Baking at a frenzied pace
JOHOR BARU: Cookie sellers here are seeing busy days with an increase in demand as Hari Raya Aidilfitri draws closer. Read full story
Enforcement officers nabbed for human trafficking
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of nine individuals, including five enforcement officers, have been arrested on suspicion of smuggling migrants into the country. Read full story
20 fined for smoking offences
KOTA KINABALU: Twenty people have been booked by the health authorities for smoking in public areas, including at the hospital in Sabah’s Sandakan east coast district. Read full story
Ukraine says ‘managing to stabilise’ battle for Bakhmut
KYIV said its forces were “managing to stabilise” the situation around Bakhmut, a now-destroyed city in eastern Ukraine that has seen the longest battle of the Russian invasion. Bakhmut, which once had an estimated population of around 70,000 people, has been virtually emptied of civilians over months of fierce fighting between Russian and Ukrainian forces.
No workforce reduction if monopolies dismantled, says Sivakumar
THE government has given an assurance that there will be no reduction in the workforce if more monopolies are dismantled in the country. Human Resources Minister V. Sivakumar said the issue does not arise because the demand for labour in the country is high.
Pakistan court sentences man to death for blasphemy
AN ANTI-terrorism court in northwest Pakistan has convicted and sentenced a Muslim man to death after he was accused of posting blasphemous content in a WhatsApp group. Blasphemy is a hugely sensitive issue in Muslim-majority Pakistan, where even unproven allegations can stir mobs and violence.
No issue of reduced workforce if more monopolies dismantled, says HR Minister
BATU GAJAH: The government has given an assurance that there will be no reduction in the workforce if more existing monopolies are dismantled in the country. Read full story
State polls: Perikatan has completed allocation of seats, says Sanusi
KUALA LUMPUR: Perikatan Nasional has completed the allocation of state seats up for contest in six states where elections are due this year, says its election director Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor. Read full story
India’s Rahul Gandhi blames removal from parliament on Modi
TOP Indian opposition figure Rahul Gandhi said today his disqualification from parliament was retribution for his demanding a probe into Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s relationship with a controversial tycoon. Gandhi was stripped of his parliamentary seat yesterday, a day after a defamation conviction in Modi’s home state of Gujarat for a 2019 campaign-trail remark seen […]
Suspect living with cat carcasses described as animal lover
THE man believed to be involved in the case involving the discovery of cat skeletons and carcasses in a condominium unit in Bandar Sri Permaisuri, Cheras in Kuala Lumpur was described by neighbours as an animal lover. A neighbour who lives on the same floor as the suspect, Halijah Ahmad, 63, said the 31-year-old man, […]