PETALING JAYA: Phase 2 of the Rahmah Cash Aid (STR) will benefit nearly nine million people, involving an allocation of RM1.7bil. During the daily briefing from the Prime Minister's Office on Thursday (March 27), Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's senior press secretary Tunku Nashrul Abaidah said the aid, which was distributed starting Monday (March 24), civil servants...
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal has granted leave to Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor to include the Malaysian Government and police as third parties in the US$14.57mil lawsuit filed against her by Lebanese jeweller Global Royalty Trading SAL over more than 40 missing pieces of jewellery. A three-judge panel consisting of Justices Datuk P. Ravinthran, Datuk Dr...
KUALA LUMPUR: Thunderstorms, heavy rain and strong winds are expected in Kuala Lumpur and six other states until 3pm on Thursday (March 27), says the Malaysian Meteorological Department (MetMalaysia). In a statement on Thursday, it said that the affected states are Perli, Kedah (Langkawi, Kubang Pasu and Bandar Baharu), Penang, Selangor (Sabak Bernam, Kuala Selangor, Gombak,...
GEORGE TOWN: A prominent businessman with the Tan Sri title has been detained by the police for alleged involvement in Mobility Beyond Imagination (MBI) money-laundering activities. The businessman is the managing director of a company that has won billion-ringgit projects in Penang, Perak and Kedah. In the latest swoop by the Inspector-General of Police secretariat’s Anti-Money Laundering...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Trump administration said on Thursday it will provide $73 million in new financial aid to Rohingya refugees through the U.N. World Food Programme, amid concerns that aid cuts could deepen the crisis for the world's largest stateless population. "This food and nutrition support through @WFP will provide critically needed food and nutrition...
KUALA LUMPUR: The successful settlement that enabled the Madani Mosque to be built in the middle of the city is nothing to be arrogant about but a reflection of our Islamic values to keep peace, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He said his orders throughout the process in trying to get the Dewi Sri...
A Hong Kong father has been sentenced to life imprisonment after being found guilty of murdering his three-year-old daughter by shaking her to death in 2020, with a judge slamming him for using aggravated violence against a defenceless child. Madam Justice Anna Lai Yuen-kee passed the mandatory life sentence for murder on Lau Kai-ping, 42, after...
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry said he was "in shock" after quitting as a patron of Sentebale, a British charity he set up to help young people with HIV and Aids in Lesotho and Botswana, following a row between trustees and the chair of the board. Harry, the younger son of King Charles, co-founded Sentebale...
SINGAPORE: Customers of Cold Storage and Giant can expect more value for money, a greater variety of merchandise and new outlets following the sale of the supermarket chains to Malaysian retail group Macrovalue. DFI Retail Group, which owns Cold Storage and Giant in Singapore, on March 24 announced that it will sell all 48 Cold Storage...
BANGKOK: People’s Party MP Sirikanya Tansakun stated on Tuesday (March 25) that Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra’s poor economic performance has led Thais to miss the government of coup leader Gen Prayut Chan-o-cha. Speaking on the second day of the censure debate against the prime minister, Sirikanya took the floor at 2pm to express her lack of...
