KATHMANDU, April 9 – A Malaysian tourist has been reported missing since Sunday (Malaysia is two hours, 15 minutes ahead of Nepal) while trekking in the Pokhara-Mustang route in Western Nepal. Nepal Deputy Inspector-General of Police Pankaj Shrestha said Dennis Lee Thian Poh, 47, was last seen on Sunday in Ghorepani,
KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 – DAP strongly objects and condemns the proposed amendments to the 1948 Sedition Act, because the harsh strengthening of the repugnant laws is a historic act of national betrayal by the Prime Minister and the BN Government that launches 10 oppressive attacks against 30 million Malaysians. Instead
CHINA, April 9 – German top-of-the-range carmaker BMW has recalled almost 80,000 of its vehicles in China due to flaws in their engines, China’s quality regulator said Wednesday. Some 53,310 X3 vehicles produced between October 2011 and December 2013 have been recalled, according to a statement from China’s General Administration of Quality
KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 – Tempers flared at the Parliament tonight as opposition lawmakers attempted to end the meeting at 11.30pm as the government tried to push through four more bills. Puchong MP Gobind Singh Deo led the opposition charge and demanded sitting be suspended as Minister in the Prime Minister’s
JAKARTA, April 9 – An Indonesian man took a free ride in the wheel well of an aircraft this week, surviving a high-altitude flight of nearly two hours in thin air and sub-zero temperatures. Mario Stevan Ambarita, 21, was spotted staggering around the tarmac at Jakarta airport on Tuesday, shortly after
KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 – The stability of Malaysia’s banking sector has contributed to the country’s strong economic fundamentals, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak said. Speaking at the 140th anniversary celebration dinner of Standard Chartered Malaysia here tonight, Najib said this stability was recognised by bodies such as the World
WASINGTON, April 8 – A power outage swept the Washington area, hitting the White House, the Capitol and the State Department and knocking out electricity for thousands around the US capital. Outages stretched from downtown Washington into neighboring Maryland, knocking power out for more than 2,500 people, according to area power companies. Most
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 – The Special Measures Against Terrorism in Foreign Countries Bill 2015 was passed without amendments in the Dewan Rakyat today. Earlier during the policy stage, Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said the bill was to prevent Malaysia from being a “transit point” for Islamic
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 – Gold futures contract on Bursa Malaysia Derivatives opened higher in thin trading today with only one contract month traded. At 9.16am, April 2015 rose four ticks to RM142.10 a gram while May 2015, June 2015 and July 2015 remain pegged at RM144.40, RM143.50 and RM144.25 a gram
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 – Dishonest recipients of federal cash aid Bantuan Rakyat 1Malaysia (BR1M) were to blame for the over RM3 million lost because of repeated claims of the cash vouchers, Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan said in Parliament today. When asked how Putrajaya had allowed thousands of BR1M recipients
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 – As some Umno veterans once again pressure Datuk Seri Najib Razak to resign, one former leader has endorsed former finance minister Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah as the best person to take over as prime minister. Former de facto law minister Datuk Zaid Ibrahim said out of all current Umno leaders, Razaleigh,
Apple CEO Tim Cook today sent out a memo to all employees ahead of the Apple Watch’s retail try-on kickoff this Friday. Cook thanks employees who have worked on the Apple Watch by saying, “congratulations to everyone who has worked so hard for years to help this product reach our customers.” Cook
KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 – The Prisons Department yesterday denied that de facto PKR leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who was serving a prison sentence in Sungai Buloh, had given religious lectures and counselling sessions to inmates. In a statement, the department said it had special officers or would invite qualified
Facebook is putting that Messenger.com domain to good use: The social network just launched a Messenger client on the Web that separates it from the Facebook.com homepage. With Messenger.com, Facebook is clearly gearing users up for its upcoming Messenger Business integration, in which users can chat directly with companies about product questions, purchase updates and shipment tracking.
GEORGETOWN, April 7 – Development Project was mengatami ketewatan in any of the five extension of time (EOT) has been awarded as follows: a) EOT 1 -21.01.2014 (120 days) b) EOT 2- 10.13.2014 (265 days) c) EOT 3 -28.02.2015 (138 days) d) EOT 4 -21.03.2015 (21 days) e) EOT 5
KUALA LUMPUR, April 7 – The Prevention of Terrorism Act (Pota) 2015, to combat militant activities in the country, was finally approved at 2.25am this morning — after more than 14 hours of debate in the Dewan Rakyat. Home Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, in winding up the Bill, said in total there
Georgetown, April 7 – In PWDC’s continued effort to champion gender equality and women’s empowerment, PWDC are collaborating with KDU College on their first ever film showcase, ‘Flicks Fiesta 2015’. PWDC is sponsoring two awards: PWDC Gender Equality Award and PWDC Futures Award. For category one, participants who create a
KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 – Police have detained a suspected militant group, comprising 17 individuals, for allegedly plotting a terror attack in Malaysia’s capital. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said two of the individuals detained had recently returned from Syria, a country engulfed in a civil war, involving the
KUALA LUMPUR, April 6 – National broadcaster Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) paid RM103.14 million to Telekom Malaysia Berhad (TM) for broadcast network and maintenance services even before the official signing of agreement. According to the 2014 Auditor-General’s Report, the overall management of the contract was good. However, the following were the weaknesses found: – There
KUALA LUMPUR, April 8 – The Election Commission (EC) has set May 7, 2015 as voting day for the Permatang Pauh Parliamentary seat by-election. The nomination day meanwhile has been set for April 25 while early voting will be held on May 5. The announcement of the dates was made by Election Commission
