Ahmad Bashah News Today

ALOR SETAR: Former Kedah Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah said on Tuesday (March 7) that his decision to contest the Alor Setar UMNO division chief post had nothing to do with the possibility of being a candidate in the upcoming state election.

GEORGE TOWN: Datuk Seri Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah has admitted that the Kedah government approved the large-scale Musang King plantation at Gunung Inas during his time as mentri besar.

ALOR SETAR: The Kedah government will only release an official statement once relevant government agencies complete their findings over the cause of the recent Baling flood, even as some people are keen to blame it on a durian plantation. “I hope the public will stop speculating about the incident, and allow the authorities to conduct their own assessments.

ALOR SETAR: The forest reserve on Gunung Inas was de-gazetted and converted for agriculture use by the Barisan Nasional government in 2007, says Datuk Seri Mukhriz Mahathir.

Kedah Mentri Besar Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor (pic) said the festival will not be marked as " cuti peristiwa" (occasional holiday) since there is no celebration of the annual festival this year. "There will be no cuti peristiwa this year. Since there is no celebration, there is no need to have a public holiday," he said during a press conference at Wisma Darul Aman on Thursday (Jan 21). As for those devotees who plan to pray at temples during Thaipusam, they have to follow the strict standard oper...