PETALING JAYA: The Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry has announced eight food items as controlled items from Nov 9 to 15 under the festive season maximum price control scheme for Deepavali. The products are big onions, shallots (from India), red chillies, imported lamb with bones, Australian dhal, coconut (wholesale control price) and grated coconut...
PUTRAJAYA: A new road tax structure for electric vehicles (EV) will only be introduced after the exemption period ends to ensure users are not unnecessarily burdened, says Transport Minister Anthony Loke. "In 2022, the Finance Ministry provided a three-year road tax exemption to EV users, which will end in 2025, but many people (EV users) are...
IPOH: Police are investigating the theft of jewellery worth RM1.4mil that was stolen from a vehicle parked near a goldsmith's shop in the Kuala Kangsar district. Kuala Kangsar district police chief ACP Omar Bakhtiar Yaacob said they received a report about the robbery at about 11.22 am today. He said the victims, two gold merchants, were robbed...
KUALA LUMPUR: After a 15-minute shouting match, Datuk Ahmad Marzuk Shaary (PN-Pengkalan Chepa) has been ejected from Parliament after he refused to retract his remarks against Nga Kor Ming (PH-Teluk Intan). The incident started when Ahmad Marzuk asked the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs), Datuk Dr Mohd Na'im Mokhtar, to explain more about...
PHNOM PENH (Phnom Penh Post/ANN): Cambodia's Asean-International Wholesale Market, also known as Deum Kor Thmey – the country's largest wholesale marketplace – is set to open by the end of the year. Presently, approximately 70 per cent of traders have completed their registrations. Located along Win-Win Blvd in Kork Roka commune of Phnom Penh’s Prek Pnov district,...
PETALING JAYA: A bigger temporary evacuation centre is being considered following flash floods in Kampung Bangi and Bangi Lama. Bangi MP Syahredzan Johan said in a Facebook post on Sunday (Nov 5) that discussions were conducted after he visited the two temporary centres at the Kampung Bangi MPKK Balairaya and Tadika Perpaduan Taman Bangi Ria. "Both are...
KUALA KANGSAR: The Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah on Sunday (Nov 5) expressed his sorrow over the suffering of the Palestinian people who were victims of the brutality of the Israeli regime. Sultan Nazrin also expressed concerns that the world which is currently 'sick' will worsen if the crisis of competition and conflict is allowed...
KUALA KANGSAR: The Sultan of Perak, Sultan Nazrin Shah said acts to find faults, humiliate, spread slanders and conspiracy to topple one another should stop so that the country is calmer and the people could be more prosperous. He said the feeling of humanity and being humanitarian should merged and reflected in words and actions. "God created...
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong on Sunday said he will hand leadership of the ruling People's Action Party to Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong as soon as the party's 70th anniversary in November 2024, a year before an election is due. The party is widely expected to extend its dominance of a nation...
KUALA KANGSAR: Sultan of Perak Sultan Nazrin Shah on Sunday (Nov 5) conferred the title of Seniman Diraja (Royal Artist) on the country's famous cartoonist Datuk Mohd Nor Khalid, who is better known as Lat. Sultan Nazrin bestowed the honour on Lat, 72, at the investiture ceremony for Perak state awards and medal recipients in conjunction...
