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Sri Lanka bomb blasts: Share the information with us, Muslims urged
COLOMBO: Sri Lanka’s Muslim Religious Affairs Minister Mohamed Hashim Abdul Haleem has called upon mosques to play a vital role in information gathering from the Muslim community in view of the bomb blasts over the weekend. Speaking at a press
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China plastic waste ban throws global recycling into chaos
In 2018, China stopped accepting foreign plastics for recycling, causing the trade to divert to South East Asia where cowboy firms are dumping and burning waste From grubby packaging engulfing small Southeast Asian communities to waste piling up in plants
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Sex slave, wife lodges report against deviant ustaz
SUBANG: A woman, 22, was a sex slave of a 48-year-old self-proclaimed ustaz for two years. She and the man’s 38-year-old wife lodged a police report against the man on Monday. They also reported the ustaz to Selangor Islamic Religious
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Malaysia’s legal and lethal detention laws mirror Israel’s military laws
By: Rama Ramanathan Did you know that a military model of policing has been legislated in Malaysia? Under military rule, what is legal (allowed) only in war is allowed all the time, for instance “legal” detention without trial. Palestinians are
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BN: No candidate for Sandakan by-election
KUALA LUMPUR: Barisan Nasional (BN) will not field its candidate in the Sandakan parliamentary by-election to be held on May 11, said its acting chairman Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan. Mohamad said the decision was unanimously agreed by the three BN
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Klang Valley residents prepare for 3-day water disruption starting tomorrow
KUALA LUMPUR: In less than 24 hours, 577 areas in the Klang Valley will be experiencing temporary water supply disruption from April 24 to 27 due to improvement works on water supply system at Sungai Selangor Phase 2 Water Treatment
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Philippines rocked by deadly 6.1-magnitude earthquake
According to the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Pampanga Governor Lilia Pineda, at least eight people in the province were killed in the quake measuring 6.1-magnitude earthquake struck near the town of Bodega on the Philippine island of Luzon on
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Sri Lanka bomb blasts: Spice trader dies after family members killed
By: K Pragalath COLOMBO: A famous spice trader Ibrahim Dawood Hathiyar of Colombo died tragically after it was discovered that he had rented out his home to terrorists who launched an attack on the Shangrila Hotel. “Ibrahim Dawood Hathiyar, a
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Sri Lanka bomb blasts: Coordinated attacks with the aid of international militants
COLOMBO: Sri Lankan officials said that the coordinated bombings of churches and hotels across the country on Easter Sunday had been carried out by National Thowheeth Jamaat, a little-known radical Islamist group, with help from international militants. Rajitha Senaratne, the
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PH report card for May 3 presidential council meeting
PUTRAJAYA: The performance of Pakatan Harapan (PH) after one year in power will be discussed at the coalition’s presidential council meeting on May 3, according to PKR secretary-general Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail today. The Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
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