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Cops seize toothpaste containing cannabis leaf extract addressed to politicians

PUTRAJAYA: Sepang police confiscated a parcel believed to contain a tube of toothpaste infused with cannabis leaf extract addressed to two politicians at a courier hub on Pulau Meranti near here, on Friday (March 10). Sepang district police chief ACP

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Prime Minister’s Dept: Viral news of PM declaring Wednesday holiday is fake

KUALA LUMPUR: The Prime Minister’s Department has stated that a screenshot of news purportedly showing Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim declaring this Wednesday as a holiday to celebrate Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh’s Academy Awards (Oscars) win is fake. The

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Over 38,000 flood evacuees still at relief centres in three states

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 38,738 flood evacuees were still housed in 126 relief centres across three states as of 8 am today. In JOHOR, the number of evacuees dropped to 38,587 from the 39,677 recorded at 8 pm yesterday.

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Rafizi: RM750 million allocation for IPR sufficient

KUALA LUMPUR: The allocation of a total of RM750 million under Budget 2023 to implement the People’s Income Initiative (IPR) to help 130,000 hardcore poor is sufficient, says Economy Minister Mohd Rafizi Ramli. He said it was because the government

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Measures to reduce country’s fiscal deficit among focus in Dewan Rakyat today

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is scheduled to answer a question about the government’s measures to reduce the country’s fiscal deficit to 3.2 per cent by 2025 in the Dewan Rakyat today. According to the Order Paper

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Apex Court sets March 31 to give verdict in Najib’s review bid in SRC case

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has set March 31 to give its verdict in former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s bid to review his conviction and sentence of his RM42 million SRC International Sdn Bhd case. The decision date was

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Miti to streamline strategy, focus to ensure continued foreign investment in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) will streamline its strategies and focus to ensure foreign investors continue to invest in Malaysia and not shift their investments elsewhere. Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry Liew Chin

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Govt to coordinate aid for flood-hit Orang Asli

MALACCA: The government will coordinate aid to be given to the flood-stricken Orang Asli community in Johor and Pahang, said Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Ahmad Zahid, who is also the Rural and Regional Development Minister,

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Police arrest two men over death threats made against Indonesian rock band Radja

JOHOR BAHRU: The police have arrested two men on the grounds of the South Johor Bahru district police headquarters yesterday to facilitate investigations into death threats made against Indonesian rock band Radja. Johor police chief Datuk Kamarul Zaman Mamat (pix)

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IPT education reforms, measures to cover haj cost increase among focus in Parliament today

KUALA LUMPUR: Plans to realise educational reforms at higher learning institutions (IPTs) and the government’s measures to cover the increase in costs of performing haj and umrah will be among the focus of today’s Dewan Rakyat sitting. According to the

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