KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Sungai Buloh MP Sivarasa Rasiah today suggested that Umno could make the difference that would allow the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to decline the “advice” of Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin regarding the ongoing...

PUTRAJAYA, May 27 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) is considering the use of the breath test which has been identified as the latest tool to detect Covid-19 in Malaysia. Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said the Medical Device Authority (MDA) will.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Bagan MP Lim Guan Eng today suggested the Penang government officially write to local pharmaceutical corporation Pharmaniaga Berhad to directly purchase the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccines while stocks are still available. He said....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — The efforts and concern officially voiced by the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) board of directors and its shareholder, Datuk Seri Najib Razak, to repatriate monies from the abortive joint venture between Abu Dhabi’s.....

SHAH ALAM, May 27 — Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi used his authority as deputy prime minister (DPM) to compel the Home Ministry, for which he held the ministerial portfolio, to approve a contract extension for the government's Foreign Visa Sys...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Malaysia’s economy is expected to further improve in the second quarter of 2021 (Q2 21) especially on the back of a low base as the economy contracted 17.1 per cent in the second quarter of 2020, based&...

JASIN, May 27 — An unemployed man was charged in separate courts here today with murdering his former brother-in-law, causing hurt on his daughters and ex-wife and assaulting her boyfriend. In the Magistrate’s Court here, Mohd Amin Moham...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Covid-19 cases in Malaysia continue to rise with 7,857 new cases recorded today. This is the third day in a row that Malaysia has registered more than 7,000 cases in one day. In a tweet, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Putrajaya may start imposing fines on those who do not show up for their Covid-19 vaccination appointments. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said his ministry is in discussions with the National Security Council...

PUTRAJAYA, May 27 — Public Service director-general (KPPA) Tan Sri Mohd Khairul Adib Abd Rahman today reprimanded civil servants following public dissatisfaction over the level of public service delivery which was deemed to be perfunctory ...

KLUANG, May 27 — An unemployed man was sentenced to 18-years jail and six strokes of the cane by the Sessions Court here today after he pleaded guilty to raping his seven-year-old niece. Judge Mujib Saroji ordered the man to serve the jail...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — The government will make improvements to the vaccine registration system, so that the goal of achieving group or herd immunity under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme before the end of this year succeeds. Deputy...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Malaysians will be able to purchase the RTK-Antigen test kit from their local pharmacists or medical centres, and conduct Covid-19 home tests very soon. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said the government is mulling....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng has urged today for all politicians who were recently appointed as chairman or as a board member of any government-linked companies (GLCs) to have their contracts terminated immediately. He....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Younger people aged between 20 and 40 have been filling up the stat sheets when it comes to positive Covid-19 cases recently, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba. He said there is a 15 per cent increase in cases...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — The Federal Territories Ministry is targeting to achieve the herd community earlier with more than 80 per cent or about 2 million of its population, especially in Kuala Lumpur, to complete the Covid-19 vacci...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Malaysian singer Datuk Seri Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin and her husband, Datuk Seri Khalid Mohamad Jiwa, have been slapped with a RM10,000 fine each for not adhering to standard operating procedures (SOPs) during a tahnik...

PUTRAJAYA, May 27 ― Malaysia’s population is estimated at 32.75 million in the first quarter of 2021, an increase by 0.4 per cent from 32.62 million in the same period of 2020, according to the Demographic Statistics report. Chief Statistician...

GEORGE TOWN, May 27 — The percentage of people who have received their Covid-19 vaccines in Penang is still low, said state exco Jagdeep Singh Deo. He said Penang hit a record high number of new Covid-19 cases at 420 yesterday, in tandem with the.....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Dewan Rakyat deputy Speaker Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said has once again urged the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government to consider reconvening  Parliament given the state of the country now. In a statement today,...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Actress Datin Paduka Eina Azman is deemed a high-risk individual, which is why she was administered the Covid-19 vaccine before many of the country’s senior citizens. A statement by Hospital Raja Permaisuri Bainun (HRPB)...

GEORGE TOWN, May 27 — Jelutong Market that was ordered to close due to several Covid-19 cases since May 17 will be allowed to reopen at 3pm today. The hawker stalls surrounding the afternoon market can start operations after 3pm today, the Penang.....

MIRI, May 27 — The Covid-19 index case who attended the Labour Day party that resulted in the Jalan Dato Permaisuri Cluster here was a 22-year-old woman, said the Miri Division Disaster Management Committee (MDDMC). The committee said the case was....

MIRI, May 27 — The closure of the Miri Central Market has been extended until May 30 after another trader tested positive for Covid-19, the Miri City Council (MCC) said. It said in a statement that the market was initially closed for three days...

 KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Two Light Rail Transit (LRT) trains involved in a collision on Monday have successfully been removed from the crash site this morning, three days earlier than scheduled, said Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka....

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) has today called for medical professionals to volunteer in the country’s fight to contain the worsening Covid-19 pandemic. The advertisement posted by the ministry and its director-general Tan.....

KUCHING, May 27 — Police issued compounds totalling RM34,000 yesterday evening for breaches of standard operating procedures (SOPs) under the current conditional movement control order (CMCO) at an open air gym here. The police were on...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — An investigation committee independent of the Ministry of Transport (MoT) is needed to ascertain the cause of the LRT train crash that injured more than 200 people on Monday night. Petaling Jaya MP Maria Chin Abdullah said...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — Outgoing Gombak police chief Arifai Tarawe has withdrawn his RM10 million defamation suit against news portal Free Malaysia Today (FMT) over two of its articles on his impending transfer to Bukit Aman. FMT r...

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 — A total of 52,771 individuals across the country have missed their Covid-19 vaccination appointments to date. According to Utusan Malaysia, Kedah has the most missed dates at 10,827 people, followed by Pahang (10,000),...