KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — Former Umno president Datuk Seri Najib Razak has denied Tan Sri Annuar Musa’s claim that the Malay nationalist party is preparing to work with DAP to form a new federal government. On Facebook, Najib maintained that Umno...

TANJUNG MALIM, Jan 6 — Standard operating procedures (SOPs) relating to halal food products will be launched in the near future, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Seri Zulkifli Mohamad Al Bakri. He said...

PADANG BESAR, Jan 6 — The Malaysian Border Security Agency (AKSEM) in Perlis thwarted an attempt to smuggle out 96,160 bottles of vape liquid containing nicotine estimated to be worth RM1.8 million, here today. Perlis AKSEM Commander DSP Rodzi Abu....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — DAP’s Lim Kit Siang urged all political parties to stop asking for a premature general election to be held while the Covid-19 pandemic was still full blown. He said if not for the greed of Perikatan Nasional (PN) to wrest...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — Malaysia’s economy is expected to rebound faster once the country has successfully controlled and alleviated the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic, says Finance Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz. He said this...

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 6 — Tan Sri Annuar Musa today blamed Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for the continued failure to formalise the Muafakat Nasional (MN) political coalition with PAS. He purported that Zahid issued a directive in November....

KAMPUNG SEMENTEH, Jan 6 — Malaysian villagers were evacuated in an excavator while others swam through deep waters today as the number forced from their homes by floods rose to more than 28,000 with at least four dead.  Flooding hits the.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — A former CEO of 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) today told the High Court he considered former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak to be the “ultimate boss” , and had assumed that the government-owned company’s...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — Khairy Jamaluddin said any section of Malaysia seeking a general election alongside the Covid-19 pandemic was “selfish” and “irresponsible”, but acknowledged that the group included those from his party, Umno. The...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng insisted today that the government is capable of getting the money that would speed up delivery of the Covid-19 vaccine for Malaysians. Now back in the Opposition, the DAP...

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 6 — The feasibility study for the controversial undersea tunnel project here has finally been completed after a four-year delay. State exco for transport and infrastructure Zairil Khir Johari said the undersea tunnel and three...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — The cost of vaccinating foreign workers in Malaysia from Covid-19 will be borne by their employers, the Human Resources Ministry said today. The announcement comes a day after another minister said the government needed time.....

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 6 — Recently ousted Barisan Nasional (BN) secretary-general Tan Sri Annuar Musa said today component parties from the coalition must be consulted prior to his sacking. Citing BN’s constitution, Annuar said the coalition’s...

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 6 — With the pandemic showing no signs of abating, the Penang government is hoping factories in the state will allow the authorities to use their compounds to set up quarantine centres for low-risk Covid-19 patients. Chief...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein today said he will resign from his post if ordered to do so by his party Umno. He is the second Umno man in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) Cabinet to make the offer, after...

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 6 — Tan Sri Annuar Musa today launched a scathing attack against Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, accusing the latter of colluding with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim and DAP. Annuar, who was recently sacked as Barisan...

KUANTAN, Jan 6 — The Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah today called on the relevant authorities to be more proactive in delivering aid to flood victims stranded in rural areas. His M...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — MIC has questioned the removal of Tan Sri Annuar Musa as the Barisan Nasional (BN) secretary-general yesterday without consultation with all BN component parties. MIC president Tan Sri SA Vigneswaran said the party was also...

IPOH, Jan 6 — The Sessions Court fined two Myanmar refugees RM2,500 each for attempting to bribe a policeman here in 2018. Abdul Manaf Abu Khalaf, 28, and Arif Dilda Amin, 24, was charged at the Session Court here with offering RM60 to Lance...

JOHOR BARU, Jan 6 — Johor PKR deputy chief Jimmy Puah Wee Tse wants the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government to apologise publicly for the termination of the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High-Speed Rail (HSR) project. He accused those in power of being...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — Malim Nawar assemblyman Leong Cheok Keng who has been critical of the Perak DAP leadership has been issued a show-cause letter by the party disciplinary committee. Its chairman Chong Chieng Jen said the committee is asking...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — Umno information chief Shahril Hamdan has admitted that many party members were unhappy with Tan Sri Annuar Musa whose views strayed from theirs. In an FAQ on his social media accounts late last night, Shahril responded to...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — Kuala Lumpur MPs have told Federal Territories Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa today to respond to their queries on the formation of the Federal Territories consultation committee (JaKoWIP).  In a joint statement, the ni...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — Umno information chief Shahril Hamdan said yesterday that while the party can politically push for the 15th general election (GE15) to be called soon, the decision does not fall in its hands alone. Despite that, Shahril said.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — Fewer people are buying red meat these days at Aeon, one of Malaysia’s biggest chain supermarkets following a scandal late last year that has cast doubt over the halal status of imported meats. The Malaysian Insight...

SHAH ALAM, Jan 6 — The Selangor Islamic Religious Department (Jais) has allowed Friday and obligatory prayers in the state to be conducted according to the number of stipulated worshipers on Monday. Jais director Datuk Mo...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — Malaysia’s current account surplus is expected to reach 3 per cent of its gross domestic product (GDP) this year on the back of sliding imports but a strong ringgit and political instability could weigh on exports and deter....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — More people were being evacuated due to the floods in Pahang, Terengganu and Kelantan, while the situation in Perak, Selangor and Johor is reported to be improving with the drop in the number of evacuees. In ...

SINGAPORE, Jan 6 — It was as if he had struck gold when Ricky Kok learnt that a train station for the Kuala Lumpur-Singapore High Speed Rail (HSR) would be built near a plot of land he had bought in Malacca, Malaysia. After news came last Friday...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 — In April last year six months after she tied the knot, Dr Yap Choon Fong learned she was pregnant. On one hand, she was delighted that she was going to be a mother but, on the other, she was full of trepidation as she had...