Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has issued a RM2 billion Sukuk Wakalah pursuant to its Islamic Medium Term Note Programme of RM5 billion in nominal value based on the Shariah principle of Wakalah. On behalf of TNB, Maybank Investment Bank Bhd said that the Sukuk Wakalah had been issued today. “Upon issuance
Apple may be planning to launch an updated version of the iPhone SE with a faster chip early next year, according to at least one rumor. Apple upgraded the storage options for the current iPhone SE earlier this year, but the processor and other specs remained the same. If the
JOHOR BARU, Aug 4 – The Johor state government aims to complete the construction of a total of 5,490 affordable housing units and offer them to buyers by the end of this year. Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin said this proves the state government is committed to achieving the target of
SINGAPORE, Aug 4 – Singapore said Friday it would expel a professor of Chinese descent working at a local university from the city-state, accusing him of acting as an “agent of influence” for a foreign government. Huang Jing, a US citizen who held a senior position at the Lee Kuan Yew School
JERLUN, Aug 4 – Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today revealed that a former Umno leader was the real mastermind behind a plot to topple Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak. Ahmad Zahid said that he had enough evidence in the form of recordings that the former leader was the
MANILA, Aug 4 – The Philippines said Friday it would tell visiting US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson his concerns over its drug war that has claimed thousands of lives were due to “exaggerated media reports”. Tillerson is due to meet President Rodrigo Duterte on the sidelines of a regional security forum
BERLIN, Aug 4 – A German couple received lengthy jail sentences Friday for brutally raping and killing a Chinese student in eastern Germany, in a shocking crime that caused outrage in both countries. The court in the city of Dessau found that the 21-year-old defendants, named only as Sebastian F. and Xenia
KUCHING, Aug 4 – To date 26,228 pets have been vaccinated to curb the spread of rabies, which has claimed five lives in Sarawak. Sarawak State Disaster Management Committee (JPBN), in a statement, today said the breakdown of pets vaccinated are for 18,587 dogs, 7,596 cats and 45 other animals. “Today as many as 1,196 dogs
JAKARTA, Aug 4 – Hundreds of workers have gone on strike at Indonesia’s largest container terminal, a union official said Friday, paralysing operations and forcing incoming shipments to be diverted. Nearly 700 employees at the Jakarta International Container Terminal (JICT), the bulk of the workforce, stopped work Thursday for a strike intended
PASIR MAS, Aug 4 –UMNO Supreme Council member Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid regards the accusations by former prime minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad against the current leadership of the country as an attempt to split UMNO. He said the former prime minister does not actually have any evidence for every accusation,
GENEVA, Aug 4 – The UN on Friday detailed more than 250 “extrajudicial or targeted killings” in the Democratic Republic of Congo’s Kasai region from mid-March to mid-June, counting dozens of children among the dead. The findings, based on interviews with refugees from Kasai who had fled to Angola, blamed state agents
TOKYO, Aug 4 – NEC Corporation (TSE: 6701) today announced that it will contribute to the provision of a highly reliable, business-oriented, mobile-network-powered access service, “Twin Access,” which SoftBank Corp. (SoftBank) is planning to offer to business customers in Japan. Twin Access is an access service that uses two mobile
SEPANG, Aug 4 – AirAsia, the world’s best low-cost airline, is proud to welcome the prestigious Kuala Lumpur 2017 torch to our RedQ headquarters today in conjunction with the KL2017 Torch Run. AirAsia is the Official Airline Partner and Gold Sponsor for the upcoming 29th SEA Games and 9th Asean Para Games in Kuala Lumpur, collectively known as Kuala Lumpur 2017. The torch has toured Malaysia, with the run
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 4 – The representatives of 100 non-governmental organisations (NGO) in Penang today signed and read out the Corruption-Free Pledge (IBR) as their commitment to fight corruption and abuse of power. Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Datuk Dzulkifli Ahmad said the initiative was the first among NGOs as
SINGAPORE, Aug 4 – TMT Finance Asia 2018 has been announced, taking place in Singapore at Marina Bay Sands on February 1 to assess the next wave of digital investment strategies transforming the region. The prestigious annual leadership conference, which is now in its 8th year and part of a global
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 4 – Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said the Barisan Nasional (BN) government was now working at embarking on the second Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) route, the Sungai Buloh-Serdang-Putrajaya (SSP) line. The prime minister said the BN government’s effort did not stop with the completion of the MRT Sungai
KUALA NERANG, Aug 4 – The Rural entrepreneurs in the country are urged to use the 1Malaysia Internet Centre (Pi1M) in the transforming local products in the tandem with the rapid development of the information technology currently that taking the place. Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) Digital and Ecosystem Sector
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 – Residents, including those staying at shophouses who do not have special parking facilities in the federal capital, are advised to purchase Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL)’s monthly parking passes to prevent their vehicles from being compounded for exceeding the parking time. Federal Territories Minister Datuk Seri Tengku
GEORGE TOWN, Aug 3 – The Penang government has yet to receive a response from the federal government for an application to have more People’s Housing Project (PPR) to be built in the state. Penang Housing, Town and Country Planning Committee chairman Jagdeep Singh Deo said a letter dated April 20 on
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 3 – The provision of a legal companion service for sexual misconduct victims is among the new concepts introduced in the Legal Aid (Amendment) Bill 2017 (Act 26), said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said. dShe said the service would be given specifically to the
