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Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is seen at the Kuala Lumpur Court Complex December 3, 2024. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

‘House arrest’ addendum? Pardons Board says no add-on docs in Najib’s file, nor any official order from Palace

University of Malaya Medical Centre has announced an increase in consultation, admission, and service charges effective January 1. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

UMMC recently hiked its patient fees — what makes teaching hospitals different from other public health facilities?

The Employees’ Provident Fund has developed the Retirement Income Adequacy (RIA) Framework to guide Malaysians in ensuring a comfortable retirement. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Should Malaysia mandate EPF contributions for self-employed and gig workers? Here’s why it’s necessary to ensure retirement security

Lawyer Ng Kian Nam showing a document related to the incident at a press conference on the letter of demands. His clients, Yang Xue Li with her son, Liu Yu Hui, (top left) and Wang Geng Feng (top right) are present via an online video call. — Picture by Opalyn Mok
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Family of Chinese tourists killed by fallen tree at Penang museum last year demands RM1.7m compensation

When deputy public prosecutor Kamal Baharin Omar suggested that Datuk Seri Najib Razak had actually been to 1MDB’s office in the past, the former prime minister said ‘I don’t remember’. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Najib verifies photos of himself at launch of 1MDB office in 2010, despite previous claims of never setting foot there

Nilai District Police Chief, Superintendent Abdul Malik Hasim, confirmed that all victims were injured in the assault and were subsequently transported to Tuanku Jaafar Hospital (HTJ) in Seremban for medical attention. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Masked assailants hack four men in machete attack at Nilai restaurant

Transport Minister Anthony Loke addresses a media briefing on the KTM Komuter Port Klang-KL Sentral-Port Klang schedule changes in Kuala Lumpur January 10, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

Loke: KTM Komuter Port Klang-KL Sentral service to boost frequency by 30 minutes during peak hours

Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Razarudin Husain, confirmed that the investigation papers were submitted to the Deputy Public Prosecutor’s (DPP) office on January 6 for further action under the law, according to a report in national daily Utusan Malaysia today. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 9 h ago

IGP: Probe into minister’s son’s criminal intimidation case completed, papers sent to DPP

The judge noted that while the doctors were highly experienced in obstetrics, they failed to address common complications associated with childbirth, such as eclampsia and placenta-related issues that can lead to postpartum haemorrhage (PPH). — Picture from Pexels.com
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

Court awards RM6m to family after woman bleeds to death while Klang maternity doctors took break to ‘have a drink’

Wang Xing, 22, was reported missing in northern Thailand’s Tak province bordering Myanmar, an area known for large-scale criminal enterprises and human trafficking by organised gangs.
World  / 9 h ago

Chinese tourists recoil from Thai holidays after actor Wang Xing’s disappearance

What are some of the hidden costs of car ownership in Malaysia? — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Dreaming of your first car? Here are all the hidden costs every first-time buyer should know

Trump will not face prison even though the 34 counts of falsifying business records on which he was convicted in May 2024 carry potential prison time. — AFP
World  / 5 h ago

US President-elect Trump to be sentenced for hush money conviction

United States Vice President Kamala Harris will make a working visit to Singapore on January 15 where she is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Lawrence Wong and visit the Changi Naval Base. — Reuters pic
Singapore  / 10 h ago

ICA warns of delays as Singapore boosts security at checkpoints Jan 9 to 22 ahead of US veep Harris’ visit

Former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak is pictured at the Kuala Lumpur High Court Complex November 27, 2024. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 4 h ago

Najib: I don’t know how Saudi royal got my personal account number to send donations, maybe Jho Low told him

Goh Soon Huat and Shevon Lai have stormed into the Malaysia Open semi-finals. — Bernama pic
Sports  / 1 h ago

Soon Huat-Shevon make history, first Malaysian pair in Malaysia Open semis since 2019

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Finance Minister II, Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan chats with senior citizens at a Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (Sara) programme in Tapah today. — Bernama pic
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

Finance minister: Dividend gap between conventional, Shariah EPF savings decreasing 

