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Selangor records highest number of influenza cases among students
KUALA LUMPUR: Influenza cases involving school children have continued to rise, with Selangor recording the highest number at 717. Selangor Education Department director Dr Mahanom Mat Sam said the 717 cases had been detected in 248 schools in 10 districts
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Farmer finds crying baby near banana tree in Sibu
SIBU: A farmer in Sibu Jaya here who walked to a nearby area to throw out his garbage this morning was shocked when he found a crying baby girl with the umbilical cord still attached. Sibu District Chief of Police
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Lim: Personal data in e-Tunai Rakyat programme is kept safe
KUCHING: Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng said all personal data received through the e-Tunai Rakyat will be stored as private by the implementing agency, Khazanah Nasional Berhad. He said Khazanah Nasional Berhad was a wealth fund investment company owned by
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Police probing incident of journalist house splashed with red paint
GEORGE TOWN: The police are investigating an incident where the house gate and a car belonging to a news portal journalist were splashed with red paint in Island Glade, Gelugor, here yesterday. Timur Laut Police chief ACP Soffian Santong said
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Polling stations open for Kimanis by-election
KIMANIS: A total of 19 polling stations involving 68 channels will open from 7.30 am until 5 pm today for voters in the Kimanis parliamentary constituency. The more than nine hours polling process will involve some 29,619 voters from a
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Deputy MB: RM400m allocation for K’tan people, not luxury cars
KOTA BHARU: The RM400 million “one-off” allocation provided by the federal government last year to Kelantan was to improve the economy and welfare of the people and not for buying luxury vehicles for members of the state government. Kelantan Deputy
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Female tapir found dead along Jalan Padang Tembak near Kluang
JOHOR BAHRU: A female tapir was found dead after it was believed to have been hit by a vehicle at Jalan Padang Tembak, near Kluang yesterday. Johor Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan) director Salman Saaban said the carcass of
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PMO: PLUS to slash toll rates in Feb but concession period extended for 20 years
PUCHONG: All highways owned by the North-South Expressway (PLUS) will reduce its toll rates by 18%, starting Feb 1. In a statement today, the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said the decision to reduce the toll rates was made in a
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Not compulsory for hospital cafes to use lemongrass straws – Dr Lee
IPOH: The Health Ministry is not making it compulsory for operators of cafe and canteen of public hospitals to use lemongrass straws. Its Deputy Minister Dr. Lee Boon Chye said the ministry would leave the matter for the operators to
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Who was the minister involved in the drug-fuelled party, asks Power
SHAH ALAM: People’s Wellbeing & Rights Organisation (Power) today lodged a report with the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) in regards to a police raid on a private party recently, which implicated several prominent political leaders in drug abuse. Its chairman,
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