PETALING JAYA: The estimated 80,000 bank employees should be considered for early vaccination as they are not only essential frontliners but also help keep the nation ticking, says the National Union of Bank Employees (NUBE). It said the Malaysian Commercial Banks’ Association (MCBA) had written a letter to the science,…
KUALA LUMPUR: Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has arrived at Istana Negara after being granted an audience by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, on the third day of meetings with political party leaders. He is the eighth party head to have been granted an audience with…
PETALING JAYA: Umno Supreme Council member Puad Zarkashi has poured cold water on former prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s proposal to set up a Majlis Gerakan Negara (Mageran) to temporarily govern the country – and with him at the helm. “Tun is strange. He opposes the emergency, he opposes the…
PETALING JAYA: The Pakatan Harapan presidential council has spurned Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s suggestion to set up a Majlis Gerakan Negara (Mageran) to temporarily administer the country in light of the Covid-19 pandemic. “As a party that upholds the principles of parliamentary democracy, Pakatan Harapan rejects the proposal to set up…
KOTA KINABALU: Residents of Long Pasia in Sipitang have asked the government to mobilise a team to vaccinate their village in rural Sabah. Located 128km away from Sipitang town, the village is home to over 500 residents. Village representative Andrew Laban said nearly all or 99% of Long Pasia residents…
PETALING JAYA: The improvement shown in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) results does not necessarily point towards a more employable or talented workforce, say business and education leaders. For the 2020 exam, 9,411 students scored straight As compared with 8,876 in 2019 and the national average grade fell to 4.8,…
Peru's presidential candidate Pedro Castillo addresses supporters from the headquarters of the ‘Free Peru’ party, in Lima, Peru June 10, 2021. ― Reuters pic LIMA, June 11 ― Socialist Pedro Castillo was closing in on victory in Peru's presidential election yesterday, holding a slim lead of some 63,000 votes over…
SHANGHAI: U.S. bond yields fell to three month lows and a broad gauge of Asian shares rose on Friday as investors saw enough one-off factors in U.S. consumer price data to back the Federal Reserve's conviction that rising inflation will be transitory. Some economists say the rise in CPI reflected…
NGO Persatuan Aktivis Sahabat Alam (Kuasa) menyangkal dakwaan bahawa kawasan sekitar Tasik Chini telah dipulihara.Kuasa memuat naik imej satelit yang diambil pada 30 Mei dan 4 Jun tahun ini yang menunjukkan kawasan di selatan tasik masih terjejas, di laman Facebooknya semalam."Ada pihak mendakwa kawasan ini telah dipulihara dan ditanam semula,…
Kuala Lumpur: airasia food, perkhidmatan penghantaran makanan dalam talian yang beroperasi di Lembah Klang dan Pulau Pinang menawarkan promosi hebat dengan harga satu sen sahaja untuk hidangan istimewa dari peniaga terpilih untuk masa terhad. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
KUALA LUMPUR: Kerjaya Prospek Group and Gabungan AQRS are among the contractors least impacted by the lockdown, operating at 60% of productivity with most of its construction sites resuming work, according to UOB Kay Hian Malaysi Research. The research house said on Friday the January-March earnings of construction companies were…
IPOH, 11 Jun -- Barisan Nasional (BN) Perak, menjunjung kasih Sultan Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah atas perkenan peruntukan dana berjumlah RM14.6 juta melalui Majlis Agama Islam dan Adat Melayu Perak (MAIPk), bagi meringankan derita rakyat yang terjejas akibat pandemik COVID-19. Pengerusinya Datuk Saarani Mohamad berkata, penyediaan dana khas tersebut termasuk…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong has the prerogative to call any political leader when needed to get views on the current situation in the country, said former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad. The pro-tem chairman of Parti Pejuang Tanah Air (Pejuang) said the main leaders of the country’s political parties…
Projek perlombongan yang dicadangkan di Gua Musang, Kelantan menimbulkan ancaman terhadap habitat 105 spesies haiwan dilindungi dan dilindungi sepenuhnya, termasuk tapir dan gajah Asia yang terancam.Laporan Penilaian Kesan Alam Sekitar (EIA) untuk projek yang terletak berhampiran Sungai Lebir itu juga menimbulkan kebimbangan mengenai kemungkinan pencemaran air dan kesannya terhadap masyarakat…
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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) could be poised for a strong recovery following the end of the current movement restrictions, underpinned by pent-up consumer demand.Following the reimplementation of tighter SOPs, REIT earnings in 2Q2021 could be impacted due to the rental support given to tenants that are…
You'll have to wait until December 2022 to spend a night at the Area 55 Futuro House. — ETX Studio pic LOS ANGELES, June 11 — To go with this sci-fi scenario that we’ve been living in for a little over a year, we’ve found the perfect vacation setting. A…
PETALING JAYA: Investors make up a majority of residential property purchases in the Klang Valley in 2020 at 81.1%, and they are increasingly turning their attention towards subsale properties, according to PropertyGuru’s online property data company MyProperty Data. MyProperty Data managing director Thor Joe Hock shared that the subsale residential…
Kerajaan Malaysia berjaya dalam permohonannya untuk membatalkan dua saman daripada Lawyers for Liberty (LFL) berkaitan usaha Singapura menguatkuasa undang-undang anti berita tidak benar republik itu terhadap kumpulan guaman prohak asasi manusia tersebut.Hakim Mahkamah Tinggi Kuala Lumpur, Ahmad Kamal Mohd Shahid membenarkan permohonan penolakan terhadap dua saman pemula LFL petang ini.Satu…
KUALA LUMPUR: The FBM KLCI ended lower on Thursday, with buying interest interspersed with profit-taking. The benchmark index edged down 1.58 points, or 0.1% to 1,579.90 at closing. On the broader market, gainers outnumbered losers by 520 to 436 while 478 counters unchanged. Trading volume was lower at 4.91 billion…
