News

Logo
Most Read
Dissatisfied by economic inequality, the majority of Malaysians are calling for an economic reform. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Study: Malaysians blame political influence of the rich on country’s economic inequality, six in 10 think their kids will be financially worse off

Anwar said today that the documents concerning the addendum were submitted to the Attorney General’s Chambers, and not to him or any member of the Pardons Board. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 2 h ago

PM Anwar hits back at ‘hidden’ addendum claims in Najib house arrest case, says documents sent directly to AGC

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim congratulated national women’s bowler Natasha Roslan for becoming the first Malaysian woman to become a world champion after winning the 2025 International Bowling Federation World Cup in Kowloon, Hong Kong last night. — Picture via Facebook/Anwar Ibrahim
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

PM Anwar congratulates Natasha Roslan on being first Malaysian woman to win 2025 IBF World Cup

Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail has called for due process in the investigation involving his son. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

‘Nobody is above the law, not even my son,’ Saifuddin Nasution says amid probe into criminal intimidation

Universiti Malaya said halal concerns were raised over the sale of 'ham and cheese' sandwiches in its campus. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

UM shuts 24-hour retail outlets over ‘ham and cheese sandwich’ halal label concerns

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said Malaysia has to look at the big picture of becoming a great nation in this region instead of being influenced by racial and provocative sentiments. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 7 h ago

PM Anwar defends Penang LRT project, urges Malaysians to prioritise development, not racial provocations, to build a great nation

The Havoc Food Festival, which has been running since January 9 and was scheduled to end tomorrow at the parking lot of Sama Square Setapak, has been ordered to cease operations effective today. — Picture via Instagram/havocfoodfestival
Malaysia  / 6 h ago

Cancelled: DBKL shuts down Havoc Food Festival in Setapak amid licensing issues, traffic chaos

Asean travellers will join Malaysians in being able to the use the Immigration QR code clearance system next year. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Travellers from Asean can use QR code clearance to depart from KLIA soon, system to be expanded to country’s main international airports

Datuk Suraya Yaacob holding the police report made against Khairy Jamaluddin. — Picture from Facebook
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

Azalina and Dr Zaliha’s aides file police reports against Khairy over ‘complicit’ claims in Najib house arrest case

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim (centre) officiates the groundbreaking ceremony for the Penang Light Rail Transit (LRT) Mutiara Line project at the Bandar Sri Pinang project site in George Town January 11, 2025. Also present are Transport Minister Anthony Loke (2nd right) and Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow (2nd left). — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 5 h ago

Mutiara LRT Line to span 29.5km with 21 stations, linking Penang’s key hubs for better connectivity and economic growth, says Anthony Loke

Twenty new Immigration autogate system based on scanning QR code have been installed in each Terminals 1 and 2 of KLIA. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 11 h ago

Saifuddin Nasution: Immigration QR code to solve Malaysians’ grouses after autogates opened to 63 countries, 400,000 have downloaded app

JPJ personnel carry out ‘Ops Khas Lebih Muatan’ in Taiping January 11, 2025. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 3 h ago

JPJ: Lorry operators resort to threats, thuggish behaviour to dodge weight checks

US President-elect Donald Trump appears remotely for a sentencing hearing at the New York Criminal Court in Manhattan in New York City, US, January 10, 2025. — Reuters pic
World  / 12 h ago

Judge in Trump’s hush money trial sentences US president-elect to… nothing

US, Chinese flags, TikTok logo and gavel are seen in this illustration taken January 8, 2025. — Reuters pic
Money  / 12 h ago

US TikTok ban suddenly more real as country’s supreme court seen to back ruling

Undated handout photo taken at an undisclosed location released on January 1 by South Korea's Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport shows the flight data recorder (FDR) retrieved from Jeju Air flight 2216. — AFP
World  / 6 h ago

South Korea Transport Ministry say Jeju Air flight 2216 black boxes stopped recording four minutes before crash

Advertisement
Minister of Health Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad said the ministry is requesting more funding due to spiralling medical supply prices that have risen threefold in some cases. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

Dzulkefly: Health Ministry spending up due to rising medical supply prices

Pulau Sebatik residents are now forced to look for groundwater besides spending hundreds of ringgit to purchase clean water since water supply was cut off about four months ago. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

