state...

IPOH, Aug 25 — Malaysia must intensify farming for food security, the Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah said today. The Perak Ruler, who is also the Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong, said serious attention must be given to increase food...

TOKYO, Aug 25 — Malaysian tennis table player Chee Chaoming succumbed to defeat at the hands of Mohamed Kalem of Italy on the first day of Tokyo Paralympics, here, today. Mohamed Kalem took just 20 minutes to defeat the 2018 Asian Para Gam...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — Youth coalition Sekretariat Solidariti Rakyat have raised nearly RM93,000 over 24 hours to pay for the legal fees of 31 of its activists who were arrested for their part in a candlelight vigil last week.  In a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) information chief Muhammad Hilman Idham has denied claims that Datuk Seri Azmin Ali would pull his support for new Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob is he doesn’t get the deputy prime...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — Opposition lawmaker Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad does not think new Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob should table a confidence vote in Parliament right now for validation of his appointment, despite calls to do so....