LARUT, Mar 4 – The ceiling price for fuel will be announced weekly from next month, said Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin. He said the ceiling price will likely be announced on the Monday or Saturday for the week compared to the present, which is once
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 4 – The Malaysian rubber market is likely to trade cautiously next week on a lack of catalysts, said a dealer. He said the rubber market’s movement would depend on the performance of the ringgit against the US dollar, crude oil prices and its regional peers. At 6
BEIJING, Mar 4 – Ri Jong Chol, a suspect in the murder of the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader, said in Beijing that he was a victim of a conspiracy by Malaysian authorities attempting to damage the honour of North Korea. Ri, a North Korean, accused Malaysia of using coercion to
PUTRAJAYA, Mar 4 – Malaysia rejects claims that it has violated sanctions imposed by the United Nations on North Korea. The Foreign Ministry, in a statement here today, said Malaysia viewed with serious concern recent reports in the media that insinuated Malaysia’s non compliance with the sanctions imposed on North Korea by
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 4 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today congratulated national women’s diving pair Pandelela Rinong Pamg and Cheong Jun Hoong for winning the silver medal at the FINA Diving World Series 2017 held in Beijing last night. “Once again our queen divers Pandelela, Cheong Jun
SANDAKAN, Mar 4 – Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak today announced the extension of the Sandakan airport runway to handle direct and chartered flights from China. The Prime Minister said the value management was being carried out to determine the contract price. “I have asked the Transport Minister (Datuk Seri Liow Tiong
WASHINGTON, Mar 4 – Republican leaders and the White House presented a united front Friday in their bid to ditch Obamacare, but the replacement plan – still incomplete, still hidden from public view – is meeting increasing pushback from rank-and-file conservatives. With Democrats of a single mind to keep the landmark
SEPANG, March 3 – A North Korean man detained over the investigation into the murder of Kim Jong-nam was taken out of the Sepang District Police Headquarters here this morning amid tight security. Ri Jong-chol, 47, wearing a bullet-proof vest, is expected to be deported. Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali
LONDON, Mar 3 – AirAsia has sent eight promising footballers from Asia to London, UK for a unique training and cultural experience with Queens Park Rangers Football Club (QPR). They were selected as winners late last year during the annual AirAsia-QPR Coaching Clinic, a joint effort by AirAsia and QPR in the Community
HONG KONG, Mar 3 – The 13th Entertainment Expo, Hong Kong will kick off on 13 March and continue through 25 April. Under the theme “Get into the Scene”, the expo features 10 spectacular events for film, television, music and digital entertainment, including three founding events and seven core events. The
SINGAPORE, Mar 2 – An American mixed martial arts instructor was jailed for four years by a Singapore court Thursday for having sex with underage girls and possession of child pornography. Joshua Robinson met two Singaporean girls online, court documents showed, and pressured them into having sex with him. “There is no
BARCELONA, Mar 2 – Valtteri Bottas demonstrated his readiness to step into the shoes of retired world champion Nico Rosberg by setting the pace, but Ferrari showed further signs that they could challenge Mercedes this season on day three of pre-season testing in Barcelona. The limits of more powerful, faster cars
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 2 – Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar dismissed claims by North Korea that Kim Chol probably died of a heart attack. Khalid said Malaysian experts had already confirmed that Kim Chol died after two women suddenly wiped his face with their hands laced with suspected poison
DHAKA, Mar 2 – The United Nations voiced its criticism Thursday over a controversial new law in Bangladesh that allows underage children to be married off by their parents. The new rule keeps the minimum marriageable age for males at 21 and for females at 18 but relaxes the restriction for “special
ENSTEK, Mar 2 – PureCircle (LSE: PURE), the world’s leading producer of high-purity stevia ingredients for the global food and beverage industry, yesterday marked the completion of a RM185m (US$42 million) expansion of its stevia plant in Malaysia with a ceremony attended by the Minister of Energy, Green Technology & Water,
KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 2 – A North Korean man in custody in the probe into the murder of a fellow countryman will be released and deported as soon as possible. Attorney-General Tan Sri Mohamed Apandi Ali told Bernama today, this is because there is insufficient evidence to charge 47-year-old Ri Jong-Chol. Jong-Chol has been
BEIJING, Mar 2 – Beijing said Thursday it will push a “China solution” to global cyber governance after releasing its first strategy paper outlining a vision of the web where individual countries control the information that flows across their borders. The roll out is part of an effort by Beijing to play
BARCELONA, Mar 2 – Ferrari’s Kimi Raikkonen posted the fastest time on a track artificially soaked to test wet conditions as Lewis Hamilton’s first week of testing fizzled to a premature end on Thursday. Raikkonen’s best time of 1min 20.872 came late in the day in Barcelona as the track dried out
SEPANG, Mar 2 – The presence of North Korean Embassy Counsellor Kim Yu-song at the Sepang police headquarters (IPD) here today, sent media practitioners into a tizzy. Yu-song, who arrived in an official embassy car at 5.25pm, was seen leaving the police headquarters compound about an hour later. He was earlier spotted
GEORGE TOWN, Mar 2 – Section 238 of the Uniform Building By-laws 1984 regulates that Automatic Fire Alarm Systems installed in designated premises (i.e. high occupancy premises like hospitals, hotels, schools, factories, etc) must have a direct telephone connection to the appropriate fire station bypassing the switchboard, said Consumers Association of Penang
