KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — The government does not have any plans to sell any airport property in the country as they are national strategic assets, the Finance Ministry said today. It debunked claims that the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — A total of 15,327 people have so far sought help at 873 Community Internet Centres (PIKs) nationwide to register for the Covid-19 vaccine as of June 20. The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) in a...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — The Pakatan Harapan (PH) presidential council today urged the Special Independent Emergency Committee (SIEC) to uphold the royal decrees and push for the end of the nationwide Emergency on August 1 as scheduled. The...

KUCHING, June 25 — Sarawak Deputy Chief Minister Tan Sri James Jemut Masing has directed for the Malaysia-Indonesia border security patrol to be beefed up to curb the influx of illegal immigrants into Sarawak following the spike in Covid-19 cases.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — The proposed hybrid Parliament session can happen in late August or the first week of September this year, the Speakers of the Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara said in a joint statement today. Datuk Azhar Azizan Harun and Tan.....

PUTRJAYA, June 25 — Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim has been appointed the new Deputy Inspector-General of Police effective today, announced Home Minister Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin. Mazlan, 59, who has been the Director of the Logistics and Technology...

SEBERANG PERAI, June 25 — Five youths were fined RM6,000 each in lieu of two months’ jail at the Sessions Court here after they admitted to flouting the lockdown SOPs by taking part in a funeral procession. They admitted to committing the...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — The Ministry of Health announced 5,812 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24-hour period. This means Malaysia has recorded nearly 6,000 cases for two consecutive days, with new infections numbering 5,841 the day before. In...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — The Ministry of Human Resources through the Peninsular Malaysia Labour Department (JTK) has issued compounds amounting to RM1.2 million to factory operators and employers for flouting the ...

JOHOR BARU, June 25 — The Johor Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) arrested a 47-year-old man and seized a total of 23 protected birds in an enforcement operation at a house in Taman Bestari Indah, Ulu Tiram near here...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Umno will be postponing its party elections for up to 18 months due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic, its deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said today. A report by media outlet Free Malaysia Today (FMT) revealed...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — The Consumer Price Index (CPI) rose by 4.4 per cent year-on-year (y-o-y) to 123.1 in May 2021 versus 117.9 in May 2020, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DoSM). In a sta...

SEPANG, June 25 — More than 1.7 million senior citizens have received the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme (PICK). Women, Family and Community Development Minist...

KUCHING, June 25 — A total of 1.025 million doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered to individuals statewide thus far, said Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Tun Openg today. He said Sarawak has been aggressive in accelerating...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — A total of 2,082 companies nationwide with 301,050 workers have applied to participate in the the Public-Private Partnership Covid-19 Industry Immunisation Programme (Pikas) as of June 16,...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Japan said on Friday it would send two million additional doses of AstraZeneca Plc’s Covid-19 vaccine to Taiwan and Vietnam and arrangements were being made to send one million doses each to Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Former finance minister Lim Guan Eng today urged the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration to provide urgent financial help via an auto bank loan moratorium until the end of the year for all Malaysians except for the T20...

KUCHING, June 25 — Chief Minister Datuk Patinggi Abang Johari Openg said today that the state is now targeting workplaces in heavily populated industrial parks for the vaccination programme as a means to curb the threats of Covid-19...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) has been granted a court order compelling Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin, as the home minister, to make a decision concerning its pending application to register itself as a political party...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Taxi, bus and e-hailing drivers, as well as p-hailing workers are currently not included in the newly announced Transportation Sector Vaccination Programme, according to Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong. During a.....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Transport Minister Datuk Seri Wee Ka Siong has announced that more than 51,500 frontliners in the transportation industry will be given their Covid-19 shots under the Transportation Sector Vaccination Programme starting...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has announced that the government is now aiming to fast track Covid-19 vaccinations for those working in essential economic sectors such as the construction...

SIBU, June 25 — A total of 109,884 people here have received their first dose of vaccine as of Wednesday as Sibu Division goes into high gear in implementing the Covid-19 vaccination programme. Sibu Division Disaster Mana...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — The government should withdraw any intention to privatise and carve out the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, Subang (LTSAAS) from Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd’s (MAHB) network and allow it to be...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Padang Rengas MP Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said he expects only four Umno MPs to support a no-confidence motion against Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin’s leadership if it is tabled at the next parliamentary session....

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — The number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in Malaysia yesterday was maintained above the 250,000-mark for a third day in a row, as 268,604 Malaysians were given their shots.  The Special Committee on Ensurin...

BINTULU, June 25 — Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing today warned hotels here that they will be dropped from the list of quarantine centres for persons under investigations (PUIs) for Covid-19 for failing to meet the conditions set by the...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — After more than a year of the Covid-19 pandemic, it was reported today that Malaysia’s hard-hit hospitality industry has seen at least 120 hotels ceasing operations either temporarily or permanently. Chief executive...

KUALA LUMPUR, June 25 — Umno vice-president Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin has issued a call for unity in Umno, urging everyone in the party, especially its kabilah (tribes), to stand behind its president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Suprem...

KUCHING, June 25 — Police have arrested a man who robbed a cake shop in Kota Samarahan using a toy pistol. Kota Samarahan police chief DSP Sudirman Kram said the 24-year-old suspect, who hails from Sibu, was nabbed at a motel in Jalan Padungan...