KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – The ringgit extended yesterday’s gains to open higher against the US dollar Thursday morning as demand emerged for Asian currencies, including the ringgit, dealers said. At 9 am, the local note stood at 3.8950/9030 against the US dollar from 3.9110/9180 on Wednesday. Against other major currencies,
KUCHING, April 28 – DAP and PKR have decided to go separate ways in the 11th Sarawak state election if the indication from leaders of both parties was gauged, since an agreement to resolve the conflict of overlapping seats, has hit a dead end. Sarawak DAP chairman Chong Chieng Jen said
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – The hot weather due to the El Nino phenomenon which is currently sweeping the country is expected to return to normal by the end of May, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department’s National Geophysics and Weather Operations Centre meteorologist Khairul Najib Ibrahim. “This was following the
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – Datuk Lee Chong Wei and Zulfadli Zulkiffli advanced to the second round of the Badminton Asia Championship 2016 in Wuhan, China yesterday. Chong Wei, who is seeded fourth, outclassed Wang Zhengming of China 21-16 and 21-14 in 49 minutes. In the next round, the world number two
BESUT, April 28 – The body of a man found floating in the sea near Perhentian Island Resort, Pulau Perhentian Besar here has been confirmed to be of a Chinese citizen. Besut police chief Supt Mohd Zamri Mohd Rowi said the victim, Zhe Liu, 31, a native of Henan Province, was said
JOHOR BAHARU, April 28 – The Johor Customs has seized 221,200 cartons of contraband cigarettes worth about RM23 million after carrying out raids since early April. Johor customs director Datuk Ramli Johari said a 42-year-old, believed to be the agent for the consignments was detained to facilitate investigations. In the first raid
SHAH ALAM, April 28 – What if there is a mobile application that can enable Muslims to determine the halal status of a product or food? There may soon be. The Selangor Islamic Affairs Department (Jais) is to develop one such mobile application in collaboration with the Islamic Development Department of Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, April 28 – The World Youth Jazz Festival (WYJF) 2016 is set to mesmerise city folks and tourists when it kicks off on May 6. Back for the fifth time, the largest youth jazz festival will offer more than 20 homegrown and international youth jazz artistes performing at the Dataran
KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 – The Dewan Negara today approved two bills namely the Supplementary Supply (2015) 2016 Bill and the Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM) Bill 2016. The Supplementary Supply (2015) 2016 Bill was to seek for an additional expenditure of RM3.31 billion. The Dewan Rakyat had passed the bill on
BAGAN SERAI, April 27 – Tomorrow will see an announcement on whether Bukit Merah in Perak and Timah Tasoh in Perlis are declared disaster areas due to the hot, dry weather brought on by the El Nino phenomenon. The decision will be made by the high-level Cabinet Committee on Disasters that
PUTRAJAYA, April 27 – A total of 730 cases of snake bites with one death have been reported in the country since January until yesterday, said Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam. He said Kedah recorded the highest number of snake bite cases at 195 followed by Perak (107) and
SIBU, April 27 – Barisan Nasional direct candidate for Dudong Datuk Tiong Thai King said DAP is taking credit for “high impact” decisions of the state government. He said his DAP opponent, Yap Hoi Liong, had been telling voters that the party was responsible for decisions like the abolition of toll
GEORGE TOWN, April 27 – Police have detained a man who posted seditious material and insulted Islam on Facebook, which went viral since Monday (April 25). Penang police chief Datuk Abdul Ghafar Rajab said the 26-year-old who works as a factory worker was picked up in Sungai Petani, Kedah at 12.15am
KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 – The electronic toll collection system has reduced traffic congestion at toll plaza lanes by up to 50 per cent, said Deputy Works Minister Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin. She said the system had cut down toll transaction time to about six seconds for Touch ‘n Go
HONG KONG, Apr 27 – Organised by the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC), the Hong Kong Gifts & Premium Fair opened today at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre (HKCEC). The concurrent Hong Kong International Printing & Packaging Fair also kicked off today at the AsiaWorld-Expo. Both fairs
KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said he will continue working closely with Sarawak Chief Minister Tan Sri Adenan Satem to ensure further development and growth of the state. Najib said the development implemented in Sarawak all this years had been the results of close cooperation
KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 – A total of 1,757 inmates have successfully completed various training programmes under the Industrial Prison Programme since 2013. According to the National Transformation Programme (NTP) Annual Report 2015 released yesterday night, the inmates have completed certified skills training under Sijil Kemahiran Malaysia (SKM-SLDN), Sijil Kecekapan Kemahiran (SKK-CIDB)
KAWASAKI, Apr 27 – Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. today announced the development of technology to quickly identify changed locations in source code, such as added functions, to enable timely development using large scale open source software. Open source software (OSS) can be easily used by anyone around the world, and its source
IPOH, April 27 – Perak police seized 14.5kg of heroin worth RM280,000 following the arrest of a construction worker at the parking area of the southbound Taiping lay-by of the North South Expressway last Friday. Perak Narcotics Crime Investigation Department deputy chief, Supt Abdul Latiff Mehat, said the man, in his 40s,
SAN FRANCISCO, Apr 27 – Apple on Tuesday (Apr 26) reported its first-ever drop in iPhone sales since launching the smartphone in 2007 as the tech giant’s long streak of rising revenue ended. Apple said iPhone sales dropped year-over-year for the first time, slipping to 51.19 million in the recently ended
