KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — The implementation of the RM1,500 minimum wage rule for micro-entrepreneurs is still under discussion, says Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Tan Sri Noh Omar. He said this was following an appeal by...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — A kitchen fire which took place at the Dragon-i Peking Duck Restaurant in Pavilion Kuala Lumpur was successfully brought under control earlier today. The confirmation came after pictures showing thick smoke billowing from.....

JOHOR BARU, March 30 — The Johor police have identified and will focus their efforts on 41 hotspot areas in the state in preparation for the reopening of the international borders this Friday. Johor police chief Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat said the.....

SHAH ALAM, March 30 — Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) will take action against a contract lecturer at the university’s campus in Seri Iskandar, Perak, who insulted a B40 student as shown on the viral video on social media. Its vice-chancellor...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — The parliamentary Public Accounts Committee (PAC) today stated that they will begin an inquiry into the development and procurement of the MySejahtera application somewhere in mid-April. Its chairman, Wong Kah Woh said...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries (MAFI) has assured adequate meat supply to meet the demand for the Ramadan month and Aidilfitri celebration. Its minister Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee said the meat supply was...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) will not compromise and will take stern action against its personnel who refused to accept reports on domestic violence. Bukit Aman Criminal Investigation Department director Datuk Seri Abd....

IPOH, March 30 — A total of 1,736 wild boars and 16,631 monkeys have been culled since last year for disturbing farmers’ plantations and causing disturbances to the public, the State Legislative Assembly was told today. Perak Health, Science,...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — The government has exempted all vehicles entering into Malaysia via the Johor-Singapore borders from toll payments at the toll plazas of the Immigration, Customs, Quarantine and Security Complex, namely the Sultan Iskandar....

GEORGE TOWN, March 30 — An e-hailing driver told the Coroner’s Court today that Australian Annapuranee Jenkins had suddenly asked him to drop her off along a high-traffic road in Penang before they reached her intended destination at a home for.....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Former auditor-general Tan Sri Madinah Mohamad said the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) matter was an official secret that could not be raised even in government meetings in the past, when explaining why she did not...

IPOH, March 30 — The Perak government is considering raising the minimum age for marriage in the state to curb a growing trend for underage brides and grooms. Datuk Dr Wan Norashikin Wan Noordin who heads the state Women and Family...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Malaysia should urgently reform its social protection system to ensure the people would not face serious financial hardship in the future, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) Governor Tan Sri Nor Shamsiah Mohd Yunus. The...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Tan Sri Madinah Mohamad told the High Court today that she first learnt that the audit report on 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) had been tampered with in March 2017 after taking over as the new auditor-general....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 ― The MySejahtera smart phone application is no longer useful for tracing Covid-19 close contacts as part of measures to curb the pandemic, the Malaysian Medical Association (MMA) said today. Its president Dr Koh Kar Chai...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 ― A total of 71 election offences were committed by political parties contesting in the recently concluded 15th Johor state election earlier this month, electoral watchdog Bersih 2.0 said today. The findings were disclosed...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — DAP national chairman Lim Guan Eng today pointed out that under the current government’s administration, Sabah has received less development allocation under the yearly national budget as compared to during Pakatan...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Parliament and Law) Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar today clarified to the Senate the three main criteria, as contained in the in the administrative draft of the...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Electoral reform group Bersih 2.0 today said that it will mount a legal challenge against the Health Ministry and Election Commission for restricting Covid-19 positive voters from participating in the democratic process as....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Minimum wage policy should be done in an orderly manner to ensure that the move will support economic growth while not adding inflationary pressure to the country, said Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor ...

KUCHING, March 30 — Sri Aman MP Datuk Masir Kujat has quit Parti Sarawak Bersatu (PSB) and declared his support for Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. In a video and two-paragraph press statement dated today, Masir said he made the...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Malaysia recorded 15,215 new Covid-19 infections in the past 24 hours.  Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a statement this morning said the total cumulative Covid-19 cases now stands at...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — With Malaysia transitioning to Covid-19 endemicity, Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng today joined a bipartisan choir urging the government to end the mandatory use of the MySejahtera application. The Opposition lawmaker said it is...

IPOH, March 30 — State Education, Higher Learning and Human Resources committee chairman Ahmad Saidi Mohamad Daud today told the state assembly that underage marriages are one of the main reasons for students to drop out of schools in Perak.&nb...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Malaysia’s real gross domestic product for this year is expected to grow between 5.3 and over 6 per cent, underpinned by stronger global trade and the reopening of international borders, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Transparency International Malaysia (TI-M) today expressed concern about the lack of transparency over the government's handling of MySejahtera Covid-19 contact tracing mobile application data. Its president Muhammad M...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Former Goldman Sachs banker Tim Leissner had been forewarned that “bad karma” would be coming his way from his own doing ahead of the 1MDB financial scandal that shook the world, a US jury in the trial of his former...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) has expressed its concerns over the financial resilience of some segments of household borrowers that are highly leveraged and have lower financial buffer, a situation which can only be addressed....

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — Lembaga Tabung Haji (LTH) has agreed to amend the Tabung Haji Act 1995, also known as Act 535, to essentially enable the accounts of debtors in the Muslim pilgrims’ fund to be accessed to pay nafkah or alimony ow...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — A total of 15,711,005 individuals or 66.8 per cent of the adult population in the country have received the Covid-19 booster dose as of yesterday. Based on the CovidNow website, a total of 22,951,201 individuals or 97.5...