KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — The National Security Council has agreed to establish an Emergency Management Technical Committee to coordinate matters during the ongoing Emergency, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced today. He said the...

SHAH ALAM, Jan 16 — Selangor Sultan Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah and Tengku Permaisuri Selangor, Tengku Permaisuri Norashikin have conveyed their condolences to the family of former Lord President Tun Dr Mohamed Salleh Abas who died early today......

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — Tan Sri denied that his daughter was the woman shown being slapped by a businessman in a viral video, according to The Star. The news portal also reported Puan Sri Siew Yong Gnanalingam, the wife of billionaire Tan Sri G....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 —The Marine Police Force (PPM) has recorded seizing smuggled goods worth RM29.8 million in 2020 involving 407 cases. Without divulging further details, Bukit Aman Internal Security and Public Order Department director Datuk...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — DAP’s Steven Sim asked the government today to explain the absence of middle income earners from among those listed as recipients of the MySalam takaful insurance. He asked if this meant M40 income earners have lost their.....

KUANTAN, Jan 16 — The road to the resort area in Fraser’s Hill via Raub, 240 kilometres from here, has been closed since two days ago to all vehicles due to fear of landslides if the weather is bad. Raub district police chief, Supt Kama Azural...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 ― With the gazettement of yesterday’s Emergency (Essential Powers) Ordinance 2021, law experts warned that Malaysia could be in for a rough time with unlimited and unchecked powers concentrated in the hands of the Muhyiddin.....

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 16 ― The police have issued a compound to the organiser of the free frozen chicken drive-through event, as the programme was held without the approval of the authorities. Putrajaya district police chief, ACP Mohd Fadzil Ali said the....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — The Emergency could give authorities a chance to review policies employed without success in containing Covid-19 in the country, Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow said. The DAP leader said he had just attended an Emergency....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has conveyed his condolences to the family of former Lord President Tun Mohamed Salleh Abas, who died today. In a posting on his Facebook page, Muhyiddin said he was saddened by...

KUCHING, Jan 16 —  Entrepreneur Development and Co-operatives Minister Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar said his second test for Covid-19 has come back negative. “I have a negative outcome for the second swab test and the Ministry of...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 ― Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah and Raja Permaisuri Agong Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah have expressed their condolences to the family of former Lord President.....

KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 16 ― The late Tun Mohamed Salleh Abas had always been firm in all matters especially in taking action against state government officials involved in misconduct and mismanagement. Terengganu state legislative assembly Speaker.....

KUALA TERENGGANU, Jan 16 ― Former Lord President Tun Mohamed Salleh Abas was buried at the Sheikh Ibrahim Muslim Cemetery in Jalan Pusara here at 10.40am today. The body of Mohamed Salleh, 91, who died of pneumonia at 3.20am today, was taken to...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 ― Car makers can resume production again as automotive manufacturing has been added to an updated list deemed  “essential services” by the Muhyiddin government. Automotive (vehicles and components) is back under th...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 ― The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a weather alert warning with heavy rain forecast for several areas in Sabah and Sarawak until Monday. MetMalaysia in a statement today said the areas that will....

KOTA BARU, 16 Jan ― Those who are self-employed in Kelantan and need to go out to look for daily jobs can now apply for a one-time travel permit at the nearest police station, Kelantan police chief Datuk Shafien Mamat. He said the one-time permit.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 ― The leaders of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) youth wings today urged the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government to detail its immediate plans to young Malaysians facing financial woes with the country in a nationwide state of...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 ― The flood situation in Sarawak, Pahang and Sabah has improved this morning with the decline in number of evacuees, but in Johor, the number has remained the same as yesterday. In Sarawak, the number of evacuees at relief...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 ― Barber shops and hair salons. They were among one of the last sectors allowed to reopen during the first movement control order (MCO) last year. And it looks like that may be happening again. MCO 2.0, as many are referring...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 ― Former Lord President Tun Mohamed Salleh Abas died at 3.20am today, a day after he was admitted to the intensive care unit of Hospital Sultanah Nur Zahirah in Kuala Terengganu for Covid-19. He was 91. His death was confirmed....

KUCHING, Jan 16 ― All airlines must conduct all sales of flight tickets to be in accordance with the latest flight schedule approved by the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), which took effect yesterday. In announcing this, Minister of...

KOTA KINABALU, Jan 16 ― Six districts in Sabah have been affected by flood while two experienced the big tide phenomenon. The six districts that faced flooding were Kota Marudu, Pitas, Beaufort, Lahad Datu, Paitan and  Kudat; while Kudat a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 16 — The renewed movement control order (MCO) is notably different from last year’s lockdown in that significantly more types of retailers have kept running. While the MCO enforced in March 2020 saw only retailers of essential.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 ― All educational institutions under the Education Ministry (MOE) in Kelantan and Sibu in Sarawak are required to follow the educational institution operational regulations in movement control order (MCO) areas as announced...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 ―  A Malaysian man drowned while out with friends at Pinders Pond, near Roxburgh, in New Zealand at 7.30pm local time today. The Malaysian High Commission in Wellington, in a statement today, said the body of Muhammad....

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — The Organisational Anti-Corruption Plan (OACP) of the Department of Environment (DOE) has outlined seven strategic objectives and 44 initiatives for 2020-2024 in line with the sustainable development vision to develop the...

BAU, Jan 15 — Two districts in the southern side of Sarawak closed to the Malaysia-Indonesia border are left in the dark after two landslide incidents had cut off electricity supply in the area Sarawak Energy Berhad (SEB), the state owned power...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 — The Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry (MPIC) has initiated legal action against the European Union (EU) and its members France and Lithuania following their anti-palm oil measures. Today MPIC, with the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 15 ― The Ministry of Health (MoH) will hold further discussions with the Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) and other private hospital licensees in the near future regarding the management of Covid-19 patients at...