KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob has instructed Mara to continue with the Mara Digital project to open up more opportunities for Bumiputera youths to get involved as information technology (IT) entrepreneurs. He said Mara Digital centres had been established in Shah Alam, Kuantan and Ipoh, while other places…
PETALING JAYA: Parti Bangsa Malaysia’s (PBM) Supreme Council is ready to hold talks with Barisan Nasional (BN) if there are any issues that need to be clarified regarding its application to join the coalition. PBM secretary-general Nor Hizwan Ahmad said the party respects the BN Supreme Council’s decision last night…
PETALING JAYA: A counter-terrorism expert has suggested that the government purchase readymade military assets from supplier countries instead of appointing local firms with no knowledge to develop such projects. Mizan Mohammad Aslam of Universiti Malaysia Perlis said doing so would prevent leakages in the procurement of military assets from recurring.…
KUALA LUMPUR: Police have opened an investigation paper into two videos allegedly showing a child being abused, which went viral on social media yesterday. Sentul district police chief Beh Eng Lai said both five-second videos showed a woman hitting a child with her hand. The incident is believed to have…
ANKARA: The Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, and Raja Permaisuri Agong, Tunku Hajah Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, arrived here yesterday for a seven-day visit to Turkey. The King and Queen and their entourage were received by Turkey’s vice-president, Fuat Oktay, at the Esenboga International Airport. Also present…
NAYPYITAW: A court in military-ruled Myanmar sentenced deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi to six years in prison today after finding her guilty in four corruption cases, a source with knowledge of the proceedings said. The 77-year-old Nobel laureate and figurehead of Myanmar’s opposition to military rule has been charged…
PENAMPANG: Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) menghasilkan produk A-yamli, sebuah inovasi terhadap ayam pedaging komersial yang menggunakan ekstrak Tongkat Ali sebagai sebahagian daripada diet pemakanannya. Penyelidikan itu dimulakan pada tahun 2011 bagi menghasilkan kualiti daging ayam yang lebih premium dan sihat tanpa bergantung penuh kepada ubat-ubatan seperti antiobitik dan vaksin. Majlis…
KOTA KINABALU: Semporna MP Shafie Apdal has been returned unopposed as Warisan president, together with four other top party leaders including the deputy president and three vice-presidents. Penampang MP Darell Leiking was returned unopposed as deputy president, and Sulabayan assemblyman Jaujan Sambakong, Tanjong Aru assemblyman Junz Wong and Terrence Siambun…
PETALING JAYA: The customs department was able to cripple various attempts to smuggle in tobacco products, contraband alcohol and “zam zam” water worth RM1,801,020 through Op Kontraban 1 and 2 between May and July this year. Central zone customs assistant director Sabri Saad said the offences include attempts to avoid…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Ampang sessions court here today fixed Oct 27 for the mention of the case involving cosmetics entrepreneur Safiey Ilias, who was charged with sexually communicating with a child as well as non-physical sexual assault. Deputy public prosecutor Nurhashimah Hashim informed judge Wan Norisham Wan Yaakob that Safiey,…
ALOR SETAR: Two contractors were fined a total of RM150,000 after they pleaded guilty to submitting forged company bank statements to secure a cleaning tender by the government in 2019. Sessions court judge Harmi Thamri Mohamad meted out the fine on Rumzan Othman, 68, and Anuar Abdul Aziz, 39. Rumzan,…
PUTRAJAYA: Najib Razak’s application to introduce fresh evidence in his SRC International appeal must be rejected as the contents of the former prime minister’s affidavits are merely hearsay, the Federal Court heard this afternoon. Ad hoc prosecutor V Sithambaram pointed out that Najib was relying on statements by three Malaysian…
PETALING JAYA: Bersatu information chief Wan Saiful Wan Jan has called out Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob for claiming that he had a meeting with Perikatan Nasional (PN) leaders recently when it was actually an informal chat over lunch. PN has been pushing for a meeting with Ismail to discuss…
KUALA LUMPUR: Public health expenditure must be increased to 5% of the gross domestic product (GDP) to ensure Malaysia has a world-class public health system in the future, says health minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said in any upper middle-income country, the benchmark for public health expenditure is 4% to 5%…
PETALING JAYA: The number of new Covid-19 cases dropped by 6.6% last week to 26,678, from the 28,554 recorded the week before, says health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. In his update for the week ending Aug 13, Noor Hisham said the number of Covid-19 patients admitted to public hospitals…
KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign funds maintained their net buying stance on Bursa Malaysia for the fourth consecutive week, which saw a net inflow of RM451.7 million for the week ended Aug 12, MIDF Research said. This was 16.4% higher than the RM388.21 million of net buying seen the previous week, it…
PETALING JAYA: The six major telecommunications companies have until Aug 31 to agree on how much they will have to pay to access the 5G network, says finance minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz. All six firms – Maxis, DiGi, Celcom, U Mobile, YTL and Telekom Malaysia – have agreed to take…
PETALING JAYA: Parti Bangsa Malaysia (PBM) has backed Wanita Barisan Nasional (BN) on the proposals it made during the wing’s congress to empower women. “The six resolutions put forth by Wanita BN are in line with PBM’s founding principles,” said PBM women’s chief, Dr Daroyah Alwi. She was commenting on…
PETALING JAYA: The Federal Court has unanimously allowed the first of former prime minister Najib Razak’s two applications which were fixed for hearing this morning. The application, which was filed on July 16, sought various amendments to the substantive notice of motion filed two months ago seeking the admission of…
PETALING JAYA: Two activists have disagreed with a transport consultant’s suggestion that the minimum age to possess a motorcycle licence should be raised from 16 to 21. They expressed doubt that the move would reduce the big number of road accidents involving motorcyclists. Alliance for Safe Community chairman Lee Lam…