KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit continued to decline against the US dollar but made marginal gains over other major currencies today. The slide against the greenback has been attributed to a lower appetite for risky assets among investors, a dealer told Bernama. At 9am, the local currency slipped to 4.4550/4.4570 versus…
PETALING JAYA: An association of contractors has voiced uneasiness over a minister’s statement that the government intends to defer or cancel new projects to allow it to channel funds to welfare programmes. “It sends the wrong message” to investors and the stock market, said Malaysian Bumiputera Contractors Association secretary-general Zaharani…
PETALING JAYA: Anyone who cannot open a bank account can complain to Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) if the bank’s complaints unit fails to resolve the problem. Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz told the Dewan Rakyat that BNM had not directed banks to reject or delay applications to open accounts by…
KOTA KINABALU – Seramai lima atlet Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) menerima insentif wang tunai berjumlah RM2,500 bagi mewakili Malaysia dalam Asean University Games (AUG) yang akan berlangsung di Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand pada 24 Julai hingga 7 Ogos 2022. Penyerahan insentif berkenaan disampaikan oleh Naib Canselor UMS, Profesor Datuk ChM. Ts.…
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PETALING JAYA: A group of NGOs have demanded that disciplinary action be taken against Pasir Salak MP Tajuddin Abdul Rahman for his “outrageous” behaviour in the Dewan Rakyat. The group, comprising the Joint Action Group for Gender Equality, Engender Consultancy and Young Women Making Change, accused the Umno man of…
KUALA LUMPUR: A Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) investigating officer told Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s criminal breach of trust and money laundering trial that the Muar MP had never suggested during investigations that the complaints made against him were part of a “political conspiracy” against him. Syahmeizy Sulong told the…
KUALA LUMPUR: Azalina Othman Said (BN-Pengerang) is against a clause in the Sexual Harassment Bill 2021 which says the secretary-general of the women, family and community development ministry will be appointed the anti-sexual harassment administrator. The former law minister said the appointment would effectively make a single person the “moral…
PETALING JAYA: Police arrested five more people to assist in investigations into a scam to sell haj packages involving two travel agencies. Kuala Lumpur police chief Azmi Abu Kassim said the five suspects – two men and three women between the ages of 28 to 51 – were remanded for…
KUALA LUMPUR: Openly debating the Sulu arbitration issue in the Dewan Rakyat will jeopardise Malaysia’s position in the ongoing court proceedings, said Speaker Azhar Harun. He said it was unwise to reveal Putrajaya’s strategy for the litigation proceedings, adding that it was his responsibility to prevent that from happening. He…
KUALA LUMPUR: Tajuddin Abdul Rahman (BN-Pasir Salak) has hit back at opposition MPs in the Dewan Rakyat after being called out for making sexist remarks. He cited comments by Teo Nie Ching (PH-Kulai), who accused him, Bung Moktar Radin (BN-Kinabatangan) and Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (BN-Baling) yesterday of frequently making…
PETALING JAYA: Police visited Amanah’s headquarters in Jalan Kuching, Kuala Lumpur, as part of investigations into a price hike flash mob which the party had planned last week. The party said police arrived without prior notice and an Amanah official from the headquarters was called in to Bukit Aman to…
PETALING JAYA: DAP MP Teresa Kok has urged Putrajaya to work on making the civil service more racially balanced to reflect the spirit of prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s “Keluarga Malaysia” motto. She said the civil service has been dominated by the Malays since the introduction of the New Economic…
PETALING JAYA: Dr Mahathir Mohamad said that Najib Razak, and not Pakatan Harapan, was responsible for Malaysia lagging behind its neighbours. He blamed it on the Pekan MP’s “silly agreements” and “overpriced projects”. In a Twitter thread, the former prime minister said Najib’s “corruption of the government” and his initiation…
PETALING JAYA: PKR’s Fahmi Fadzil has urged his party to emulate DAP in ensuring diversity at its top leadership, including having representatives from the Indian community and from Sabah and Sarawak. The Lembah Pantai MP said although he respected the right of PKR delegates to choose their top leadership, the…
PETALING JAYA: In a first for the nation, MPs from the government and opposition, in collaboration with Bersih, have got together to form a Parliamentary Caucus for Multi-Party Democracy. Former law minister Azalina Othman Said and ex-Bersih chairman Maria Chin Abdullah are the co-conveners of the parliamentary caucus. In a…
PETALING JAYA: A woman who allegedly insulted Islam during a stand-up comedy performance last month will not be charged at the Shariah High Court today, according to a member of her legal team. Siti Nuramira Abdullah was expected to be charged today, but at about 10pm yesterday, a member of…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia and Indonesia have agreed in principle to integrate the Maid Online System (SMO) and One Channel System (OCS), which were at the heart of disputes that led to an Indonesian freeze on sending its workers to the country. Immigration director-general Khairul Dzaimee Daud said the decision was…
PETALING JAYA: Amanah deputy president Salahuddin Ayub has defended Pakatan Harapan’s memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s administration, saying PKR members calling for its scrapping have failed to look at the big picture. He said detractors should refer to the document to correct their misconceptions. One of the…
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia remains in Tier 3 of the US State Department’s annual human trafficking report. Released today, the report said the government does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, even considering the impact of the…