Sabah’s Pulau Sebatik residents in dire straits due to water cuts

The drop in imported white rice prices that takes effect today needs to be enforced strictly to ensure that the government’s aim of making the country’s staple food affordable for Malaysians is achieved, various consumer associations said today. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

Consumer groups: Strict enforcement needed to ensure affordable imported white rice prices

Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Sarawak region director Fenny Nuli, speaking to reporters, says the number of job scam victims from Sarawak is worrying, March 20, 2024. — Picture by Information Department
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

Most Malaysian overseas job scam victims are from Sarawak, Wisma Putra’s state director says

Sarawak Premier Tan Sri Abang Johari Openg said Sarawak will leverage existing cooperation with the West Kalimantan region in Indonesia, to explore investment opportunities and development cooperation in East Kalimantan, the new location for Indonesia’s capital city, Nusantara. — Bernama pic
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

Premier: Sarawak to leverage existing cooperation with West Kalimantan 

Ten civil servants, including a woman, have been remanded for four days, starting today, on suspicion of accepting over RM3 million in bribes from a tobacco, cigarette and alcohol smuggling syndicate. — Bernama pic
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

Four-day remand on 10 civil servants nabbed over RM3m in bribes

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform) Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said said the Royal Commission of Inquiry tasked with examining the handling of the sovereignty over Pulau Batu Puteh (Pedra Branca), Middle Rocks, and South Ledge cannot punish any party involved in the case because it is not within the commission’s jurisdiction. — Bernama pic
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

Batu Puteh RCI cannot impose punishment, says Azalina

The factory of the company that supplied socks bearing the word ‘Allah’ was closed today, a day after authorities raided the premises in the Sri Gading industrial park. — Picture via Facebook
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

Johor factory in ‘Allah’ socks controversy stops work

A general view of Bangsar South in Kuala Lumpur January 19, 2019. Chief Statistician Datuk Seri Mohd Uzir Mahidin said Malaysia, as a developing country, has undergone rapid urbanisation over the past three decades. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

Stats Dept: Urbanisation rate reaches 75.1pc in 2020 

Raja Muda of Selangor Tengku Amir Shah Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah charges an electric vehicle the launch of Tesla’s largest supercharging station in South-east Asia at Gamuda Cove in Dengkil March 20, 2024. Also present is Investment, Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz. — Bernama pic
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

Miti maintains target of 10,000 EV charging stations by 2025, says minister

Some of the farmers in the rice growing area of Kampung Alor Bakat looked happy after the cultivated paddy fields received water supply through pumps provided by the Kemubu Agricultural Development Authority in Bachok March 20, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

Kemubu Agricultural Authority to conduct cloud seeding if hot spell persists till April

Amid calls for a boycott, Johor Umno Youth chief Noor Azleen Ambros instead reminded the public that Prophet Muhammad teaches Muslims to think positively of others and to give the benefit of the doubt. — Picture courtesy of Johor Umno Youth
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

Johor Umno Youth chief: ‘Allah’ socks issue can be positive opportunity for Malaysians to understand each other

Deputy Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Liew Chin Tong said 898 foreign investment projects valued at RM281.5 billion have been approved in the manufacturing and services sectors from 2022 to 2023. — Bernama pic
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

Foreign investments worth RM281.5b approved in 2022-2023 to create 98,725 jobs in Malaysia, says deputy minister

The Attorney General’s Chambers is still deliberating on the representation filed by police officer Insp Sheila (right) to dismiss a public nuisance charge filed against her in November last year. — Bernama pic
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

AGC still deliberating on Insp Sheila’s representation to dismiss charge

A man smokes at the sidewalk in Kuala Lumpur August 3, 2022. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad today said the government discontinued a proposed law for a ‘generational endgame’ to smoking because its discrimination would have been unconstitutional. ― Picture by Shafwan Zaidon
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

Health minister says smoking GEG dropped as it was unconstitutional, not because of lobbying

The Inland Revenue Board has and is examining several proposed solutions to make it easier for micro, small and medium enterprises to carry out transactions through the e-Invoice system, said Deputy Finance Minister Lim Hui Ying. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Malaysia / 20 Mar 2024

IRB examining proposed solutions to assist MSMEs execute e-invoice transactions, says deputy finance minister