KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has announced today that hair salons, barber shops and car wash outlets can now reopen for business, as the new movement control order dubbed MCO 2.0 gets extended by another two weeks from...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Not many children have to face a citizenship crisis at age 10. That’s not the case for Boy B, whose birth father is Malaysian and birth mother is Filipina. The boy, whose name cannot be published due to a court directive,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — The Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia) has issued a severe weather warning, with continuous heavy rains, in several areas in Sarawak involving Kuching, Serian and Samarahan until tomorrow. MetMalaysia, in a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — The National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme which is set to roll out at the end of this month is the biggest vaccination effort ever implemented in Malaysia, according to Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said 80...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Private hospitals are preparing to contribute 1,409 beds to treat Covid-19 patients in order to reduce the strain on the government hospitals, said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today. During a televised address,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Stubborn people found repeatedly flouting regulations enforced to curb the Covid-19 pandemic may be thrown into prison and have their businesses closed immediately as part of stiffer measures under the law, Tan Sri Muhyiddin.....

SIBU, Feb 4 — An elderly woman here lost RM10,000 after falling victim to a online welfare agency scam last Tuesday. Sibu district police chief ACP Stanley Jonathan Ringgit said it started when the victim received a friend request from a Facebook.....

KUCHING, Feb 4 — The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) needs to be stricter with inter-district travel if the state’s Covid-19 cases is to decrease effectively, DAP lawmaker Dr Kelvin Yii said today. The Bandar Kuching MP suggested...

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 4 — The state and federal governments should consider opening all business sectors in the country and the state to help the people rebuild their businesses and life that are affected by Covid-19, said United Sabah Party (PBS)...

MELAKA, Feb 4 — Melaka police has confirmed that the stepfather, who is also a suspect in the alleged child abuse case in Taman Krubong Jaya here last week, was previously charged at the Ayer Keroh Magistrate’s Court in September last year with.....

JOHOR BARU, Feb — The Johor Baru High Court today sentenced a bus driver to death by hanging after he was found guilty of killing his girlfriend, who was a cleaner at the Changi International Airport, at Taman Scientex, near Pasir Gudang, five...

 KUCHING, Feb 4 — Six officers and 120 personnel from the Territorial Army are being mobilised to Sibu to assist in the enforcement of the movement control order (MCO) which will be implemented in the division until February 14. Malaysian....

SEREMBAN, 4 Feb — Four men, including a minor, were charged in separate Magistrates Courts here today over the death of a man at a house in Pulai Villa, Sikamat, last month. Two of them, Mohd Fitri Zan, 25, and Mohd Zairizan Zainal, 41, were...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Former Felda chairman Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad, who was convicted of nine corruption charges involving RM3 million yesterday in connection with the agency’s purchase of Merdeka Palace Hotel & Suites (MPHS) in...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 ― Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan has said the absolute prerogative of the prime minister to appoint the attorney general (AG) should be reviewed. He called for a more transparent and credible process after...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 ― Former attorney general Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali alleged that his successor Tan Sri Tommy Thomas violated the Official Secrets Act, among others, in the latter’s memoir. Speaking to reporters after lodging a report...

COMMENTARY, Feb 4 ― Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman and friends need not be in a hurry or feel disappointed over the dismissal of their judicial review bid on the Registrar of Societies’ (RoS) rejection of Muda's registration. Their pa...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 ― Malaysia United Democratic Alliance’s (Muda) party will now appeal the Registrar of Societies’ (RoS) rejection of its registration application to Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin. In a brief statement today,...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 ― Overall business sentiment has shown meaningful improvement among local manufacturers spurred by a remarkable level of confidence in the fourth quarter of 2020, a survey conducted by the Malaysian Institute of Economic...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 ― Close to a third of small retail businesses have “collapsed” in the three weeks since the government enforced a second round of the movement control order (MCO) with more likely to fold if curbs are prolonged, the...

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 4 ― The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) is investigating the mysterious deaths of dozens of wild boar on Sabah’s east coast. Its director Augustine Tuuga said representatives from his department as well as the Veterinary...

SHAH ALAM, Feb 4 ― The Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has expressed deep concern over corruption and the spread of fake news with intent to slander which are on the rise among politicians and civil servants. The Istana A...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — DAP’s Lim Kit Siang has responded to Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad claim that he was unsuccessful in forming a unity government last year after the collapse of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration due to the claim that he was.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — With no end to the Covid-19 pandemic in sight, inflationary concerns have grown amongst middle-income consumers, a survey conducted by Malaysian Institute of Economic Research’s (MIER) revealed. Its Fourth Quarter...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 ― The rapid shift towards digitisation forced by Covid-19 has left three in five Malaysians struggling to keep pace, according to a Randstad Malaysia survey. The findings suggest shortfalls in employers’ measures to help...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 ― Datuk Seri Khairuddin Abu Hassan has filed his second suit in relation to the Emergency, this time for judicial review of Attorney General Tan Sri Idrus Harun’s endorsement for Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s advice to the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 ― Johor has the highest daily Covid-19 infectivity rate (Rt) at 1.18 among all states in the country as of yesterday, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. According to the infographics shared vi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 ― A fire early this morning destroyed all the golf buggies and damaged parts of Kota Seriemas Golf and Country Club (KSGCC) in Nilai, Negri Sembilan today. According to a brief report from the club sighted by Malay Mail, the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 ― The High Court here today dismissed Malaysia United Democratic Alliance’s (Muda) leave application for judicial review of the Registrar of Societies’ (RoS) decision to reject its attempt to register as a political party......

GEORGE TOWN, Feb 4 ― The Covid-19 pandemic has negatively affected Penang’s tourism industry especially hotels that have to sustain high overhead costs with almost zero occupancy. In recent weeks, numerous hotels here have turned to selling...