KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak today refuted the testimony by a key witness in the United States trial of former 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) banker Roger Ng that a 2009 meeting between him and ex-Goldman Sachs Group Inc’s.....

PHNOM PENH, Feb 23 — Malaysian Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has arrived in Cambodia for a two-day state visit to further strengthen 65 years of bilateral ties as well as trade and investment opportunities and people to people...

IPOH, Feb 23 — All Perak government programmes have been postponed on the advice of the National Security Council (MKN) following the spike in Covid-19 cases nationwide currently. The Mentri Besar’s Office in a statement said programmes...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued an alert weather warning of continuous rain which is expected to occur in several states until this Sunday. MetMalaysia in a statement today informed that...

KUCHING, Feb 23 — The Sarawak government will soon produce its own climate change policy following the completion of a study undertaken under the 12th Malaysia Plan (12MP), said Dr Hazland Abang Hipni. The Assistant Minister of Energy and...

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 23 — The Cabinet meeting today agreed that the memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Indonesian Domestic Workers (PDI) be signed immediately on a date jointly decided by Malaysia and Indonesia, said Human Resources Minister Datuk...

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 23 — The Penang Islamic Religious Affairs Department (JHEAIPP) today confirmed the increase in the goodwill payment rate (kadar saguhati) for ‘jurunikah’ (person who solemnises the marriage) and two witnesses in the state...

KUCHING, Feb 23 — The Coalition for Clean and Fair Elections (Bersih) and Rise of Social Efforts (ROSE) say the Election Commission (EC) must make improvements following shortcomings during the recent 12th Sarawak election. These include election.....

KULAI, Feb 23 — The Education Ministry (MOE) has given primary and secondary schools the option of having home-based Learning and Teaching (PdPR) sessions if Covid-19 cases rise drastically. Deputy Education Minister Datuk Mohamad Alamin said the.....

JOHOR BARU, Feb 23 — MCA will be holding its 73rd anniversary celebration at Che Ann Khor Association in Yong Peng, Johor this Friday. Party secretary-general Datuk Chong Sin Woon said that the celebration is scheduled to begin at 11am and will be....

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 23 — Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P Ramasamy will be heading to Bukit Aman to assist police investigations into his February 13 social media posting that allegedly linked Perlis religious authorities with unilateral conversion,....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — The Health Ministry (MOH) says allegations carried in a viral video on social media showing students experiencing adverse reaction after receiving the Covid-19 vaccine is fake news. The ministry instead explained that the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — Penang Deputy Chief Minister II P. Ramasamy is being investigated for alleged racial incitement that jeopardises public order with his recent remarks related to the high-profile unilateral Islamic conversion of three...

KULAI, Feb 23 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) chairman Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has asked the Election Commission (EC) to reconsider the standard operation procedures (SOP) set for the Johor state election campaign period.  The Bersatu president...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — Unvaccinated individuals regardless of age are most at risk of suffering Covid-19 categories four and five infections and also succumbing to the disease, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said.....

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 23 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob will be making inaugural official visits to Cambodia and Thailand from Feb 23 to 26, 2022. The Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra) in a statement today said, the visits were upon the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 ― Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) today unveiled its aspirations for the Johor state polls, which included getting the country back on track and eliminating what it labelled a “shameless culture” that is allegedly the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 ― Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today dismissed Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s claim that he had pressured the latter into helping his “cronies”. In a press conference, Dr Mahathir said he does not practise cronyism, but instead...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 ― Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad confirmed today that Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi paid him a visit before he became prime minister for a second time. Dr Mahathir, who was Pakatan Harapan chairman at the time, said...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 ― Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor’s former aide Datuk Rizal Mansor had been missing work, not coming to office regularly and was a poor writer, the High Court was told today. Rizal, accused of abusing his power for monetary gains...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 ― Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) chairman Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad today claimed the Opposition is fragmented ahead of next month’s Johor state election, with each party gunning for the mentri besar post. He added that his....

IPOH, Feb 23 — Ibrahim Mat Zin, who is being investigated for allegedly insulting Islam and violating a state fatwa, today claimed he has been invited by some politicians to perform a ritual to prevent the spread of the Covid-19 virus ahead of...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — The National Pharmaceutical Regulatory Agency (NPRA) today revealed that since the rollout of Covid-19 booster shots in the country, 44 cases involving suspected deaths from adverse events following Covid-19 immunisation...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — A key witness in the US bribery trial against Goldman Sachs Group Inc banker Roger Ng has reportedly testified that the bank’s former chairman and chief executive officer, Lloyd Blankfein, had a meeting with Datuk....

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 23 — Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim lost his appeal in the Court of Appeal today to reinstate his lawsuit against the government to invalidate his conviction for sodomising his former aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan. A three-member bench...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein is undergoing isolation at Hospital Angkatan Tentera Tuanku Mizan here for treatment and observation after testing positive for Covid-19 y...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — Lyiana Roslee, the wife of former Bersatu youth leader Adam Asmuni, has formally written to the Attorney General to withdraw the drug charges against her. Husband and wife were both charged with the cultivation and...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — The ongoing 1MDB trial of Malaysian former banker Roger Ng in a US federal court revealed titillating details and the extent of the misappropriated money that flowed out from Malaysian sovereign investment firm 1MDB. In...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — The Health Ministry reported 27,179 new Covid-19 infections in the last 24 hours, an increase from 25,099 cases the day before. This brings the cumulative infections to 3,273,958 from the time Covid-19 arrived in the country....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 23 — Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia said today findings from a survey on its members indicate a rising trend of pediatric Covid-19 patients in their wards over the last two weeks. Its president Datuk Dr Kuljit Singh...