ALOR SETAR, Jan 7 – Kedah has declared Jan 24, an ‘occasional state holiday’ in conjunction with Thaipusam. Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir who made the announcement said the decision was made at the state exco meeting that he had chaired on Wednesday. Asked if the state government intended to
PARIS, Jan 7 – A knife-wielding man shot dead by Paris police on Thursday was carrying paper with an ISIS flag on it as well as a claim of responsibility, according to the Paris prosecutor. The incident came as France marked the one-year anniversary of the deadly Charlie Hebdo terror attacks. The prosecutor’s office
CHINA, JAN 7 – Markets around the world were in tumult on Thursday after the Chinese authorities imposed measures designed to prevent panic selling of stocks for the second time in four days. Prices for stocks and commodities dropped sharply, while bonds and so-called haven currencies rallied in a replay of the
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 – Malaysia remains the ultimate owner of the Bandar Malaysia project, with 76 per cent stake while a Chinese entity commands only 24 per cent equity, 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) said. 1MDB, in a statement Wednesday, said this is on the basis of 40 per cent equity owned
PUTRAJAYA, Jan 7 – The Malaysian Judiciary will hold the opening ceremony of Legal Year 2016 at the Kuala Lumpur Convention Centre this Friday. A press release issued by the Corporate Communications and International Relations Division, Chief Registrar’s Office, Federal Court, said the event would start off with a procession by judges
SEREMBAN, Jan 7 – The Negeri Sembilan government Wednesday decided to allow the sale of electronic cigarette or vape products in the state, taking into account the interests of non-Muslim consumers. Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan said, however, the state government had agreed to ban the use of vape among Muslims,
PETALING JAYA, Jan 7 – The Magistrate’s Court here Wednesday ordered the case of a mechanic who was charged with abetting in the murder of deputy public prosecutor Anthony Kevin Morais, 55, to be transferred to the Shah Alam High Court. Magistrate Ahmad Solihin Abd Wahid made the decision following an application
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 – Telekom Malaysia Bhd (TM) is rescheduling the implementation of e-billing (e-Bill) as the default billing for its broadband (Streamyx and UniFi) customers from January to July 2016. The e-Bill option, which allows bills to be notified faster, is encouraged for all customers to adopt, it said in
GEORGE TOWN, Jan 7 – A total of 15 new faces will fill the post of Councillor for the two local authorities of the City Council of Penang Island (MBPP) and Seberang Perai Municipal Council (MPSP). Executive Councillor for Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation, Chow Kon Yeow announced this in
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 – Malaysia Airlines has confirmed that normal check-in baggage allowances have been restored on all flights across the network including services to Amsterdam, London and Paris. Malaysia Airlines in a statement Wednesday said this is due to its current risk assessment, which is done on a daily
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 – The total amount of National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) loan repayment made by its borrowers among civil servants has increased by 20 per cent after the recent implementation of the mandatory salary deduction. PTPTN Marketing and Strategic Communications chief officer Mastura Mohd Khalid said as of
SEPANG, Jan 6 – The remains of army captain Hasman Hussin who died in the floods in Missouri, United States arrived at the KL International Airport (KLIA) at 1.18pm here Wednesday. Capt Hasman’s remains arrived via China Airlines from New York after the completion of paperwork and other formalities at the
SINGAPORE, Jan 6 – Most Malaysians in Singapore are leaving the republic for home by coach for the Chinese New Year that falls on Feb 8, judging from the tickets sold by six coach companies. It was reported here that tickets were snapped up mostly by Malaysians hoping to make it home
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 – PKR, DAP and Parti Amanah Negara are to sign an agreement in Shah Alam on Jan 9 to formally establish the Pakatan Harapan pact. Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who is PKR president, said the agreement would pave the way for the three
CYBERJAYA, Jan 6 – All 21 highways in the Klang Valley will implement the fully electronic toll payment system by the end of this year, said Association of Highway Concessionaires Malaysia (PSKLM) president Datuk Zainudin A Kadir. He said the move was an initiative to encourage the use of the electronic toll
KLANG, Jan 6 – A 16 years old boy has pleaded not guilty in the Magistrate’s Court here today for allegedly raping a 14-year-old girl who claimed abducted. He also contact the girl, allegedly committed the offense in a house in Port Klang in December 2014 in accordance with Section 376
TOKYO, Jan 6 – A reported earthquake in North Korea Wednesday raised suspicion that the secretive nation has conducted its first nuclear weapons test in more than two years, in defiance of continuing UN sanctions. Shortly after the seismic tremor, North Korea surprised analysts by saying it had conducted a successful
KAJANG, Jan 6 – The Magistrate’s Court has fixed Feb 2 for case mention of three men charged with kidnapping a five-year-old boy for a ransom of RM300,000 in October last year. Magistrate Abdul Jalil Muhamad Salam set the date after Deputy Public Prosecutor Amira Abdul Aziz said the prosecution needed time
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 6 – Malaysia Airlines has imposed a temporary limitation on checked in baggage allowance for Kuala Lumpur-Europe flights to ensure passengers’ safety in view of the unseasonably strong head winds. In a statement, Malaysia Airlines said in the interest of safety, it currently operates a long route to Europe,
NORTH KOREA, Jan 6 – A large tremor near North Korea’s nuclear test facilities is suspected to be an explosion, South Korea’s Yonhap news agency has reported. The website of the China Earthquake Network Centre also described it as a “suspected explosion”. The US Geological Survey (USGS) put the tremor at magnitude
