ANKARA: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, has been conferred Turkey’s highest award, the Turkish Order of the State, in conjunction with his state visit. Sultan Abdullah received the award from President Recep Tayyip Erdogan at the Presidential Palace, making him the first Asean head of state…
PETALING JAYA: Economist Terence Gomez has proposed that Putrajaya consider prohibiting politicians from being appointed to the boards of government-linked companies (GLCs). This follows a government disclosure that the upcoming political funding bill may include a provision to prohibit donations to political parties from GLCs that have contracts with the…
PETALING JAYA: The owner of a poultry supply company fears more problems will arise when the export ban on poultry is lifted, as farmers could bear huge losses. Baharudin Ahmad of NB Poultry Processing Industries said the lack of response from the government to queries from poultry farmers has caused…
KUALA LUMPUR: Senior lawyer Zaid Ibrahim yesterday was effusive in his praise for Najib Razak’s recently appointed lead counsel, Hisyam Teh Poh Teik. “I am very happy, very proud of Hisyam,” said Zaid, whose law firm is representing Najib in his final appeal to the Federal Court from his conviction…
PETALING JAYA: An Umno leader has questioned the silence of party leaders as its former president and former prime minister Najib Razak faces an uphill battle in his SRC International appeal in the Federal Court. “The whole of Umno has gone quiet. No one is saying anything about what happened,”…
PETALING JAYA: DAP founding member and chairman Dr Chen Man Hin has died, aged 97. Chen, who was a lifelong DAP adviser, was also a former MP and assemblyman. He was the Rahang assemblyman between 1965 and 1982 and also served as the MP for Seremban Timor (1969-1974) and Seremban…
KUALA LUMPUR, 16 Ogos (Bernama) -- Indeks Sentimen Perusahaan Kecil dan Sederhana (PKS) menunjukkan bacaan positif sebanyak 53.8 mata, yang mencerminkan bahawa kebanyakan perniagaan agak optimis, berdaya tahan termasuk mampu menyesuaikan diri dengan kewangan serta keadaan ekonomi keseluruhan. Presiden Kumpulan dan Ketua Pegawai Eksekutif SME Bank Datuk Aria Putera Ismail berkata…
KOTA KINABALU: Pasukan Tindakan Kecemasan (ERT) Bangunan Canselori, Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) mengadakan Latihan Tindakan Pengungsian Bangunan Sewaktu Kecemasan baru-baru ini di Bangunan Canselori. Aktiviti yang bermula pada pukul 9.00 pagi dan mengambil masa selama setengah jam itu berakhir sebaik pengisytiharan Bangunan Canselori selamat untuk diduduki semula oleh Insiden Komander,…
KOTA KINABALU: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) bakal mengadakan sebuah pementasan teater berskala besar berkonsepkan Hari Malaysia yang memfokuskan sejarah di sebalik pembentukan Malaysia daripada prespektif tokoh tempatan Sabah. Ketua Program Seni Kreatif, Akademi Seni dan Teknologi Kreatif (ASTiF) UMS, Dr. Sharip Zainal Sagkif Shek berkata, pementasan dijangka diadakan pada bulan…
PETALING JAYA: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has arrested a married couple for alleged abuse of power involving RM445,000 in consultancy work. According to an MACC source, the female suspect is a director at a municipal council in Selangor and is believed to have used her position to offer consultancy…
SHAH ALAM: The High Court here has acquitted two immigration officers of the charge of producing fraudulent travel documents to facilitate the smuggling of four Malaysians. In acquitting Azani Ab Aziz, 46 and Shamsul Azizan 43, judge Abd Halim Aman said the prosecution had failed to make a prima facie…
SHAH ALAM: The High Court here today acquitted three Bangladeshis of human trafficking. Judicial commissioner Norsharidah Awang acquitted Mono Miah Siddikur Rahman, Nazma Akter and Md Mosaroff of 26 charges of human trafficking without calling for their defence. Norsharidah said the prosecution had failed to prove a prima facie case…
PUTRAJAYA: Former prime minister Najib Razak has expressed his disappointment with the Federal Court’s decision to reject his bid to adduce fresh evidence relating to trial judge Nazlan Ghazali’s past employment with a bank. “I am shocked and bitterly disappointed with the decision of the judges not to allow me…
KUALA LUMPUR: The finance ministry (MoF) is inviting all parties to give feedback in its public survey related to the targeted subsidy programme. In a statement today, the ministry said the survey could be downloaded at the website. “MoF welcomes feedback for this public survey to be completed and submitted…
KOTA KINABALU: Tawau MP Datuk Christina Liew welcomed the State Local Government and Housing Ministry's plans to intensify the development of Tawau as a border town to reap socio-economic benefits in view of Indonesia's imminent relocation of its capital to East Kalimantan. Last Friday, Minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun had…
BALIK PULAU – Datuk Muhammed Bakhtiar Wan Chik has joined a chorus of local leaders who are against the proposed construction of six blocks of foreign workers quarters at Teluk Kumbar. Should the project be approved, the PKR MP said it could ruin the quality of life for the residents…
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has dismissed an appeal by two Sabahans to revive a suit filed against PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang for an alleged attack on Christians. Judge Vazeer Alam Mydin Meera said a three-member bench concluded that the finding of the High Court last year was not…
KUALA LUMPUR – Just last year, Muda and Warisan were touting a partnership deal that would have seen them share the same political stage, but progress on this seems to have hit a snag. The impression from recent developments is that both parties are set to face the general election…
KUALA LUMPUR – Bursa Malaysia rebounded from yesterday’s loss to open higher today, driven by renewed buying interest in selected consumer products and services counters as well as utility stocks, dealers said. At 9.25 am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI rose 7.66 points to 1,511.67 from 1,504.01 at yesterday’s…
KUALA LUMPUR: Former Boustead Naval Shipyard Sdn Bhd (BNS) managing director Ahmad Ramli Mohd Nor was charged in the sessions court here today with three counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT) involving RM21.08 million. The former navy chief has been accused of fraudulently approving three payments amounting to RM21.08…