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Floods worsen in Pahang and Terengganu
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 3: The flood situation in the East Coast involving Pahang and Terengganu has worsened tonight as the number of evacuees in relief centres is reported to be increasing, while Johor saw a slight drop in number of evacuees,
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Short-term rates to remain stable on BNM’s operations
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 4: Short-term rates are expected to remain stable today on Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) operations to absorb surplus liquidity from the financial system. Today’s liquidity is estimated at RM48.27 billion in the conventional system and RM29.43 billion in
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Abdul Aziz is new MAIS chairman
SHAH ALAM: The Sultan of Selangor Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah today consented to present the letter of appointment to Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof as the new chairman of the Selangor Islamic Religious Council (MAIS), effective Friday (Jan 1). The
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Tourism Malaysia offers tour packages as low as RM300 for Indonesians
JAKARTA: Tourism Malaysia in collaboration with the Association of the Indonesian Tour & Travel Agencies (ASITA) now offers special travel packages as low as Rp1 million (RM300) for Indonesians visiting Malaysia next year. Tourism Malaysia director in Indonesia, Roslan Othman said the special
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Three cops, two individuals nabbed for hijacking, selling cars
PETALING JAYA: The activities of three policemen and two other individuals suspected to have plotted to hijack cars brought in from Singapore and sell them off for money was uncovered when they were arrested on Monday and yesterday. Petaling Jaya district police chief
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Police tracking COVID-19 patient who fled from Tampin Hospital
TAMPIN: Police are tracking down a COVID-19 patient who fled from Tampin Hospital yesterday. Tampin district police chief Supt Anuwal Ab Wahab said the patient, who is a 33-year-old man and a former inmate at the Jelebu Prison, with last known
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A haunting scam experience
KUALA LUMPUR: “The SMS message came at 9.50 am on Dec 28 and it shocked me, to say the least,” said Albert (not his real name) as he recalled what he referred to as a haunting scam experience. It was
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Ringgit extend gains versus US dollar at opening
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit has remained on an uptrend this morning, opening stronger versus the US dollar as Covid-19 vaccine optimism wins the sentiments’ race against the negative pandemic developments, said Axi chief global market strategist Stephen Innes. At 9.00am, the
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Looking forward to 2021 with hope, optimism
KUALA LUMPUR: As the 2020 pandemic year of misery and uncertainty bows out, many Malaysians are hopeful 2021 will be a much better year. Their optimism is certainly not unfounded. First and foremost on their minds is the projected availability in the
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Perak HRDF temporarily closed after its employee tested positive for COVID-19
IPOH: Perak branch of the Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF)’s office, here, will be closed for two days starting today to give way for full sanitation exercise after one of its employees has been tested positive for Covid-19. In a statement today, HRDF said
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