SHAH ALAM: Even though the rising temperature expected from El Nino weather phenomenon would affect the water levels at dams across Selangor, the state government is adamant that it would not resort to water rationing again.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka (DBP) and Media Prima Berhad has forged an understanding to adapt novels into telemovies or movies.
KUALA LUMPUR: The Education Ministry and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) have outlined several standard operating procedure (SOP) to ensure that the quality of 1Malaysia notebook being distributed to the targetted group is guaranteed.
MANILA: An Islamic militant listed by the United States among the “most wanted” terrorists in the world was arrested in the Philippine capital on Wednesday, police said after a manhunt lasting years.
PUTRAJAYA: The Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah today called on members of the Malaysian Girl Guides Association to always protect the country's good name and reputation.
KUALA LUMPUR: The government announced today that rubber tappers throughout the country would receive the RM500 subsidy, like the one given to smallholders of the commodity previously.
BUTTERWORTH: The Special Tactical Intelligence Narcotics Group (Sting) seized 26 kg of heroin from a house turned into a drug laboratory in Sungai Dua here early today.
GEORGE TOWN: Dengue fever cases in Penang rose by 177 per cent to 807 cases as at June 7, an increase of 516 cases compared to the 291 cases reported in the corresponding period of last year.
KUALA LUMPUR: The reappointment of pensioners in the civil service and statutory bodies does not affect promotion in the public sector as they are retained based on their expertise, the Dewan Rakyat was told today.
SEPANG: Employers are required to take their foreign workers within 24 hours from checking centres at all entry points from the time they arrive in Malaysia.
GEORGE TOWN: The oldest daughter of deceased Teoh Cheng Cheng today filed an application at the Syariah High Court here to challenge her mother's religious status as a Muslim.
SEATTLE: The man charged with killing one student and wounding two others at a small Seattle college last week had stopped taking his medications because he “wanted to feel the hate,” and he detailed his plans in a handwritten journal for two weeks before the attack, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
KUCHING: The Sarawak Federation of Chinese Associations wants the state government to consider alienating agricultural lands to non-Bumiputera low-income groups to enable them to earn their living.
LOS ANGELES: French video game star Ubisoft wants smartphone users to get up and dance.
KUALA LUMPUR: Shares on Bursa Malaysia were marginally higher at mid-afternoon on the back of the country’s better industrial production data released earlier today, dealers said.