KOTA KINABALU, Sept 21 — The continuous heavy rain from early this morning, has resulted in flash floods in 60 areas including housing estates and villages, in four districts in the state. The Sabah State Disaster Management Secretariat in a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sep 21 — Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin today said that Malaysia has reached the 80 per cent fully vaccinated rate among its adult population. In a tweet, he said that Malaysia hit its target of 80 per cent at 1pm today, adding...

PUTRAJAYA, Sept 21 — The use of nano mist does not replace the requirement for standard surface cleaning for disinfection against Covid-19, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said the nano mist has gained public...

MIRI, Sept 21 — Lawas Airport has been ordered to be closed for three days starting today after the Lawas River broke its banks and inundated the airport runway. According to Deputy Minister of Transport Datuk Henry Sum Agong, as a result of the...

KUCHING, Sept 21 — Peninsula-based parties such as Bersatu and Amanah should refrain themselves from meddling in Sarawak’s political affairs, said Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah. He said these new political...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — The High Court here was today told that Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah only received a payment of RM1,000 as deputy public prosecutor (DPP) in the sodomy appeal case involving Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. This was confirmed.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — Genting Highlands, Melaka and Tioman Island will join Malaysia’s travel bubble and may reopen to visitors beginning October 1, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri announced today. She also said more....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 cases rose to 15,759 cases today, with Sarawak remaining the state with the most new infections at 3,732 cases. Johor was second with 1,959 cases, followed by Selangor (1,934), Penang (1,417),...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — Starting October 23, children between the ages of 12 and 17 can go to any of the 156 centres set up by the Health Ministry nationwide for Covid-19 vaccination. Appointments for the adolescent immunisation programme will be.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — The Home Ministry has not justified its review of the Malaysia My Second Home (MM2H) scheme, said DAP lawmaker Hannah Yeoh. Yeoh said there was no data to show that the participants were “security threats” as Home...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — The cost of performing the Haj is expected to increase due to the inflation rate as well as the latest  regulations which have been set by the Saudi Arabian government, especially following the introduction...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — The afternoon sitting for the Dewan Rakyat today started late as only 19 MPs were present at 2.30pm. As Deputy Speaker Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon was about to restart debate on the royal address, Rasah MP Cha Kee Chin...

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 21 — The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for students will kick off in Penang for teenagers aged 16 and 17 tomorrow. Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said the vaccination session tomorrow will involve students with...

LABUAN, Sept 21 — Labuan will kick off its Covid-19 vaccination exercise for schoolchildren aged 12 to 15 tomorrow, ahead of the reopening of school on Oct 4, Labuan Health Department director Dr Ismuni Bohari said. He said the Mi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s lawyer today told the court that charitable and political donations were legal in Malaysia, and claimed his client was “unnecessarily” charged because the prosecution’s star witnesses....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — The proposal to lower the ceiling price of the Covid-19 self-test kit must be studied by taking into account the interests of all parties and cannot be done in haste, the Dewan Rakyat was told. Domestic Trade and...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — Malaysia has given its commitment to complete the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) ratification process by mid-December this year. Senior Minister and International Trade and Development...

KOTA ISKANDAR, Sept 21 — The Johor government today gave out monetary incentives to athletes representing the state who had competed in the recent Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Among the athletes who received the incentive was Tokyo...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — Malaysia is taking a cautious stand and monitoring the latest development in Afghanistan following the takeover of Kabul by the Taliban last Aug 15, the Dewan Rakyat was told today. Foreign Minister Datuk Saifuddin....

KOTA KINABALU, Sept 21 ― Sabah governor Tun Juhar Mahiruddin today disclosed that the state spent some RM324 million on Covid-19 pandemic-related aid and projects since last year. The Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah said that the amount was from the...

BATU GAJAH, Sept 21 — Some 1,400 students in Perak received the first dose of their Covid-19 vaccines at the Kinta Town Hall here today as the state kicked off the immunisation programme for adolescents. The first batch were mainly students in...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 ― The High Court here has allowed former minister Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman’s Malaysian United Democratic Alliance’s (Muda) bid for a judicial review against the government’s refusal to register them as a political...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 ― Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun today clarified that he had changed his mind on appointing Teluk Intan MP Nga Kor Ming as the temporary Deputy Speaker, and was not coerced to do so. During the debate session,.....

YAN, Sept 21 — A National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) officer was charged in the Magistrate's Court here today with causing the death of a man in July this year. However, no plea was was recorded from Md Ilyas Syahmi Ibnu, 34, wh...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — The government has decided to go ahead with the implementation of Undi18 and the automatic voter registration by Dec 31 this year at the latest as ordered by the Kuching High Court, the Dewan Rakyat was told. Minister in...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — Suara Rakyat Malaysia (Suaram) has disputed the data provided by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) on deaths in police custody in a parliamentary reply last week. Suaram executive director Sevan Doraisamy said Home...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — A total of 18,648,795 individuals or 79.6 per cent of the country’s adult population are fully vaccinated against Covid-19 as of yesterday, according to the CovidNow portal. At the same time, 22,097,565.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — Budget 2022 will remain expansionary and is conceptualised as a recovery budget to support the government’s wider and longer term reform efforts under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP). Finance Minister Datuk...

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 21 — Environment group, Penang Hills Watch (PHW) is calling on the Penang government to review its proposed cable car project for Penang Hill, especially after its designation as a Unesco biosphere reserve. The group suggested...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 21 — The Dewan Rakyat descended into chaos today as Opposition MPs demanded that the Deputy Speaker and Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali explain if the latter had blocked a DAP lawmaker’s appointment as temporary Deputy Speaker to....