JAKARTA, Apr 3 – Maybank Indonesia Tbk (Maybank Indonesia) today announced the appointment of Group President and Chief Executive Officer of Maybank Datuk Abdul Farid Alias as its new President Commissioner. Maybank Indonesia Head of Corporate Communications and Branding Esti Nugraheni, said in a statement, that Abdul Farid was taking over
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 3 – The government has declared April 24 as an additional public holiday for the whole country in conjunction with the coronation of the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V. The Chief Secretary to the Government, Tan Sri Ali Hamsa said Section 8 of the Public Holidays Act 1951
POTOMAC FALLS, Apr 3 – President Donald Trump says that the United States is prepared to act alone if China does not take a tougher stand against North Korea’s nuclear program. Trump’s comments in an interview with the Financial Times come just days before he is set to host Chinese President
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 3 – An earthquake of 5.5 on the Richter scale rocked southern Sumatera at 9.55 pm yesterday. The area hit is 105km Northwest of Bengkulu. A statement issued by Malaysian Meteorological Department said that the quake was located 578km Southwest of Pontian, Johor. No tsunami threat was issued due to
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 2 – The driver of the trailer that was involved in an accident on the North South Expressway near the Tanjung Malim Toll Plaza, which killed a family of six, has been detained. Hulu Selangor District Police chief, Supt R. Supramaniam said the 27-year-old driver was detained to
KUALA LUMPUR, Apr 2 – More than 1,000 of the 3,000 tonnes of waste dumped every day by city folks are leftovers that are basically untouched and still edible. Describing the wastage as sad and worrying, Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor said the waste in question should
KOTA MARUDU, Apr 2 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today said there was still an International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) red notice out for the arrest of four suspects linked to the murder of North Korean Kim Jong-nam. Zahid, who is also Home Minister, said the
JAIPUR, Apr 2 – Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak is making a day trip to Rajasthan to oversee Malaysia’s participation in India’s infrastructure projects and to explore investment opportunities. Accompanied by his wife Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, the prime minister arrived here at 11.23am from New Delhi where he had a fruitful
KUCHING, Apr 1 – World No.1 and defending champion Datuk Lee Chong Wei is expected to make a winning start when he goes down to face world No. 14 Quseph Rajiv of England in the first round of the men’s singles at the Celcom Axiata Malaysia Open. The BWF World Superseries
CAYENNE, Apr 1 – France Saturday announced a billion euros (RM4.72 billion) aid for strike-hit French Guiana, as representatives of the Guianese told visiting ministers the South American territory should be given “special status”. The vast South American territory, which is administered as a region of France, has been in the grip
KOTA MARUDU, Apr 2 – “I want my children to succeed like him. If not become the Deputy Prime Minister, at least achieve something in life,” said Yusuf Ajib, 40, after getting his lifelong wish of shaking hands with the Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. Yusuf, a trader at the
THIS week we get thoughts and ideas from Global clinical contract research organization InClinica’s executive vice-president and general manager Asia-Pacific Jeffrey Scott Yablon. How has your life experience made you the leader you are today? It has not been a straight path. Between experience in the military and the corporate
CHICAGO, Apr 2 – Chicago authorities on Saturday said they had arrested a 14-year-old boy in connection with the sexual assault of a teenage girl by multiple young men that was seen on Facebook Live in March. “Tonight, CPD (Chicago Police Department) arrested the first of several juvenile offenders in the Facebook
KOTA BELUD, Apr 2 – The government is always concerned about the needs and problems faced by educators in the effort to produce Generation Y human capital, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Datuk Seri Dr Salleh Said Keruak. He said the national education plan had outlined the efforts towards strengthening education in
YANGON, Apr 1 – Aung San Suu Kyi’s government faced its first test at the ballot box on Saturday in by-elections around Myanmar seen as a barometer for growing disillusionment with her party’s first year in power. The euphoria that surrounded the democracy icon’s landslide electoral win in 2015 has ebbed as
KUCHING, Apr 1 – The policy on the intake of foreign workers from North Korea for certain economic sectors is continued based on the existing procedure. Deputy Home Minister Masir Kujat said the intake would depend on the need of the private sector in the construction and coal mining sectors. It is learnt
SEOUL, Apr 1 – A South Korean cargo ship has gone missing in waters off Uruguay after making a distress call, Seoul’s foreign ministry said Saturday. The Stella Daisy with eight South Korean and 16 Filipino crew members on board disappeared Friday after sending a text message that it was sinking, the
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 1 – After two-hour of downpour this evening, just before 7pm, caused several parts of low-lying areas in the state were hit by flash floods. Among the badly affected areas were Bayan Baru and Jalan Kampung Relau where cars were reportedly stuck in floodwaters that rose as high
JAKARTA, Apr 1 – Seventeen people were missing and feared buried after a landslide struck Indonesia, the national disaster agency said Saturday. The landslide hit Banaran village in Ponorogo district, East Java on Saturday morning, damaging up to 30 houses. National disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purno Nugroho said there are conflicting reports about
GEORGE TOWN, Apr 1 – The Penang Digital Library, the first digital library in Malaysia, will operate round the clock, effective this May 1, Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said today. He said the library was launched in August last year and had since, received up to 2,000 visitors a month. He
