SEPANG, Jun 5 – A Malaysia Airlines Berhad (MAB) flight en route to Kuala Lumpur from London Heathrow was hit by severe turbulence when flying over the Bay of Bengal today, which left some passengers and crew suffering from minor injuries. In a statement today, MAB said a small number of affected passengers and crew
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 5 – Muslims throughout the country will observe the fasting month beginning tomorrow. The Keeper of the Rulers’ Seal, Datuk Seri Syed Danial Syed Ahmad when making the announcement, said the date for the beginning of fast for states throughout Malaysia had been set for Monday, June 6, 2016 according to the decree
SUNGAI BESAR. Jun 5 – Three paragliders bearing the flag of a political party flew above Dewan Sri Bernam at about 10am during the nomination for the Sungai Besar parliamentary by-election today, according to police. Police seized the paragliders and arrested four men at the Sekolah Seri Makmur field immediately after the
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 5 – A total of 14,150 registered candidates will be sitting for the 2016 Sijil Peperiksaan Malaysia (SPM) repeat written examination which will be held from June 13 to 15. In a statement here today, the education ministry said 232 examination centres would be open nationwide and 1,756 officers
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 5 – The stop smoking campaign conducted in Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya has received the support of 56 hospitals and private pharmacies. They have also offered a free Stop Smoking Service (mQuit) for smokers who wished to quit smoking, as provided by 15 health clinics now. Kuala
SUNGAI BESAR, Jun 5 – The nomination today for the Sungai Besar parliamentary election closed at 10am, and three people had filed their papers by that time. They are Budiman Mohd Zohdi of Barisan Nasional, Dr Abdul Rani Osman of PAS and Azhar Abdul Shukur of Amanah. Returning officer Mohd Khairuddin
KOTA KINABALU, Jun 5 – Local-born singer Gary Chaw has been appointed Sabah tourism ambassador. Sabah Assistant Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment Datuk Pang Yuk Ming made the announcement at a welcome dinner he hosted for the singer at a hotel last night. Chaw, 37, a singer-cum-songwriter based in Taiwan will
TOKYO, Jun 5 – A 96-year-old Japanese man is potty at the prospect of breaking more records after being recognised as the world’s oldest university graduate with his degree in ceramic arts. Spritely senior Shigemi Hirata received his Guinness World Records certificate on Friday after earning a Bachelor of Arts degree
SAN FRANCISCO, Jun 5 – An array of Apple services including the App Store and Apple TV were knocked offline for several hours on Thursday due to an unexplained technical glitch. An official Apple status webpage confirmed the outage, which appeared to have started shortly before 1300 local time (2000 GMT).
KUALA LUMPUR, Jun 5 – The nomination process for the Sungai Besar, Selangor and Kuala Kangsar, Perak by-elections were carried out this morning. The nomination centres were open from 9am to 10am. In the case of the Sungai Besar by-election, the nomination process was held at the Dewan Seri Bernam,
