KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 25 – The Dewan Rakyat and the Dewan Negara sittings are expected to be resume back at the main Parliament building beginning in April 2017 upon completion of the current upgrading works there. Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said so far, the repair and refurbishment works which
KUANTAN, Nov 25 – A Road Transport Department (JPJ) branch head Azhar Ahmed, 51, claimed trial at the Special Corruption Sessions Court here Tuesday to 19 charges of corruptly accepting valuable items worth RM12,300. He allegedly accepted the items on a monthly basis from lorry operators around Muadzam Shah between 2012
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 25 – The Penang Green Council has conducted its very first Green Café Pocket Talk in the collaboration with the Penang Science Cluster at the Penang Science Café at Heritage in Wisma Yeap Chor Ee, China Street Ghaut here on Monday. The invited guest speaker, Ms Low Pui San from Green Master
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 25 – Malaysia and China on Monday sealed eight government-to-government memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and agreements in various fields including trade, culture and administration. The signing ceremony was witnessed by the Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang at Perdana Putra here on
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 24 – Chinese Premier Li Keqiang, who is here on an inaugural visit to Malaysia since his appointment in 2013, received an official ceremonial welcome at Dataran Perdana here on Monday. The premier, who is on a three-day visit in conjunction with the 27th ASEAN Summit and Related Summits was
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 24 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak hosted an official dinner in honour of China’s Premier Li Keqiang and wife, Cheng Hong at Seri Perdana here on Monday. Also present were Najib’s wife, Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor, Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin, Bank Negara
PUTRAJAYA, Nov 24 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said on Monday that the Xiamen University Malaysia Campus in Sepang, the first overseas campus set up by a renowned Chinese university, is ready to receive the students in February on next year. “The campus, that marked the bilateral relations
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 – Batu Member of Parliament (MP), Tian Chua is ready to be called by the authorities to facilitate investigations into the meeting between Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar and Jacel H. Kiram, the daughter of a former Sulu terrorist chief, during which he was
MUAR, Nov 24 – PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar continues to draw more criticism for her meeting with Jacel Kiram, the daughter of the late leader of the Sulu terrorists who invaded Lahad Datu, Sabah. First vice-president of the Malaysian Armed Forces Veterans Association (PVATM), Major (R) Sazali Ismail said Nurul
ANKARA, Nov 24 – Turkey shot down a Russian warplane Tuesday, claiming it had violated Turkish airspace and ignored repeated warnings. Russia denied that the plane crossed the Syrian border into Turkish skies. Russia’s Defense Ministry said they are looking into the circumstances of the crash of the Russian jet. Russia said the Ministry
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 – The Education Minister Mahdzir Khalid has denied that the UPSR Mandarin examination paper for this year’s Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) was set at the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) level questions, aying it was based on the relevant syllabus. “The accusation that the UPSR Mandarin examination paper contained
ISTANBUL, Nov 24 – A Turkish warplane shot down a jet near the Turkish-Syrian border on Tuesday after it violated Turkish airspace, according to a military official. The official said a Turkish F16S shot down a jet, but the nationality of that aircraft was unclear. The official confirmed the downed jet
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Monday hosted a luncheon in conjunction with the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a leading hotel here on Monday. Several cabinet ministers, among them Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam, who is also MIC president, Federal
BUTTERWORTH, Nov 24 – The Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng said on Monday that the Penang DAP government is only recognising PKR state assemblymen under the leadership of the Deputy Chief Minister I Datuk Mohd Rashid Hasnon. He said there were now two groups of PKR state assemblymen, one under Pantai
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 – The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) has contacted the lawyer for businessman Low Taek Jho, or Jho Low, to set the date to record the latter’s statement. However, MACC would not disclose the outcome of the discussion with the lawyer concerned so as not to jeopardise on-going investigation.
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and his Indian counterpart, Narendra Modi Monday jointly inaugurated the Torana Gate in ‘Little India’, Brickfields here to symbolise friendship between both countries. Torana Gate is a gift from the Indian Government to the people of Malaysia as a mark
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 – China Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin said here on Sunday that the China has pledged a 3.6 billion yuan (USD563.6 million) grant assistance to underdeveloped ASEAN members next year. He said China would also set aside USD10 billion for the second phase of the China-ASEAN special
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said the 26th ASEAN Summit and other meetings were successful due to the hard work put in by all the relevant parties involved. He said he wish to say a big thank you to everyone in the ASEAN 2015 secretariat for
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 – Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Abd Aziz Kaprawi told the reporters that there were a new terminal is expected to be built at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) to expand its total capacity to 100 million passengers a year. He said the airport operator Malaysia Airports Holdings
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 – The ringgit closed lower again today as renewed buying interest for the greenback curbed demand for the local note, dealers said. At 5 pm, the ringgit was quoted at 4.3010/3050 against the US dollar from 4.2830/2880 on last Friday. In the meantime, there was a dealer said
