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Tabung Haji announces income distribution after zakat of 3.05%
KUALA LUMPUR: Tabung Haji (TH) has announced a profit distribution after zakat (tithe) of 3.05% for the 2019 financial year (FY2019), with a payout totalling RM2.1 billion compared with RM913 million distributed in FY2018. In a statement today, TH attributed the improvement in its financial performance to sustainable
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Covid 19: UiTM to postpone Convocation Ceremony
PUCHONG: Teknologi Mara University (UiTM) decided to postpone its 92th Convocation Ceremony initially scheduled to take place on March 24 until April 16 at all its campuses. Its vice chancellor Datuk Dr Mohd Azraai Kassim said the decision was made
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JDT temporarily halts ticket sales for Super League match
KUALA LUMPUR: Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) has decided to stop selling tickets for the upcoming Super League match against Felda United at Sultan Ibrahim Stadium in Iskandar Puteri, tomorrow. JDT honorary secretary, Captain Mohd Anizam Jamian in the latest entry on the
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COVID-19: Friday prayers in Perlis to be replaced by Zuhur prayers – MAIP
KANGAR: Perlis Raja, Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Putra Jamalullail has decreed that Friday prayers across the state today to be replaced by Zuhur prayers at home. Perlis Raja Muda, Tuanku Syed Faizuddin Putra Jamalullail, who is also the president of the Perlis Islamic Religious and
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COVID-19 : Nine new cases in S’pore, two linked to mosque gathering in M’sia
SINGAPORE: Singapore’s Health Ministry (MOH) has confirmed nine more cases of COVID-19 infection in the republic, with two linked to a mass religious gathering at a mosque in Malaysia. In a statement yesterday, MOH said the cases involved male Singapore
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Malacca implements measures against Covid-19
MALACCA: The Malacca government through the State Mufti’s Department will implement preventive measures against Covid-19 as recommended by the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department and the Ministry of Health. State Mufti Datuk Abdul Halim Tawil said the measures include
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Mufti: Aclohol-based sanitiser can be used when performing prayers
KUALA LUMPUR: The use of alcohol-based hand sanitiser is permissible when performing prayers as it is considered a necessity and forgivable, according to the Office of the Federal Territory Mufti. The matter was clarified through the mufti’s official portal yesterday, which
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U.S. ‘China-bashers’ seek to gain from China’s coronavirus woes
SHANGHAI: An editorial in the official China Daily on Friday intensified a war of words with the United States, blasting “China-bashers” and saying they would “continue to fling dirt at China” despite what it called the country’s effective pandemic-control efforts.
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Mukhriz: No need to dissolve state assembly
PUCHONG: Mukhriz said the current state government would maintain the current status quo until the next general election and that it had also been agreed to by the opposition in the state. “As Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor (Opposition Leader of
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Ongkili hopes to see MA63 issues solved in six months
KOTA KINABALU: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs) Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Johnity Ongkili said one of his main tasks is to solve issues on the Malaysia Agreement 1963 (MA63) within six months. He said MA63 matters
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