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Back to the Covid-19 battle front line

UALA LUMPUR: Last month’s rising trend in daily new Covid-19 cases signalled the start of Malaysia’s third wave of infections with Sabah showing signs of turning into a Covid-19 hotbed. Yesterday, Malaysia recorded a whopping 871 new cases – the

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Bursa Malaysia, Asian peers higher ar opening on US stimulus optimism

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia opened higher on Monday, in line with its regional peers amid optimism on the US stimulus talks. At 9.02 am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 4.17 points, or 0.27 per cent, to

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Johor Zoo closed for upgrading works

JOHOR BAHRU: The Johor Zoo will be closed temporarily from today until Nov 15 for upgrading works on animal enclosures and infrastructure. State Housing and Local Government Committee chairman Ayub Jamilsaid the closure had nothing to do with COVID-19. “The closure is

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‘Datuk’ arrested for posing as Senior Police Officer

KUALA LUMPUR: A man carrying the title ‘Datuk’ was arrested Friday on suspicion of disguising himself as a senior Bukit Aman police officer in a case involving the settlement of debt with a loan shark. Petaling Jaya District Police chief

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Motorcycle thief with fever arrested, admits to close contact with COVID-19 PUI

KUALA LUMPUR: Two local men were arrested at the University of Malaya Medical Center (UMMC) motorcycle parking area here yesterday for allegedly trying to steal a motorcycle. In a statement tonight, Brickfields District Police chief ACP Zairulnizam Mohd Zainuddin @ Hilmi

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4 Air Selangor water treatment plants stop operation due to pollution

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,196,457 Air Selangor account holders in 1,292 areas in the Klang Valley are experiencing another unscheduled water supply disruption when operation of four Sungai Selangor Water Treatment Plants (LRA) has to be suspended due to

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Ringgit improves further to open higher against US dollar

KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit improved further to open slightly higher versus the US dollar at the opening today, tailing a strong Chinese yuan and positive China data, dealers said. At 9am, the local currency stood at 4.1430/1480 versus the greenback

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Fittop Announces the Launch of Smart Multi-Functional Beauty Devices at Cosmoprof Asia Digital Week

HONG KONG, Oct. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Fittop, a National High-tech Enterprise, will be launching its latest smart beauty devices at Cosmoprof Asia Digital Week, Cosmoprof Asia’s first-ever online event to be held on 9-13 November 2020. Utra sonic deep cleansing

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CyCraft JP Releases AI-Driven Detection & Response Security Platform, MRI and INES Set to Distribute

TAIPEI, Oct. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — CyCraft Japan announces Mitsubishi Research Institute, Inc. (MRI) and MRI Group’s INES (Information Network Engineering & Solutions) Inc. as authorized distributors of the CyCraft AIR Platform security solutions suite. Japan is pushing to raise

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Brent Denning joins Docquity as Regional head for South East Asia

SINGAPORE, Oct. 19, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Docquity – Asia’s largest and fastest growing professional network of doctors, today announced Mr. Brent Denning as its new Regional Head for the SEA business. Brent has over two decades of experience working within the

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