Work together to help Sandakan attain city status, municipal council members told
KOTA KINABALU: The 25 new Sandakan Municipal Council members who were sworn in on Monday (Feb 13) are urged to work together in realising the aspiration to attain the long-coveted city hall status. Read full story
Investigation papers on protests held in front of embassies almost completed, say police
KUALA LUMPUR: Two investigation papers regarding the gatherings held in front of the Dutch and Swedish embassies on Jan 27 are almost completed and expected to be submitted to the public prosecutor’s office this Wednesday (Feb 15). Read full story
High-ranking Indonesia police official sentenced to death for murder
ONE of Indonesia’s most senior police officers was sentenced to death today over the murder of his bodyguard. Ferdy Sambo, a two-star general and former head of internal affairs for the national police, was named as a suspect after his bodyguard was found dead at Sambo’s home last July, in a killing police were initially […]
Umno will continue to back Anwar as PM until end of his term, says Ahmad Maslan
BANGI: Umno remains committed to supporting the leadership of Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as Prime Minister until the completion of his term for the sake of the country’s political stability, says Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan. Read full story
Policeman and nurse killed in collision involving motorcycles in Penang
BALIK PULAU: A policeman and a nurse died after the motorcycles they were riding collided head-on in Jalan Tun Sardon here on Monday (Feb 13). Read full story
MACC reopens probe against Negri Islamic Affairs Council
SEREMBAN: The Malaysian Anti Corruption Commission will re-investigate allegations of misappropriation of tithes by the Negri Sembilan Islamic Affairs Council (Mains), says its senior director of investigations Datuk Seri Hishamuddin Hashim. Read full story
Ringgit slips against dollar before release of crucial inflation data
THE ringgit traded lower against the US dollar today as investors await the US January consumer price index (CPI) figure, the first for the year, scheduled to be released tomorrow to gauge the future path of the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy. At 6pm, the ringgit eased to 4.3575/3625 against the greenback from Friday’s close of 4.3320/3350.
Syria’s Assad may consider more border crossings for quake aid
World Health Organization (WHO) chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said yesterday that Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad had voiced openness to more border crossings for aid to be brought to quake victims in the country’s rebel-held northwest. Tedros met with the Syrian president in Damascus yesterday afternoon to discuss the response to the devastating earthquake that has […]
Cupid-19: National Cancer society to hold Covid-19 vaccination drive on Valentine's Day
MELAKA: The National Cancer Society is holding a Covid-19 vaccination drive on Valentine’s Day. Read full story
Cops led on a high-speed chase from Banting to Klang, nab man for robbery
KLANG: A suspected robber led police on a high-speed chase from Banting to Klang before he was finally apprehended. Read full story