JOHOR BARU, March 24 – More than 50,000 people are expected to throng Danga Bay here every night from Thursday (March 26) for the four-day free concerts featuring some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry in Malaysia and the world. The Iskandar Waterfront Carnival 2015 in being held in conjuction
MARSEILLE, March 24 – French Interior Ministry spokesman Pierre-Henry Brandet says debris from the crash of an Airbus A320 has been located and the plane crashed at 2,000 metres altitude in the Alps. Brandet told BFM television that he expected “an extremely long and extremely difficult” search and rescue operation because
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 – The ringgit is expected to strengthen further against the US dollar to between RM3.40 and RM3.60 this year on expectations the US Federal Reserve will not increase interest rates this year, says an economist. The ringgit will touch that comfort level between September and November this year,
NEW DELHI, March 24 – The defence team of Datuk Lee Chong Wei will be relying on the argument that the Malaysian national shuttler did not knowingly take the banned substance dexamethasone, at the hearing of the doping case on April 11 in Amsterdam. Malaysian counsel B. Jadadish Chandra said
GEORGETOWN, March 24 – Welcome to the International Women’s Day Forum 2015 and the book launch of “Becoming Hannah, A Personal Journey” by YB Hannah Yeoh who is also the Speaker of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly. YB Hannah has been a symbol of what a woman can achieve when everyone
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 – DAP will reveal later today whether it will continue political cooperation with Pakatan, in particular Pas, or sever all ties with the opposition pact. The party’s Central Executive Committee (CEC) made the decision after a four-hour meeting at its headquarters here yesterday night. “We have reached
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 – Syarikat Prasarana Negara Berhad (Prasarana) confirmed that the ceiling at the Masjid Jamek Light Rail Transit (LRT) station collapsed this evening, but there were no casualties reported. Prasarana (Communications and Media Affairs) senior manager Azhar Ghazali said in the incident at 2.10 pm, the ceiling
KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 – The Transport Ministry is confident that Malindo Air would fulfil the conditions set by the Department of Civil Aviation (DCA) to extend its air operators certificate (AOC), which is expiring on Aug 31 this year. Its minister, Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai, said the DCA had issued a directive to the
KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 – Human rights lawyer and Lawyers for Liberty executive director Eric Paulsen, who was detained last night under the Sedition Act 1948, was released today on police bail. Lawyers for Liberty’s legal coordinator, Michelle Yesudas, was also detained and released today on police bail today over her own Twitter
KUALA LUMPUR, March 24 – Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said the Selangor police were looking into the case on further action to be taken. “They are trespassers, so let Selangor police look into the case and those involved first,” he told reporters after attending a “yasin” recital
SHAH ALAM, March 23 – While most Malaysians are bracing themselves to pay more when the Goods and Services Tax (GST) comes into effect in nine days, Domino’s Pizza Malaysia has promised its prices won’t be raised. Claiming that some of its menu items could in fact be cheaper, general manager of
JOHOR BARU, March 23 – Crowd at the Dataran Bandaraya Johor Baru swells as early as 6am today in conjunction with Sultan Johor coronation ceremony. About 10,000 people from all walks of life comprising of students, non-governmental organisations, JDT’s fan members and government agencies thronged to Dataran Bandaraya for the event. The Jalan
KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 – There are currently two mechanism used in getting foreign domestic helpers into the country, namely under the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Malaysia and the supplying countries, which had so far been inked with Indonesia, while the other mechanism is not sanctioned under any MoU,
SEPANG, March 23 – Deputy Finance Minister Datuk Ahmad Maslan today launched the Tourism Refund Scheme counters which would be operational at eight main airports when the Goods and Services Tax (GST) comes into effect on April 1. With the opening of the counters, Tourists who shopped in Malaysia during their stay
KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 – Hudud will cause confusion and injustice to the people even if federal legislators made amendments to the laws to implement the Islamic penal code in Kelantan, former attorney-general Tan Sri Abu Talib Othman said. He said as Malaysia was a multiracial and multi-religious country, a parallel
KUALA LUMPUR, March 23 – The disagreement between Pakatan Rakyat’s (PR) coalition parties PKR, DAP and PAS over the amendments to the Syariah Criminal Code II (1993) would not likely cause a break-up, said a political analyst. Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities senior lecturer Associate Professor Datuk Dr
SINGAPORE, March 23 – Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong has declared a period of National Mourning from Mar 23 to 29 (Monday to Sunday). The Prime Minister will be addressing the nation live at 8am on Monday, the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement. As a mark of respect to
SINGAPORE, March 23 – Lee Kuan Yew, who founded modern Singapore and was both feared for his authoritarian tactics and admired for turning the city-state into one of the world’s richest nations, died today, the government said. He was 91. Lee was admitted to Singapore General Hospital on Feb. 5 for
MARANG, March 22 — The DAP must look at itself in the mirror before branding PAS a traitor as the party had also turned against PAS in the local government elections issue in Penang, says PAS president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang. He said there was no place for ‘betrayal’ because
KUALA LUMPUR, March 22 – Peninsular Malaysia Malay Express Bus Operators Association (Pembawa) wants no more delays to the implementation of bus fare hikes. Pembawa president Tajuddin Mohd Yunus has urged the government not to suspend the fare increase to public transport, especially express buses, as was previously announced by Land Public Transport Commission
