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Teenage girl, boyfriend held over murder of student
TAIPING: Police detained a teenage couple yesterday after they admitted to having been involved in the murder of a Form Four student of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan King Edward VII, on Friday. Taiping District Police Chief ACP Osman Mamat said the
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Melaka civil defence force needs new assets to smooth operations
MELAKA: The Melaka Malaysia Civil Defence Force (APM) needs several new assets such as four-wheel drive vehicles and high-powered motorcycles to smoothen agency’s operations in delivering services especially during emergencies. Its director Lt Col (PA) Effendy Ali said on the
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Muhyiddin, Zahid deny signing statutory declarations on PM’s power transition
KUALA LUMPUR: Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has denied signing a statutory declaration supporting the transition of the post of Prime Minister from Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Muhyiddin, who is
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Pakistan business chamber to organise award ceremony in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: The Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce and Industry (RCCI), a business chamber from Pakistan, will be organising an award ceremony on July 9. Speaking at a press conference held at the Shang-ri La Hotel today, RRCI president Malik Shahid
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Ailing ringgit awaits Bank Negara bolster
The case is growing for Bank Negara Malaysia to bolster the economy with another interest rate cut and to provide some much-needed encouragement for inflows to the ringgit bond market. The central bank’s review on Tuesday will be scrutinised by
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Join Bersatu: Dr Mahathir will explain to PH presidential council
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad will be briefing the Pakatan Harapan presidential council tomorrow on his call for all Malay parties, including Umno, to join Bersatu. “We have a meeting of the presidential council of PH on Monday
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Federal government focused on addressing Batek tribe health issue
PUTRAJAYA: Despite the delay in producing the post-mortem reports of the Batek tribe members as demanded by various quarters, National Unity and Social Wellbeing Minister, P. Waytha Moorthy have affirmed that the Pakatan Harapan federal government is focused on addressing
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Bersatu won’t morph into Umno
BUTTERWORTH: Bersatu is not going to morph itself into another Umno, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said yesterday evening. Dr Wan Azizah was confident there was nothing in Bersatu’s set up either to suggest it
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Highway acquisition via self-financed congestion fees
KUALA LUMPUR: The government would not need to fork out a single sen to pay for the acquisition of four highway concessionaires as the RM6.2 billion purchase consideration will be entirely self-financed via the collection of proposed congestion fees, said
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Post – mortem can’t confirm Orang Asli deaths
PORT DICKSON: The results of post-mortems on the skeletal remnants of 12 Orang Asli in Kampung Kuala Koh, Kelantan cannot confirm the cause of deaths. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dzulkefly Ahmad said that the post-mortems were conducted on the 12
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