KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 11 – The Badminton World Federation (BWF) has provisionally suspended Malaysia’s Datuk Lee Chong Wei due to an apparent anti-doping regulation violation. The world-governing body has imposed this suspension due to an Adverse Analytical Finding of a sample taken at the BWF World Championships in August. “The BWF has
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 – The 3rd Series of the Auditor-General’s Report revealed that the Malaysian Armed Forces (ATM) record of retirees and beneficiary recipients under the Veteran Affairs Department (JHEV) was incomplete and not updated. This was following findings that 1,226 retirees or recipients of retirement benefits who had passed
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 – The AirAsia Group recorded a two per cent increase in load factor to 78 per cent in the third quarter ended September 30, 2014 versus the same period last year. AirAsia Bhd, in its preliminary operating statistics released today, said at the group level, number
BANGI, Nov 10 – The restructuring of oil subsidy based on income is seen as something which is hard to implement effectively. Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said it was difficult because certain people might have extra income, but chose not to declare it to the government besides feeling uncomfortable in disclosing
DUBAI, Nov 10 – An Iranian copy of a U.S. reconnaissance drone captured in 2011 has taken its first flight, state news agency IRNA reported on Monday. In December 2011, Iran said it had captured a U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel reconnaissance drone in eastern Iran that had been reported lost by U.S. forces in
GEORGE TOWN, Nov 10 – Penang State Legislative Assembly opposition leader Datuk Jahara Hamid today questioned the expenditure of the state government which has increased 213 per cent during the DAP administration. While calling on the state government to explain the increase in the state’s expenditure since 2008 until now, Jahara said
BANGI, Nov 10 – The decision by the Court of Appeal in declaring the enactment under the Negeri Sembilah Syariah law which prohibits Muslim men from dressing up and behaving like women as being unconstitutional has to be looked at as a whole. Former Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today expressed sadness over the passing of former inspector-general of police, Tan Sri Mohd Bakri Omar, who died this morning. “I received news of the passing of the former inspector-general of police, Tan Sri Bakri Omar with sadness. “May
SINGAPORE, Nov 10 – Asean banks will increasingly turn to capital markets, particularly by issuing bonds, in order to fund their lending operations, says Moody’s Investors Service. Its assistant vice president/analyst, Alka Anbarasu, said loan growth in most parts of the Asean region has steadily outpaced deposit inflows over the past several
NAGOYA, Nov 10 – Malaysia has urged the international community to address challenges associated with unsustainable patterns of life collectively or risk jeopardising future generations. In making the call, Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin noted that today’s world continued to face various critical challenges such as human-induced climate change, the
HONG KONG, Nov 10 – The leaders of China and Japan on Monday held their first face-to-face talks since they took office, amid smoldering tensions between the two Asian powers. Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, the
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 10 – The Malaysian government plans to roll out a new shariah-compliant investment platform next year, aiming to broaden the traditional role of Islamic banks from credit provider to investment intermediary. The government is backing the Investment Account Platform (IAP) with an initial start-up fund of RM150 million,
SMS messages used to get lost due to a glitch with iMessages. Messaged received: Apple has released a new tool to answer complaints that switching from an iPhone to a different smartphone dooms iMessages to an unseen purgatory. The new web tool, first seen by Reddit users, lets ex-iOS users efficiently deregister their phone
UNITED STATES, Nov 10 – Barack Obama called for “the strongest possible rules to protect” the open internet on Monday and came out against proposals championed by cable and telecoms companies to create fast lanes for the web. The president’s statement comes as the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) prepares to publish
HONG KONG, Nov 10 – A Hong Kong court on Monday said it would wait for psychological reports on a British banker who has been charged with the gruesome killings of two Indonesian women at his apartment. Prosecutors have requested the assessments of Rurik Jutting, a 29-year-old former employee of Bank of
BEIJING, Nov 10 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today expressed confidence that the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed between the People’s Bank of China and Bank Negara Malaysia would further strengthen financial and economic relations between the two countries. The yuan clearing bank would be a catalyst to
BEIJING, Nov 10 – When Xi Jinping stood next to Hillary Rodham Clinton and addressed a high-powered lunch audience on the seventh floor of the State Department nearly three years ago, he was still China’s vice president and only the heir apparent to the Communist Party leadership. But even during that visit he
GEORGETOWN, Nov 10 – A 52-year-old bank security guard was accidentally shot himself dead due to he never realised there have a bullet was stuck inside the gun’s chamber during unload the gun. State deputy CID chief Asst Comm P.R. Gunarajan said M. Pusbanathan, from Kulim, Kedah, was removing the last round of ammunition from the chamber of
KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 9 – Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin will represent Malaysia at the Unesco World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development during a two-day working visit to Nagoya, Japan from Sunday, followed by a trip to Australia. In a statement, the Deputy Prime Minister’s Office said Muhyiddin, who is also Education
HONG KONG, Nov 9 – China will announce a start date for a delayed trading link between Hong Kong and Shanghai’s stock exchanges “soon”, Hong Kong chief executive Leung Chun-ying said today. The bourse connection originally slated for last month is expected to allow the equivalent of US$3.8 billion (RM12.7 billion)
