COLOMBO, May 29 – An intensifying cyclone churned north towards Bangladesh yesterday after heavy rain in Sri Lanka and thunderstorms in eastern India killed almost 200 people, with more torrential downpours forecast. Impoverished Bangladesh, hit by cyclones every year, warned that some low-lying coastal areas were “likely to be inundated by a
MARAWI, May 29 – Security forces traded heavy gunfire with Islamist militants inside a southern Philippine city Monday, as fears grew for up to 2,000 people unable to escape a week of fighting that has left women and children among the dead. President Rodrigo Duterte imposed martial law across the southern third
WASHINGTON, May 29 – A White House in crisis scrambled to allay public concern over reports that Donald Trump’s son-in-law sought a secret communications link to Russia – a bombshell allegation the US president swatted down as “fabricated.” After returning late Saturday from his first foreign trip as president, Trump geared up
BEIJING, May 29 – China pleaded again for dialogue on Monday to ease regional tensions after North Korea launched its latest missile test in defiance of UN sanctions. The Chinese foreign ministry urged Pyongyang in a statement to refrain from activities that go against United Nations Security Council resolutions. “We hope that related
KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 –The 2017 Taiwan Fellowship, which is sponsored by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of China (Taiwan), will accept applications from May 1 to June 30. Experts and scholars from Malaysian government, think tanks/research institutes or universities are encouraged to apply for this fellowship to
BUKIT MERTAJAM, May 29 – The Penang Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (Fama) has denied there is a current shortage in the supply of coconuts in the state, causing a price hike. State central operations manager, Akbaruddin Nasurdin said Fama had increased coconut supply for Ramadan and Hari Raya Aidilfitri by 50% to
GEORGE TOWN, May 29 – Monetary enforcement authorities have raided M Mall O2O, a shopping mall that uses virtual money as its mode of payment. The team consisting of police officers, Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM), Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry officers as well as those from other agencies arrived at
GEORGE TOWN, May 29 – Penang could have sought proposals from major international medical players before selling the Peel Avenue government land to a hospital company directly, Gerakan said today. State Gerakan Youth chief Jason Loo said through a request for proposal, the state government could have vetted a list of
BATU PAHAT, May 29 – The Fisheries Development Authority of Malaysia (LKIM) has advised the public not to panic over the rising prices of fish during Ramadan and ahead of the Aidilfitri celebration. LKIM chairman Datuk Seri Dr Irmohizam Ibrahim said the department would hold a meeting with the National Fishermen”s Association
KALUTARA, May 29 – Thousands of Sri Lankan troops battled Monday to get relief supplies to nearly half a million people displaced by the island’s worst flooding in well over a decade, which has killed 169 people. The military said a lull in torrential monsoon rains had allowed it to deploy aircraft,
MANCHESTER, May 29 – Britain’s MI5 intelligence service launched an internal inquiry on Monday into whether vital clues were missed in the run-up to the Manchester suicide bombing, as police arrested another man in connection with the attack. The developments come a week after 22-year-old Salman Abedi, a British-born university dropout of
KUCHING, May 29 – The Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) and Uber are discussing on the best measures to take to ensure the safety and comfort of users of the e-hailing service. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri today said the department took note of the recent robbery committed
KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 – Celcom Axiata Bhd hopes to grow its daily subscription by 20% through Celcom EasyPhone, the biggest device instalment programme from June 1-July 31, 2017, in conjunction with Ramadan and the upcoming Aidilfitri celebration. Chief Marketing Officer, Zalman Aefendy Zainal Abidin, however, declined to disclose the total number of
KUALA LUMPUR, May 29 – The High Court here today set July 31 for case management of Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak’s libel suit against former MCA president Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik over an article published in a news portal two years ago. Judge Datuk Nor Bee Ariffin fixed the date
GEORGE TOWN, May 29 – Five men, including one with the title “Datuk”, were charged in the Sessions Court with being members of organised crime group “Gang 24”. Two of the accused, Lim Boon Hooi, 40, and Toh Kae Luen, 26, nodded their heads to indicate that they understood the charge
