KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — Ipoh Barat MP M. Kulasegaran today urged the public prosecutor to charge the man who beat up an elderly security guard at an Ipoh condominium last year with murder in the wake of the victim’s death last Friday. A suspect...

PORT DICKSON, Aug 29 — As of August 19, 2.2 per cent of the 1.6 million civil servants in Malaysia were found to have not registered for Covid-19 vaccination. Public Service Department (PSD) Tan Sri Mohd Khairul Adib Abd Rahman said as a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng today urged Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaaokob to reverse the cabotage policy approved by the previous Perikatan Nasional administration. The Opposition lawmaker said Malaysia....

GEORGE TOWN, Aug 29 — The spirit of nationhood, and the value of independence and patriotism, must continue to be appreciated and applied in the new normal, despite facing the challenges of the current health crisis, said Penang C...

NIBONG TEBAL, Aug 29 — Police have arrested a man suspected to be involved in the murder of a woman whose body was found under her bed in Taman Seruling Emas, Sungai Jawi here yesterday. The 29-year-old man who broke into the victim’s ho...

BEAUFORT, Aug 29 — Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia (AIM) executive chairman, Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin, 66, who died from Covid-19, was laid to rest at the Muslim burial ground in Kampung Kebatu, here, at 1.50pm today. The van carrying his remains...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — The number of new Covid-19 cases in the country dipped today to 20,579, roughly 2,000 cases fewer than the 22,597 reported yesterday. However, today’s numbers have pushed the national case tally past the 1.7 million mark...

JOHOR BARU, Aug 29 — Johor Baru City Council (MBJB) is expected to strengthen its role and position as Johor Baru becomes a major international land gateway when the Malaysia-Singapore Rapid Transit System (RTS) Link project and the railway...

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 29 — While Opposition lawmakers have been quick to criticise Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s choices for his administration, analysts believe he did so to prevent further political tensions from rocking the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) has made its way into the Malaysia Book of Records (MBOR) for the “Largest Participation for Virtual Song Presentation” in conjunction with the 64th National Day...

IPOH, Aug 28 — A viral video showing a security guard being assaulted while on duty at the swimming pool of a condominium here in an incident which occurred in December last year and the victim died yesterday due to a lung infection. Perak police.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — A total of 31 ministers and 38 deputy ministers in the new Cabinet will take their oath of office, loyalty and secrecy at the Istana Negara tomorrow (Aug 30). The ceremony, to be held before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has extended his condolences to the family of Amanah Ikhtiar Malaysia executive chairman Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin, who died at the KPJ Specialist Hospital in Sabah today. Describi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — Casting aside their ideological differences, politicians in Malaysia offered their condolences to the family of Sabah politician Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin who died this morning from Covid-19-related complications.  Among...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — The number of Covid-19 patients who need oxygen assistance at the Integrated Quarantine and Treatment Center (PKRC) 2.0 in the Malaysia Agriculture Expo Park (MAEPS) Serdang, Selangor has dropped to just 109 people. Malay...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — The Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies in the United Kingdom has paid tribute to Tun Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid, the former Chief Secretary to the Government who died yesterday at age 82. In a statement sent to Bernama,...

KUCHING, Aug 29 — Over 1.76 million or 86.6 per cent of adult population in Sarawak have been fully vaccinated as of yesterday, said State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). In the Sarawak Vaccination Performance Report posted on Sarawak...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — Public hospitals throughout the country are still getting their supplies of Covid-19 medicines despite a drastic increase in demand and disruption in supplies from producers, said Health...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — While Lim Kit Siang still believes Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is Malaysia’s best candidate for prime minister, the DAP veteran does not think it wise for the country to put this to the test in a “game of numbers” in...

KOTA BARU, Aug 29 — All assets including vehicles and buildings belonging to the Malaysian Border Control Agency (Aksem) in Kelantan will be taken over by the General Operations Force (GOF) from October 1, following the rationalisation of the...

KUCHING, Aug 29 — Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) president Voon Lee Shan today called on the state government to dispel public fears of possible Covid-19 infections through blood transfusions.  He said that with the high rate of asymptomatic.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — Certain Malaysian politicians had received regular funding and “moral” backing from foreign organisations and individuals, former defence director-general (Intelligence) Lieutenant General Datuk Mohd Salleh Ismail...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob did not violate standard operating procedures (SOP) in visiting his parents’ graves in Temerloh, Pahang yesterday, according to national security director-general Datuk Rodzi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 29 — The lifestyle of many couples has been upended ever since Covid-19 turned up, especially with new, highly transmissible and deadlier variants spreading rapidly. Singles who turned to dating apps to find their love or life...

KUCHING, Aug 29 — Nearly 60 per cent of the 1,155 new Covid-19 infections reported here yesterday were detected through close contact tracing in 320 locations, said Datuk Sri Dr Sim Kui Hian. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) advisor.....

SIBU, Aug 29 — Sibu Coffee Shop and Restaurant Owners Association deputy officer of general affairs Hii Hiong Siu observes that the ban on dine-in at eateries due to the spike in Covid-19 cases has once again caused hardship to all food and...

KUCHING, Aug 29 — Batu Lintang assemblyman See Chee How claims that Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has breached its duty of care, resulting in a 17-year-old falling victim to Covid-19. In a statement yesterday, See said he had a...

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 29 — Amanah Ikthiar Malaysia (AIM) Executive Chairman Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin has passed away from Covid-19 this morning. He was 66. His special officer Ismail Norazman when contacted just now said that Lajim, who was warded at...

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 29 — President of the Federation of Chinese Associations Sabah (FCAS), Tan Sri TC Goh, has urged Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin to quickly intervene to ramp up vaccine supply for Sabah. He said this is crucial in order to...

KUCHING, Aug 29 — Sibu MP Oscar Ling denied rumours that the Opposition bloc has decided not to vote against Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob if there is vote of confidence when Parliament reconvenes this September 6. “No, we have...