KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today doubled down on his assertion that billions of ringgit were paid to international consulting companies by the government. This came despite a denial recently issued from...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — Malaysia’s economy is gearing up as more states are moving into the next phase of the National Recovery Plan (NRP), said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). Chief statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said...

ALOR SETAR, Sept 30 — The Kedah Health Department confirmed today that a three-year-old child is the first Covid-19 case to be detected involving tourists to Langkawi under the tourism bubble. Kedah Health director Dr Othman Warijo said that based....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa launched Art In The City (AITC) 2021 today. The initiative, which runs from October to December this year, hopes to jumpstart Malaysia’s arts and culture...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — Members of the Cabinet have been ordered to reveal their respective ministries’ 100 days Malaysia Family Aspiration Achievement report card to the public from today, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said. In.....

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 30 — The Penang Hill funicular train service will reopen to visitors from tomorrow, according to the Penang Hill Corporation (PHC). PHC, in a statement, said it intends to gradually reopen in accordance with the National Recovery....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — Zoo Negara, Pantai Morib and Sunway Lagoon were the top destinations in Selangor most visited by domestic tourists last year, based on data released today by the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM). Other popular...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — There is an immediate need for law reform, including the anti-hopping law to ensure confidence and good governance in Malaysia. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law), Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — The government needs to update the Malaysian Communication and Multimedia Communication (MCMC) Act 1998, Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said today. He said that the provisions on cybersecurity...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — Covid-19 vaccination is mandatory for federal public officers, said the Public Service Department (PSD) today. In a statement released today, PSD said it was to give confidence and assurance to the public to ensure the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 infections continued its upward trend this week with 12,735 cases reported today. With the latest figure, the country now has had 2,245,695 cases since the pandemic hit last year. The new daily...

IPOH, Sept 30 — Fish farmers and residents of Kampung Kolam in Tanjung Rambutan here are seeing red over kaolin mining in the area, which they say has damaged the environment and affected their livelihoods. Abdul Aziz Abdul Manaf, 66, who is...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — The Indian government is offering 150 scholarship spots to the children of its diaspora looking to further their studies in India. The High Commission of India in Malaysia has opened applications for the Scholarship...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — A total of RM314 million out of the RM1 billion allocated to the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry (Mosti) for the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (NIP) has been&nbs...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — Pontian MP Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan today proposed amending the Federal Constitution to make voting in elections mandatory. The Umno lawmaker also suggested punishing those who refused to vote with a fine as well as a ban on....

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 30 — All teenagers between 16 and 17-years-old, including students, may now visit any of the state’s Covid-19 vaccination centres (PPV) to be vaccinated without appointment, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow. He said the....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — Bersatu’s Supreme Leadership Council (MPT) has set Dec 18 and 19 for the party’s Annual General Assembly, said its secretary-general Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin. He said the assembly would be conducted physically and...

JOHOR BARU, Sept 30 — Several areas in the district here were reportedly hit by flash floods after a heavy pre-dawn downpour of more than two hours today. The areas hit included Jalan Denai Utama in Kempas where about 500 people were affected,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — The Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM) said domestic tourist arrivals and revenue fell in all states in 2020 versus the previous year. In its “Performance of Domestic Tourism By State, 2020” report published...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — Fresh from his acquittal for failing to declare RM2 million to the Inland Revenue Board, Pontian MP Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan insisted today he would not have been charged if proposed laws on political funding already...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 ― Infrastructure development is one of the main drivers of economic growth as infrastructure assets and services provide the basic physical and organisational structures that define the efficient functionality of an economy...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 ― The increase in the amount of pension payments to help pensioners facing economic problems due to Covid-19 needs an in-depth study, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Special Functions) Datuk Abd Latiff.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — More than 400,000 cases of Covid-19 infection involving individuals under the age of 18 were recorded this year, up from about 12,000 cases last year, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said of the total number of...

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 30 — The Penang police has completed its investigations into DAP’s Lim Guan Eng alleged violation of a home quarantine order recently. Penang police chief Datuk Mohd Shuhaily Mohd Zain said the investigation papers have also...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — The ongoing dispute between DAP’s Lim Guan Eng and MCA’s Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong over the government’s cabotage exemption policies ended with the Bagan MP accepting the transport minister’s debate challenge. It...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s former principal private secretary testified today that the former directed him to have the National Audit Department (NAD) redact sensitive information including Low Taek Jho or Jho Low’s...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — The construction industry is estimated to have suffered a loss of RM42 billion throughout the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) from March 18 last year until now, the Dewan Rakyat was told today....

GEORGE TOWN, Sept 30 — The High Court today set aside the conviction and sentencing of a former Penang city councillor who was found guilty of molesting a college student in 2017. In his ruling, Judicial Commissioner Mohd Radzi Abdul Hamid said...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — Implementation of  Langat 2 Water Treatment Plant (LRAL 2) project is fully managed Pengurusan Aset Air Berhad (PAAB), a subsidiary of the Ministry of Finance, said Selangor Infrastructure, Public Facilitie...

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 30 — International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Azmin Ali must convince Parliament to pass the law amendments required for Malaysia to ratify the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership...