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If you’re planning to take an ETS, KTM Intercity or KTM Komuter train soon, take note that KTMB (Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad) is going 100 per cent cashless starting January 1, 2025. — Picture by Devan Manuel
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

KTMB goes fully cashless from January 1: Here’s how you can ride the rails in 2025

The Inland Revenue Board has announced that, starting tomorrow, the electronic submission of the Section 107D Payment Form (e-107D) will be among the changes to its services Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

IRB shifts to digital: Mandatory electronic e-107D form submission for tax reporting starts January 1

File photograph taken in Geneva on July 28, 2022 shows planes of carriers British Airways, Swiss International Air Lines, EasyJet and Turkish Airlines seen from the Geneva Airport air traffic control. A Swiss International Air Lines cabin crew member on an aeroplane forced to make an emergency landing due to smoke inside the aircraft has died, the flag carrier said yesterday. — AFP pic
World  / 19 h ago

Swiss Airlines crew member succumbs in hospital after smoke forces emergency landing

The ‘Bangkit Sabahan’ pro Hajiji group decided to make its way closer to Menara Kinabalu, but was stopped some 150m from the site. —Picture by Julia Chan
Malaysia  / 15 h ago

No clashes in Sabah as police separate rival protest groups at Menara Kinabalu

South Korean parents might have a new contender for bedtime chaos: ‘APT.’, the chart-smashing collaboration between Blackpink’s Rosé and Bruno Mars. — Picture from The Black Label
Showbiz  / 18 h ago

‘Oh my, I’m sorry, ma’am’: Rosé apologises after toddler’s ‘APT.’ obsession goes viral (VIDEO)

Relevant products must meet the minimum energy performance standard and display an energy efficiency rating label under the laws effective in 2025. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Energy efficiency laws take effect tomorrow, driving Malaysia’s sustainability goals

Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah has delivered his New Year Message for 2025. — Picture from Facebook/ Selangor Royal Office
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Selangor Sultan says concerned over spike in character assassinations, no longer restricted to election seasons

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, in his New Year’s Eve address tonight, described 2024 as a transformative year for Malaysia, marking the prelude and foundation of the nation’s reform agenda. — Picture courtesy of Prime Minister’s Office
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

In New Year address, PM Anwar aims for progressive 2025, pledging major aid increases, subsidy reforms, flood readiness and unity (VIDEO)

The Penang Turf Club’s open tender for its 202-acre prime property valued at over RM1 billion has ended without any qualified bids. — Picture via penangturfclub.com
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Penang Turf Club seeks new options after RM1b land tender ends without bids

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohammad's 100th birthday is scheduled for the middle of next year. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

‘A century is a long time’: Dr Mahathir reflects on entering 2025 ahead of 100th birthday next year

Condolence flowers are laid on the desk of a government official of Jeollanam-do Office of Education, who died in the Jeju Air crash at Muan International Airport, in Muan, South Korea, December 31, 2024. — Reuters pic
World  / 14 h ago

‘It doesn’t feel real’: Empty desks and tears as South Korean office mourns five colleagues killed by Jeju Air tragedy

The Malaysian Islamic Development Department (Jakim) is responsible for the implementation of halal certification for food and beverages outlets in Malaysia. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Council vs Constitution: Lawyers explain the legal tangle behind Kelantan’s proposal to mandate halal certs

Academy of Sciences Malaysia chief executive officer Hazami Habib said scientists will be selected for the exchange with China in the second quarter of 2025. — Picture from Facebook/ASM
Malaysia  / 19 h ago

Malaysia, China to exchange 10 scientists in third quarter of 2025 to focus on AI, space, semiconductors, and more

MRT Corp chief executive officer Datuk Mohd Zarif Hashim gives a brief on the Mutiara Line LRT alignment in George Town, Penang on May 4, 2024. — Bernama file pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

Groundwork for Penang’s first LRT, Mutiara Line, starts this month; PM Anwar to attend ceremony Jan 11

The 9pm fireworks explode during New Year’s Eve celebrations in Sydney, Australia, December 31, 2024. — Reuters pic
World  / 14 h ago

Hello 2025! Farewell 2024 — thanks for the Taylor Swift magic, Olympic highs and Moo Deng moments!

