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Civil service remuneration scheme review to be expedited
KUALA SELANGOR, Feb 25 — The civil service remuneration scheme review will be expedited before it is finalised, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today. It was time to speed up the process for the benefit of civil servants,
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Umno president says PAS spiritual leader lacks authority to speak of reviving Muafakat
SEPANG, Feb 25 — Umno president Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today said he respected PAS spiritual leader Datuk Hashim Jasin’s remarks about possibly reviving the Muafakat Nasional charter between the two parties, but added this was simply the latter’s
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DBKL told to act against traders exploiting Ramadan bazaar sites
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) enforcers have been instructed to take stern action against traders who rent out Ramadan bazaar sites to others, said the Prime Minister’s political secretary, Datuk Azman Abidin. He said this
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Remand order against five over fatal attack in Semenyih extended
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The remand order against five men, aged 22 to 52, who were arrested over an attack that resulted in in the death of a 42-year-old driver in an incident at Taman Pelangi Semenyih 2 on
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PM Anwar, Unity Govt MPs attend briefing ahead of tomorrow’s Dewan Rakyat sitting
PUTRAJAYA, 25 Feb — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, together with the Unity government Members of Parliament, today attended a briefing session at the Seri Perdana Complex ahead of the Dewan Rakyat sitting tomorrow. Also present at the three-hour
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Malaysian woman dies on Emirates flight to KL
NEW DELHI, Feb. 25 — A Malaysian woman died on an Emirates flight from Dubai to Kuala Lumpur. The flight made an emergency landing at Chennai in India on Saturday morning due to the medical urgency. The 57-year-old passenger “suffered
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Sports Ministry to improve Safe Sport Code in sponsorship issue
PUTRAJAYA, Feb 25 — The Ministry of Youth and Sports (KBS) will take proactive steps by improving the Safe Sport Code to prevent any future occurrences of sports programmes being sponsored by cigarette and vape product companies. Minister Hannah Yeoh
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Kuala Krai mosque offers RM6,000 allowance for tarawih imam during Ramadan, says aiming to elevate role’s prestige
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — A mosque in Kuala Krai, Kelantan has attracted public attention after offering a RM6,000 allowance for an imam to lead tarawih prayers during the holy month of Ramadan. Utusan Malaysia’s Sunday edition Mingguan Malaysia quoted chief imam
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After two decades, plea bargain offers hope for two Malaysians held in Guantanamo Bay
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 25 — The release of the two Malaysians held in Guantanamo Bay detention camp is long overdue, as they have been in custody for 21 years in connection with the devastating 2002 Bali bombings that took 202
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Sarawak to repurpose 60-acre land for Batu Kawah’s urban renewal plan
KUCHING, Feb 25 — The state government has in its plan to repurpose the area around the abandoned Ang Cheng Ho quarry and multipurpose hall at Batu Kawah here into a new tourist attraction, says Deputy Premier Datuk Amar Dr
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