PETALING JAYA: Health minister Dr Adham Baba said the interstate travel ban may be lifted as early as March 18 if the Covid-19 infection numbers are reduced to manageable levels. He said his ministry would make the recommendation to the government, but it would not be the same blanket reopening…
PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has detected the first two cases of Covid-19 patients infected with a virulent Nigerian variant, known as B1.525, in Malaysia. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said those infected were foreign nationals who arrived from Dubai and tested positive after being administered RT-PCR tests. The…
PUTRAJAYA: Anwar Ibrahim’s appeal against a High Court decision to strike out his suit in connection with his conviction for sodomising a former aide has been postponed after a Court of Appeal judge recused himself from the hearing. This is the second time that Kamaludin Md Said is recusing himself…
PETALING JAYA: Umno Supreme Council member Mohd Puad Zarkashi has removed his Feb 9 Facebook post after a defamation suit was filed against him by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin. “Yes, it was removed yesterday,” he told FMT. This comes after the High Court granted Muhyiddin an interim injunction to restrain…
PETALING JAYA: Electoral watchdog Bersih 2.0 today urged opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim to stop making excuses and form a shadow Cabinet. Bersih chairman Thomas Fann said Anwar has to look past the opposition’s various differences to organise itself effectively. “If the reason is because the opposition is quite fragmented ……
PETALING JAYA: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (special functions) Redzuan Yusof has denied reports that Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin will be asked to drop all Umno ministers from his Cabinet. This follows a report that the PPBM Supreme Council was going to ask the prime minister to remove Umno…
PETALING JAYA: Bukit Gasing assemblyman Rajiv Rishyakaran has urged the government to make it mandatory for employers of gig economy workers to contribute to the Social Security Organisation (Socso). Rajiv said delivery companies have been doing well during the pandemic and should bear the cost of protecting their employees, especially…
PETALING JAYA: Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi’s letter to the prime minister on the party’s stance with PPBM is a “premature” move, said former Barisan Nasional secretary-general Annuar Musa today. In a Facebook post, Annuar said the party’s decision not to cooperate with PPBM in the next general election was…
PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court today struck out a defamation suit brought by MCA against Kepong MP Lim Lip Eng for alleging the party never used its own funds to give allocations to Chinese schools and that it had instead pocketed public funds. A seven-member bench chaired by Rohana Yusuf said…
Hajiji berbincang dengan Panglima Divisyen Kelima Infantri, Mejar Jeneral Datuk Haji Mohd Halim Khalid.KOTA KINABALU: Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Panglima Hajiji Noor hari ini menghadiri Program Taklimat Keselamatan kepada Wakil Rakyat Negeri Sabah (Program Vaksinasi Kebangsaan) di Sabah International Convention Centre (SICC). Dalam ucapannya, Hajiji menggesa wakil rakyat agar mengetahui…
Dua projek oleh kumpulan pelajar Fakulti Kejuruteraan (FKJ) Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) mendapat pengiktirafan dalam pertandingan Cabaran Statistik/ Matematik Peringkat Kebangsaan Kali Pertama (ISMChallenge-I) yang disertai baru-baru ini. Projek bertajuk “Perception about Gender Equality” oleh kumpulan pelajar tahun dua program Kejuruteraan Minyak dan Gas, yang terdiri daripada lima ahli iaitu…
PETALING JAYA: CGS-CIMB has lowered its 2021 loan growth forecast for Malaysia’s banking sector to 2-3% from 4-5%, to match the downward revision in its gross domestic product (GDP) expansion projection for the country from 7.5% to 5% made in February. “We think that the movement control order 2.0 (MCO…
Kerajaan Perikatan Nasional (PN) tidak boleh dilihat takut atau mahu memandulkan institusi demokasi negara, kata Ketua Pemuda Umno Malaysia Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki.Kata Asyraf Wajdi PN akan dilihat takut dan cuba memandulkan demokrasi jika terus enggan mengadakan sidang parlimen seperti yang disarankan sendiri oleh Yang di-Pertuan Agong. "Kerajaan tidak seharusnya dilihat…
KUALA LUMPUR: AirAsia has joined aviation and tourism experts in calling for a standardised approach to travel protocols to help kickstart the international air travel industry. AirAsia group president (Airlines) Bo Lingam said a mutually agreed global framework approach is needed for cross-border travel to resume effectively and safely. “Travel…
PETALING JAYA: The head of the umbrella body for Malaysian bus operators has painted a grim picture for the industry but says he can accept the pain in the short term in hopes of a better future. Mohamad Ashfar Ali, president of the Pan-Malaysian Bus Operators Association, said the restrictions…
PETALING JAYA: PPBM has confirmed that Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi sent a letter to Muhyiddin Yassin informing the prime minister on the party’s stance with PPBM. In a statement, PPBM secretary-general Hamzah Zainudin said the PPBM political bureau discussed the contents of the letter last night. Zahid’s letter, which…
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is likely to keep its benchmark interest rate unchanged today as a vaccine rollout, slowing infection rate and easing of movement curbs lift the country’s economic outlook. Bank Negara Malaysia will hold the overnight policy rate at a record low 1.75% at its second meeting this year,…
KOTA KINABALU: Warisan defector Hassan A Gani Pg Amir will remain as Sebatik assemblyman after state Speaker Kadzim M Yahya rejected his pre-signed resignation letter submitted by Warisan. Kadzim said he found the letter signed by Hassan, who quit Warisan to become an independent supporting the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)…
PETALING JAYA: AMMB Holdings Bhd’s share and structured warrant prices have tumbled in the wake of AmBank’s RM2.8 billion settlement for its involvement in the 1MDB scandal. Trading on its shares had been suspended for two days following the announcement on the settlement with the finance ministry. The Edge reported…
KUALA LUMPUR: Air passenger traffic fell 72% in January compared to the pre-Covid level in January 2019, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) said. The traffic volume, measured in revenue passenger kilometres or RPKs, was also down 9.7% from that of December 2020. “This year is starting off worse than…