IPOH, Jan 4 — Road users are advised to be careful when passing through Jalan Kupang-Gerik-Jeli of Jalan Raya Timur Barat (JRTB) after the Banding Fisheries Centre in Gerik which suffered cracks and sedimentation due to a landslide on December 19.....

KUALA LUMPUR, January 4 – The Malaysia United Democratic Alliance (Muda) has called upon the authorities not to investigate Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reporter Sean Augustin for his article on the flooding in Selangor. In a statement, Muda said the....

KUCHING, Dec 4 — A number of tourism players in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) comprising United Arab Emirates (UAE), Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain and Oman want to include Sarawak in their tour packages, Sarawak Tourism Board (STB) said. Its...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — QuickMed, the makers of the e-Bracelet RFID (e-Bracelet) that the Health Ministry uses to track individuals under home quarantine, today said that the incident involving an actor where his e-Bracelet had come off less than 24....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — The “empty water” English translation from a Ministry of Health’s (MoH) Facebook posting which left many in stitches and went viral, was not done by the MoH. In a statement to clarify the matter — which many mistook...

ALOR GAJAH, Jan 4 — There will be no Cabinet reshuffle for now as the government is focusing on the more pressing issues affecting the people, namely floods and Covid-19, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob stressed. Not only did he describe it...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — The continuous heavy rain alert issued by the Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) for five states yesterday has been ended as good weather is expected in the states. In a statement today, MetMalaysia said the states are...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — The Department of Irrigation and Drainage (JPS) is on high alert as rivers in Pahang, Selangor, Johor, Negri Sembilan and Melaka have crossed the danger level and is advising local communities to follow instructions from the.....

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 4 — The launch of the Sabah Gas Masterplan by the Sabah government in collaboration with Petroliam Nasional Bhd (Petronas) focuses on three main aspects to drive natural gas investment in the state. Chief Minister Datuk Hajiji...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — The Cabinet will have a special meeting tomorrow to discuss the suspension of umrah travel announced by the Ministry of Health (MoH) travel following the threats of Covid-19 Omicron variant. Prime Minister Da...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — Malaysia’s Covid-19 cases stayed below the 3,000 mark today, with another 2,842 new cases recorded in the last 24-hour period. This was slightly higher than yesterday's 2,690 cases. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr No...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — Bukit Aman has summoned a reporter from news site Free Malaysia Today (FMT) to give his statement on a story he wrote about the December flood emergency. According to Gerakan Media Merdeka (Geramm), a police report was lodged....

SEGAMAT, Jan 4 — The government has approved an allocation of RM5 million to upgrade the bund in Kampung Spang Loi near here to overcome the flood woes in the village and its surrounding areas. Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is likely to raise the overnight policy rate (OPR) towards the year-end on the back of expectation that inflation will pick up again despite risks of a new coronavirus variant weighing on growth,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 ― The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) is investigating a report from the Kajang Prison on the adverse events following Covid-19 immunisation (AEFI) cases involving 18 inmates, the agency's director said tod...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — Telekom Malaysia (TM) has announced that its Unifi TV service has been disrupted nationwide since yesterday evening at 9.50pm. According to the official statement, the service disruption was caused by a fire that affected...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — The number of flood victims in Johor and Pahang recorded a slight increase this afternoon while in three states, the number remained unchanged and in Melaka and Negri Sembilan, it shows a de...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — A senior Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) officer today was charged with misappropriating some RM25 million (US$ 6.94 million) in cash that had been impounded for investigation. The 41-year-old senior enforcer,...

KUCHING, Jan 4 — A man was sentenced to six months’ jail by the Sessions Court here yesterday for starting a fire at a convenience store last month. Shamsuri Masranini, in his 20s, pleaded guilty when the charge was read to him by a court...

SIBU, Jan 4 — Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) secretary-general Priscilla Lau is being investigated under Section 505(b) of the Penal Code for her TikTok videos on Sarawak’s right to independence. Under this section it is an offence for whoever...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — Malaysia may have a deputy prime minister again under the current administration led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Citing an unnamed source, Utusan Malaysia today reported Ismail Sabri met his predecessor.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — The Health Ministry recorded another 28 Covid-19 deaths as of midnight, raising the cumulative fatalities to 31,560. This puts Covid-19 fatalities in the country at 98.9 deaths per population of 100,000 people, or 1.1...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — Over 15,000 flood evacuees remain in 188 relief shelters in Johor, Pahang, Melaka, Negri Sembilan, Selangor, Sabah and Terengganu last night. In Johor, the number of evacuees rose to 4,737 people as of 8 pm compared t...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4 — Two years into the Covid-19 pandemic and with 78 per cent of the total population fully vaccinated, there was still hesitancy about booster jabs when it was first rolled out last October. A high number of people with...

KLUANG, Jan 3 — A septuagenarian living in Kampung Muhibbah, Paloh near here had lost her husband a week before their home was struck by floods. According to Alizan Mohd Amin, 36, his mother Jamililah Mo’min, 78 was still grieving over his...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 — None of the 113 educational institutions under the Ministry of Education (MoE) that were affected by floods or used as temporary evacuation centres (PPS) are ready to operate for the time being. The MoE, in a statement today,....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3 — On the 52nd epidemiology week (ME), which was recorded from December 26, 2021 to January 1, 2022, a total of 23,071 new cases were reported with 198 deaths, and an average of 40,963 active cases. In a statement by the Health.....

KANGAR, Jan 3 — A crew member of a Roll On-Roll Off (RoRo) ferry died after falling into the sea while mooring the ferry at the Kuala Perlis Cargo Terminal today. Kangar district police chief Supt Wari Kiew said Mohamad Rasidi Baharun, 47, was...

SEGAMAT, Jan 3 — The decision to temporarily suspend umrah trips has been a difficult one to make but it is done in the public interest following the threat of the new Covid-19 Omicron variant, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department...

SIBU, Jan 3 — Parti Bumi Kenyalang (PBK) secretary-general Priscilla Lau was summoned to the Central Police Station here today over numerous TikTok videos she uploaded on Sarawak’s rights to independence. Lau said she was being investigated...