KUALA LUMPUR: An Opposition MP has suggested that Malaysia emulates Singapore’s group representation constituency (GRC) system to enhance the representation of minority ethnicities in Parliament. Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim (PN-Arau) said it was time for Malaysia to reform the electoral system, noting how the present one was determined in 1957, when the then Federal Constitution of...
New Delhi (Reuters) - Experts have fanned out in India's southern state of Kerala to collect samples of fluid from bats and fruit trees in a region where the deadly Nipah virus has killed two people and three more have tested positive. The state is battling its fourth outbreak since 2018 of a virus for which...
MELAKA: Fifteen Thai women were among 22 people arrested during a raid at a nightclub located in Taman Melaka Raya here. State Immigration Department director Anirwan Fauzee Mohd Aini said his officers detained the Thai women suspected of working as hostesses, while five Bangladeshi men employed as crew members at the nightclub were also picked up. “We...
Is there another way to eat gelato? Netizens just love to talk about TVB actress Sisley Choi. The 32-year-old recently found herself a trending topic on Xiao Hong Shu because of the way she ate ice cream in a recent episode of TVB travel show Europe Go Go Go? The show took Sisley to Milan, where she toured the sights...
Well, if you can't love yourself, how are you going to love somebody else? Thanks to a guest of Huang Xiaoming’s, fans recently got a glimpse into Chinese actor’s lavish Shanghai home. A female friend was recently invited to the 45-year-old’s mansion for a meal and took to social media to share pics from her visit. “Thanks Huang Xiaoming...
DHAKA (Reuters) - A huge fire gutted several hundreds shops at a market in Bangladesh’s capital Dhaka, but there were no casualties as the blaze swept through the area in the early hours of Thursday, before stores opened. It took six hours for military forces and firefighters to contain the blaze, which spread quickly in the...
PUTRAJAYA: For failing to protect the welfare and rights of their workers, 272 employers have been slapped with compounds worth RM2.17mil by the Human Resources Ministry since Jan 1. Its minister V. Sivakumar said 1,321 investigation papers were also opened against 645 employers found committing acts in breach of laws enforced by the Labour Department,...
KUALA LUMPUR: The preliminary report on the fatal plane crash outside Bandar Elmina in Shah Alam, Selangor last month will be uploaded on the Transport Ministry’s website at 10am on Friday (Sept 15). This was confirmed by minister Anthony Loke when asked for the latest update regarding the investigation, which is based on the 30-minute voice...
KUALA LUMPUR: Waiting time on the Kelana Jaya LRT line has been reduced to 3.8 minutes with the introduction of three new trains under the KLAV27 (Kuala Lumpur Additional Vehicle) project, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke. He said the three are part of 27 trains worth RM1.72bil in total acquired for the line under KLAV27. "Under this...
TANAH MERAH: An engineer with a shipping company was charged at the Magistrates Court here today, with the murder of a civil servant in Machang on Sept 3. The accused, Harun Narresat Ibrahim, 46, nodded his head in understanding when the charge was read out to him before Magistrate Nik Habri Muhamad, with no plea recorded. According...
