KUALA LUMPUR: Permodalan Nasional Bhd’s (PNB) wholly-owned unit trust, Amanah Saham Nasional Bhd (ASNB) has declared a total income distribution of RM837.89mil for Amanah Saham Malaysia 3 (ASM 3) for the financial year ending Sept 30. In a statement, PNB said it declared a total income distribution of RM837.89mil benefitting 650,487 unitholders who currently own 17.64...
IPOH: Police have appealed to the public for assistance in locating a man who has been missing since Sept 13. Kerian police chief Supt Juna Yusoff said the man is identified as Zakaria Mamat, 51, from Batu 12 1/2, Jalan Pantai, Kuala Kurau. "The man is 157 centimetres tall, weighs 60 kilogrammes, has short hair, a thin...
KUANTAN: Three men died and five others were injured, three seriously, in a seven-vehicle pileup at KM42 of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Highway on Monday (Sept 30). A spokesman for the Pahang Malaysian Fire and Rescue Department (JBPM) Pahang said they received an emergency call at 4.13am regarding a road crash involving four cars, a three-ton lorry...
KOTA KINABALU: Close to the Sabah-Sarawak border of Lawas lies a rotting Japanese “Zero” fighter plane from World War II. According to locals at Kampung Pa Puti, this relic is believed to have been from around 1945 during the conflict between Allied forces and the Imperial Japanese army. A resident living near the relic, Sinawat Tandem, 84,...
Singaporean actress Rebecca Lim has celebrated her first birthday as a mother. The Third Rail (2022) actress, who turned 38 on Sept 26, posted photos of her birthday celebration with her loved ones on the same day. In the photos, Lim sports a white dress and carries her son with her husband Matthew Webster by their side. The couple...
PUTRAJAYA: The Budget 2025 will benefit those genuinely in need and cut subsidies for the “ultra rich”, including in education, hints Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. "We proceed by ensuring that the allocation will be distributed appropriately and to stop leakages. We also want to stop the high subsidy currently being enjoyed by the children...
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit is expected to continue appreciating next week, despite traders remaining cautious about key United States economic indicators, said an analyst. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid told Bernama that several important data points to keep an eye on, including the US ISM index for the manufacturing sector,...
KUALA LUMPUR: Business activities involving GlSB Holdings Sdn Bhd (GISB) in the country are believed to have come to a halt following a series of large-scale raids conducted by the police under Op Global phases 1 to 4, which commenced early this month. During these operations, police froze 138 bank accounts belonging to GISB, seizing over...
LONDON: British actress Maggie Smith, an award-winning Shakespearian actress and double Oscar winner who later appeared in the Harry Potter films as Professor Minerva McGonagall, has died aged 89, the BBC reported on Friday (Sept 27). One of the few actors to win an Oscar (two), Emmy (four), and Tony, Smith's long career started on the...
MELAKA: Some 622 tahfiz students are currently undergoing training in the aviation industry and efforts will be taken by the government to have them employed by Boeing and Airbus, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Deputy Prime Minister said these tahfiz students were now training under the TVET programme while 17 of the seniors...
