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KOTA BARU: The Finance Ministry will begin negotiations with telecommunications companies regarding equity in Digital Nasional Berhad (DNB), says Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa.

KOTA BARU: The Ministry of Communications and Multimedia (K-KOMM) has issued a stern warning to all operators of television stations not to display any scenes that touch on religious and other sensitivities in the country.

Better exposure to political education is needed if Malaysia hopes to encourage more young people to go to the ballot box when elections take place.

PETALING JAYA: Students sitting for their Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) next month can’t wait to get it over and done with.

Schools that have identified at least two Covid-19 positive individuals within an internal transmission must close for seven days, with immediate effect, said Sabah’s Covid-19 spokesperson Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun.  He said this was decided by the State Covid-19 Disaster Management Committee and it must be verified by the State Health Department that the positive cases involve students, teachers and staff of the school.  “Only students facing major examinations are allowed ...

This week, readers discuss how teens interpret emoticons, comment on Hong Kong’s controversial anti-pandemic measures, and give tips on maintaining mental health.

Hong Kong authorities have placed a public housing block under a three-day restriction order for more than 2,500 residents to undergo daily Covid-19 testing, after a suspected Omicron superspreader was believed to have infected 16 others in the building. The order, which takes effect on Friday, was issued after top microbiologist Professor Yuen Kwok-yung inspected Kwai Chung Estate’s Yat Kwai...

Kindergartens and primary schools have already been suspended; students will not return to campus until at least February 7.

GEORGE TOWN: Before dawn broke, hundreds of devotees in Gottlieb Road here began carrying paal kudam (milk pots) up to the Arulmigu Balathandayuthapani Hilltop Temple in Waterfall Road.

A student has been jailed for nearly eight years for slashing a police officer's neck with a box cutter, in what a judge called "the most severe form of attack" against law enforcement during Hong Kong's anti-government protests in 2019. Hui Tim-lik, 21, made his second appearance before the High Court on Monday (Jan 17), one week after he pleaded...