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The Pokok Sena area in Kedah recorded a level two heatwave at 4:50pm. — Bernama file pic
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

Hot weather: Pokok Sena Kedah experiences heatwave, entire Perlis on alert, says MetMalaysia

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim visiting the exhibition booths at the Kongres Ekonomi Bumiputera 2024 in Putrajaya February 29, 2024. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

PM Anwar hopes KEB 2024 will trigger a stronger Bumiputera economic agenda

Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities, Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani speaking during the Kongres Ekonomi Bumiputera 2024 discussion session in Putrajaya, February 29, 2024. — Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

Stability, unity critical for Malaysia's economic development, says Johari

The government is expected to collect tax revenue of RM700 million a year from the implementation of the High Value Goods Tax (HVGT). — File picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

Govt expected to collect RM700m a year from high value goods tax

The Ministry of Finance says the country's level of the fiscal deficit is projected to continue to decrease to 4.3 per cent in 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

Govt succeeds in achieving fiscal deficit target of 5pc in 2023, says MOF

Lau said he hoped current minister Fadhlina Sidek would be more approachable and responsive to matters concerning Chinese private schools unlike her predecessors. — Borneo Post pic
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

Sarawak Chinese school board association advisor laments hard-to-meet education ministers

Perak Menteri Besar, Datuk Seri Saarani Mohamad, said that the decision of the Federal Court regarding the controversy over the Kelantan Shariah Criminal Code Enactment (I) 2019 does not affect the Shariah Criminal Offences Enactment in other states at all. — Picture by Farhan Najib
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

Perak MB: Shariah criminal offences enactment in perak still valid

Seremban police chief ACP Mohamad Hatta Che Din said the woman, 66, allegedly received a call from an individual who claimed she had a suspicious parcel before being passed to a policeman. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

Seremban senior citizen loses RM173,500 to phone scam

The High Court has fixed June 13 to hear the government’s application to strike out an originating summons by the Hindu Rights Action Front (Hindraf). — Unsplash pic
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

Govt’s application to strike out Hindraf’s suit for hearing on June 13

The Johor Bahru High Court on February 29, 2024 released and acquitted a car wash center operator Mohamad Faez Moktar, 33, of three charges of distributing and possessing more than 2.78 kilograms (kg) of various types of drugs, four years ago. — Bernama pic
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

Car wash operator freed of drug possession, trafficking charges

Mohd Alif faced imprisonment for up to 20 years and a fine, if convicted. — Reuters file pic
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

Former assistant to illegal money lender charged with mischief

A commotion erupted in the Selangor State Legislative Assembly after the PAS assemblymen were asked to comment on the Selangor Sultan's rebuke against the Islamist party's president. — Bernama file pic
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

Selangor assembly erupts in 'DAP communist' shouts after PAS called out over Selangor Sultan's rebuke letter

File picture shows Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor arriving at the High Court in Shah Alam, February 1, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

Sanusi seeks to submit representation to AGC to dismiss sedition charges

MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki speaks to reporters after the launch of the National Anti-Corruption Summit 2024 in Kuala Lumpur February 29, 2024. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

MACC chief says investigation into Daim’s fortune ongoing

MACC chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki speaks to reporters after the launch of the National Anti-Corruption Summit 2024 in Kuala Lumpur February 29, 2024. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

MACC still trying to repatriate Muyhiddin’s son-in-law

Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin says the government is in the process of finalising the National Service Training Programme (PLKN) 3.0 module which is expected to start as early as next year. ― Bernama pic
Malaysia / 29 Feb 2024

Defence minister: Govt finalising new National Service curriculum