SHAH ALAM, Feb 8 — The Selangor State Health Department is having engagement sessions with private hospitals and clinics to overcome the problem of late reporting of Covid-19 positive cases. Its director, Datuk Dr Sha’ari Ngadiman said this...

MELAKA, Feb 8 — Melaka’s daily Covid-19 infectivity rate (Rt) of 1.17, the highest in the country yesterday, is due to the 16 active clusters reported in the state throughout last week. State Health and Anti-Drugs Committee chairman Datuk Rahmad....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Former Attorney-General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas pledged today to cooperate with ongoing police investigations related to the contents of his memoir My Story: Justice in the Wilderness which is alleged to have defamed and...

PUTRAJAYA, Feb 8 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is carrying out the procurement of ‘low dead-volume’ syringes, needed to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine injections, with local and foreign companies, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham....

SEREMBAN, Feb 8 — The family of Nora Anne Quoirin has filed an application seeking a revision of the verdict of the Coroner’s Court here which had declared the Franco-Irish teenager’s death a misadventure. The family’s counsel Louise Azmi...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — A former babysitter was charged in the Sessions Court here today with negligence while taking care of a 10-month-old baby girl, last year. However, Leong Mooi Yin, 54, pleaded not guilty after the charge against her was read.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Employees Provident Fund (EPF) has announced at midnight that it has a technical issue on its i-Sinar online portal. Contributors that have applied for i-Sinar are urged to check again this morning after 8.00am to get...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Less than half of Malaysians polled by local think tank Emir Research in its fourth 2020 quarterly survey said Budget 2021 was sufficient to meet the needs of the public. In addition, the survey result which was published...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Electoral watchdog Bersih 2.0 has suggested that the functions of the Election Commission be divided up into three distinct entities to improve the voting process in Malaysia. Researcher Chan Tsu Chong said these would...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — China and Malaysia’s bilateral relations have continued to grow in strength in various aspects throughout 2020 although the world was affected by the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic. China’s Ambassador to Malaysia Ouyang.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Dewan Negara Caucus on People’s Wellbeing wants Felda’s takeover and control over FGV Holdings Bhd to be implemented by prioritising the interests of those involved, especially Felda settlers. Its...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Emir Research has found in its fourth 2020 quarterly survey that potential job loss remained the biggest concern for Malaysians amid the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, with almost eight out 10 Malaysians expressing this fear. Its....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — The Malaysian government is seeking nearly RM68 million in back taxes from Eric Tan Kim Loong or better known as Eric Tan, widely reported as fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low’s most trusted associate. Through a.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Plainclothes police officers assaulted a 21-year-old man and fired a warning shot at him before arresting him on suspicion of being a lookout for a smuggling syndicate, a lawyer and lawmaker alleged today. In a press...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — The government must explain if Malaysia was receiving Covid-19 vaccines after other nations due to logistics issues or commercial concerns, Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng said. In a statement, Lim said Putrajaya must tell the country.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — PKR president Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is now seeking to ask the Federal Court to decide whether the courts have the power to review the prime minister’s advice to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to suspend Parliament under an...

IPOH, Feb 8 — A 49-year-old night market (pasar malam) trader claimed trial at the Sessions Court here to allegedly raping his 14-year-old stepdaughter in Kampung Banjar, Ayer Tawar. The accused clad in a yellow T-shirt and blue jeans pleaded not.....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Socio-economic conditions for nearly half the low income families in the capital city’s public flats deteriorated further throughout the last quarter of 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic and movement curbs pushed unemployment...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — A petition calling for the resignation of National Film Development Corporation (Finas) chief executive officer Ahmad Idham Ahmad Nadzri and its chairman Zakaria Abdul Hamid has been launched by creative and film industry...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Putrajaya yesterday said it is opposing a call by newly-minted US President Joe Biden’s for the superpower’s agencies to protect the rights of sexual and gender minorities globally. Malay daily Berita Harian reported...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — The US Department of Justice (DoJ) has issued an arrest warrant to a law firm in London for the seizure of US$330 million (RM1.34 billion) allegedly misappropriated from 1MDB and held on behalf of a client. According to The...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — Several workers from delivery company J&T Express have recorded an apology video to their employer and customers over a recording that showed some staff throwing around packages at a sorting centre in Perak over a pay....

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — British woman Samantha Jones will go free soon after she was initially handed a prison term last year for stabbing her husband in Langkawi back in 2018, British newspaper Daily Mirror has reported. The British daily reported.....

SIBU, Feb 8 — Sibu folk must take ownership in the fight against Covid-19 to avoid overwhelming the healthcare system, particularly as the virus has spread beyond the longhouses here where the outbreak initially began, said Dr Annuar Rapaee. The...

KUCHING, Feb 8 — The Chinese community in Sarawak has no major grouses with the Chinese New Near standard operating procedures (SOP) issued by the state government to curb the spread of Covid-19, said Datuk Richard Wee. Wee, who is Sarawak...

SIBU, Feb 8 — An enhanced standard operating procedure (SOP) will be enforced in Sibu Jaya for two weeks from Feb 9 till 23, said Sibu Division Disaster Management Committee (SDDMC). SDDMC in a press release yesterday said the latest move was in...

KOTA KINABALU, Feb 8 — The tourism industry which is one of the biggest contributors to Sabah’s revenue has been severely affected by the Covid-19 pandemic. Since the movement control order (MCO) was enforced in March last year, many in the...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 8 — The outcome of the 14th general election (GE14) heralded a new political dynamic for Malaysia, effectively ending the days of a single party dominating the country’s political landscape, said DAP’s Liew Chin Tong. As a...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 —Melaka has recorded the highest Covid-19 daily infectivity rate (Rt), at 1.17, in the country as of today. Based on infographics shared on his Twitter account, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said...

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — Police have opened three investigation papers related to the contents of former Attorney-General Tan Sri Tommy Thomas’ book My Story: Justice in the Wilderness which is alleged to have defamed and insulted various.....