Kedah APM director dies while ascending Mt Everest
KUALA LUMPUR: Kedah Civil Defence Force director Lt Kol Awang Askandar Ampuan Yaacub has perished during his attempt to reach the summit of Mount Everest. Read full story
CRSM to get RM20,000 for new equipment, says Dr Wee
PETALING JAYA: The Crisis Relief Squad of MCA (CRSM) has been allocated RM20,000 to fund purchase of equipment to ease their rescue work, announced Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong. Read full story
Ministry looking at amending Postal Services Act, says Fahmi
THE Communications and Digital Ministry is assessing the need to amend the Postal Services Act 2012, its minister Fahmi Fadzil said. He said the act was one of several laws that needed to be amended, in accordance with the current development of the postal services in the country.
Hundreds of millions of life years lost to pandemic, WHO says
NEARLY 337 million life years were lost in the two first years of the Covid-19 pandemic, as millions of people died prematurely, the World Health Organization (WHO) said today. The UN health agency’s annual world statistics report also showed a swelling threat from non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as heart disease, cancer and diabetes.
Bans on religious words may be against constitution, says group
A GROUP representing major non-Muslim religions said bans on several religious words under state laws may be unconstitutional as it is beyond the scope of the Federal Constitution. In a statement, the Malaysian Consultative Council of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Sikhism, and Taoism said most state governments put in place enactments to prohibit non-Muslims from using […]
UK announces new Russia sanctions, including diamond ban
BRITAIN unveiled new sanctions against Russia today, targeting imports of diamonds and other minerals in a bid to choke Moscow’s ability to fund the war in Ukraine. Before a G7 summit in Japan began, London said it would introduce “a ban on Russian diamonds”, copper, aluminium and nickel, and sanction more entities involved in Moscow’s […]
Duo nabbed for suspected drug trafficking in Semporna, syabu worth RM130,000 seized
KOTA KINABALU: Two men are being remanded for investigations involving drug trafficking at Semporna, where they were found with drugs, suspected to be syabu, worth RM130,000. Read full story
No amendment to act, kin must pay arrears of deceased taxpayers, says Ahmad Maslan
PONTIAN: The government does not want to amend the Income Tax Act which stipulates that the administrator or next-of-kin of a deceased income taxpayer has to pay the tax arrears. Read full story
Orang Asli living in fear after fresh tiger tracks found
THE Orang Asli Bateq community in Kampung Aring 5, in Hua Musang, claim tigers have been roaming near their village the past week. Resident, Ayob Abdul Razak, 35, said a few villagers came across tiger footprints near a river located about three kilometres from the village.
Russian PM to visit China next week
RUSSIAN Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin will visit China from May 23 to 24, Beijing’s foreign ministry and the Kremlin said today. “At the invitation of Premier Li Qiang of the State Council, Russian Federation Prime Minister Mishustin will pay an official visit to China from May 23 to 24,” foreign ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin said […]