PUTRAJAYA, Feb 20 — The National Unity Ministry (KPN) has decided on the standard operating procedures (SOP) for non-Muslim houses of worship following the government’s decision to allow them to reopen from yesterday until March 4. KPN in a statement today said for states under the movement...
SHAH ALAM, Feb 18 — An application for remand against the founder of ‘Sugarbook’, a sugar daddy dating platform, was rejected by the High Court here today. Lawyer Foong Cheng Leong, representing the 34-year-old suspect, said High Court deputy registrar Noorasyikin Sahat, dismissed the...
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 16 — A politician and his wife were charged in the Ampang Magistrate’s Court here today to charges of trafficking in dangerous drug and planting cannabis in their house. However, no plea was recorded from Adam Asmuni, 35, and Lyiana Roslee, 34, after the charges were read out...
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Malaysia’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth for 2021 is now forecast to be just 4.9 per cent versus the 10.0 per cent projected earlier, said Fitch Solutions Country Risk & Industry Research. The Fitch Group unit said it was slashing the projection due to the...
Thursday, 11 Feb 2021 06:17 AM MYT
BY KENNETH TEE
People queue to purchase food to go at Thong Kee Cafe in Pandan Indah February 10, 2021. — Picture by Hari Anggara
Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 11 — The first day the government lifted its ban against dining in at restaurants under the movement control order (MCO) did not have quite the desired effect, judging from
Malay Mail’s observations of several food and beverage establishments in the city.
Though dine-in is allowed again, restaurant operators met during the walkabout remarked that the 24-hour announcement caught them by surprise, leaving them insufficient time to ready their front of house for patrons.
Wednesday, 03 Feb 2021 11:41 AM MYT
BY JUSTIN ONG
A woman wearing a face mask walks on a street amid the movement control order in Kuala Lumpur February 2, 2021. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know.
COMMENTARY, Feb 3 — The extension of the movement control order (MCO) announced yesterday has now been accompanied by government sources suggesting that all business sectors could be allowed to reopen.
While we have had many, this must be the surest sign that authorities have reached their wits’ end on how to contain the pandemic and are shifting their focus to nursing the economy back to health instead.
Tuesday, 02 Feb 2021 05:31 PM MYT
Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar delivers his keynote speech during The Malaysia Leadership Succession Summit in Kuala Lumpur February 6, 2018. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 — Bursa Malaysia continued to be among the top performing bourses in the region with 2.4 per cent growth in 2020, according to chairman Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar.
He said a large foreign outflow of RM24.6 billion recorded in 2020 was well absorbed by domestic retail and institutional investors.
“In fact, we saw foreign funds invested some RM18.3 billion into our bond markets,” he said during a programme aired on
Monday, 01 Feb 2021 03:00 PM MYT
BY JUSTIN ONG
Senior Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob speaks to a motorist at a roadblock at the Gombak Toll Plaza in Kuala Lumpur February 1, 2021. — Bernama pic
Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know.
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 1 — Authorities will adopt an uncompromising approach when policing for violations of Covid-19 standard operating procedures beginning Thursday, Senior Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said today.
Ismail also said authorities have not overstepped in their enforcement of the SOPs, adding that the police would not need to take action if there were no breaches.
Wednesday, 27 Jan 2021 09:30 AM MYT
BY IDA LIM
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin attends a Perikatan Nasional event at Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur September 1, 2020. ― Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — The number of lawsuits against the prime minister over the suspension of Parliament sittings during the Emergency has continued to grow.
Three lawmakers in Johor, Kedah and Perak from the Opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan (PH) yesterday joined forces to file a court challenge against him over the allegedly unconstitutional move.
This was just a day after Dewan Rakyat Opposition Leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
Saturday, 02 Jan 2021 06:31 PM MYT
BY IDA LIM
File photo of Umno Youth chief Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dasuki at the party’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur February 27, 2020. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Subscribe to our Telegram channel for the latest updates on news you need to know.
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 2 ― Umno Youth chief Datuk Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki today said the wing is ready to face any lawsuits from political ally Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia over claims that the latter was “stealing and buying” off its members.
Asyraf Wajdi said Bersatu should have accepted Umno Youth’s advice to stop any alleged efforts to buy or steal members from Umno to boost Bersatu’s own membership numbers.