KUANTAN: Police are asking the public to help in locating a teenage girl reported missing since Saturday (Nov 9), last seen in Kampung Paya Chedung, Maran. Maran district police chief Supt Wong Kim Wai said the teenage girl known as Ummul Ayuni Atiqah Mohd Khamis, 15, is of medium build and about 150cm tall. The girl has...
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit was traded easier against the US dollar at today’s opening with demand for the greenback improving on the back of global political and economic uncertainties, an economist said. At 8 am, the ringgit weakened to 4.3850/3995 against the US dollar from last Friday’s close of 4.3800/3850. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr...
Some Chinese-born scientists and engineers in the United States are hopeful the second Trump presidency will recognise their contribution to American academia and scientific advances, despite the first Trump administration introducing an initiative they say brought fear and discrimination. In addition to hope, they have expressed a mix of emotions – ranging from goodwill and cautious...
IPOH: A 38-year-old Vietnamese woman has been arrested to assist in the investigation of a fire involving three houses and four vehicles in Taman Singa, Sitiawan. Manjung OCPD assistant commissioner Hasbullah Abd Rahman said police initially received a call from a 42-year-old house owner at Taman Singa in Sitiawan at around 2.50am on Friday (Nov 8),...
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s bid for the presidency of the UN-Habitat Assembly has garnered positive feedback from the international community, said Housing and Local Government (KPKT) Minister Nga Kor Ming. He said the feedback was received during bilateral meetings with China, Egypt, India, and the United Arab Emirates during the 12th World Urban Forum in Cairo, Egypt. Given Malaysia's...
PETALING JAYA: Thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds are expected in parts of Peninsular Malaysia and Sarawak until 3pm on Saturday (Nov 9). The Meteorology Malaysia Department (MetMalaysia) issued a warning at 12.50 today of thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds in Terengganu, Pahang, Selangor, Negri Sembilan, Melaka, Johor and Sarawak as well as in Kuala...
KOTA KINABALU: The federal Public Works Department should allow local construction companies to form consortiums to carry out the Pan-Borneo Highway projects, says Parti Warisan president Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal. He said awarding such contracts to public listed companies with no physical presence in Sabah would only further delay the long-overdue Pan-Borneo Highway projects in...
CYBERJAYA: Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil today urged all courier companies in the country to participate in the Courier Safety Passport Training Programme to further enhance the safety of workers and the efficiency of parcel deliveries. He said the programme also aims to ensure the safe handling of parcels and to provide necessary skills for courier industry...
KUALA LUMPUR: The police have busted a syndicate that charged migrants up to RM2,300 each to return to their home country illegally in two recent raids. Sinar Harian reported that the two raids in Ops Pintas were carried out by the Federal Police Criminal Investigation Department's Anti-Human Trafficking and Migrants Smuggling Prevention Division (D3). The coordinated raids...
INSTANCES of people causing havoc are always shocking and alarming, and as such any videos of these acts tends to go viral rapidly along with any accompanying claims about where it happened and what provoked it. Recently, it was reported that a man was seen breaking car windows along the Dr Lim Chong Eu Highway in...