Deputy Minister in the Premier’s Department (Labour, Immigration and Project Monitoring), Datuk Gerawat Gala. — Borneo Post Online pic
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

Registration of Manpower Recalibration Programme 2.0 in Sarawak extended to June 30, says state deputy minister

The Ministry of Human Resources (KSM) has been rebranded and will use the acronym ‘Kesuma’ for all official business related to the ministry effective tomorrow (March 4). — Bernama pic
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

Human Resource Ministry now known as ‘Kesuma’

A 47-year-old businesswoman fell victim to a phone scam, incurring a loss of RM202,400, to perpetrators who disguised themselves as representatives from a courier company and the police. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

Businesswoman falls prey to phone scam, loses over RM200,000

Malaysia’s demographic landscape is undergoing a significant transformation, with the proportion of elderly citizens expected to soar to 40 per cent by 2043, highlighting critical implications for the nation’s fiscal outlook, said Ahmad Zulqarnain Onn, chief executive officer of the Employees Provident Fund (EPF). — Bernama pic
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

EPF CEO: Ageing society has long term implication on fiscal position

Batu Kitang State Assemblyman Datok Lo Khere Chiang, speaking to reporters, says that Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen should raise the flash flood problems in Kuching City in Parliament, March 3, 2024. — Picture by Sulok Tawie
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

Unfair to blame Dr Sim for Kuching’s flash flood problem, Batu Kitang rep tells Sarawak DAP chief

EPF chief executive officer Ahmad Zulqarnain Onn announces the dividend rates at Menara KWSP today. — Bernama pic
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

EPF: Bumiputera members’ median savings improve to RM8,254 in 2023

Seri Alam district police chief Supt Mohd Sohaimi Ishak said that the 45-year-old victim was introduced to a local man, who claimed that he had money amounting to RM25 million deposited into his bank account from abroad, in November 2021. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

Man in Johor loses over RM400,000 after acquaintance promises refund, commission

Kelantan Health Department (JKNK) director Datuk Dr Zaini Hussin said the sting of jelly fish also known as Portugese Man of War was detected in Bachok namely two cases in Pantai Melawi while four other cases were in Pantai Baru here. — Borneo Post pic 
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

Six cases of poisonous jellyfish sting reported in Kelantan waters, says state health dept director

The retirement savings fund said deployment into the domestic market accounted for more than 80 per cent of its investment allocation for 2023, providing capital to Malaysian companies and the economy as a whole. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

EPF remains largest investor in domestic market, with asset under management at RM702.48b in 2023

Domestic investments contributed RM31.71 billion or 47 per cent of the Employees Provident Fund’s (EPF) total investment income of RM66.99 billion in financial year 2023 (FY2023). — Farhan Najib pic
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

EPF: Domestic investments account for 47pc of total income in 2023 

The convoy believed to carry Norway's King Harald V leaves Sultanah Maliha Hospital to Langkawi International Airport on the Malaysian resort island of Langkawi on March 3, 2024, after an infection forced him to be hospitalised while on holiday. — AFP pic
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

Ailing King Harald of Norway returning from Malaysia

Judge Mirza Mohammad meted out the sentence after the company’s manager pleaded guilty to the offence when the charge was read before him. — Reuters pic
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

Glove company in Kedah fined RM20,000 for causing water pollution

Perlis police chief Datuk Muhammad Abdul Halim said the General Operations Force (PGA) and VAT 69 conduct patrols on foot regularly in the border area to ensure there is no entry of undocumented migrants or the creation of new camps or graves. — File picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

Perlis police chief: Wang Kelian grave and camp site in 2015 under constant monitoring

DAP Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng has urged the government to amend the law to enable only one ministry to be placed in charge of migrant workers. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

Let just one ministry be in charge of migrant workers to close corruption loopholes, Kepong MP proposes

Deputy Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Liew Chin Tong, who is also the DAP secretary-general, said that supply chain resilience, economic security and de-risking were the current core concerns of the government and corporations across the world. — Bernama pic
Malaysia / 03 Mar 2024

Chin Tong: New trade agenda must move beyond offering lower wages, luring investors at the expense of the public