KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim is set to launch "Madani Economy: Empowering the People", the theme for Budget 2024 which will steer the economy to safeguard the country’s future. The launch will be held at the Securities Commission’s headquarters in Kuala Lumpur at 9am on Thursday (July 27). “Wait for it, God willing,” he...
IPOH: A group of farmers who were told to evacuate from their farms are hoping the Perak government will help them. According to one farmer, R Dinesh, 33, they received a notice of summons from a company in Kuala Lumpur on June 27. “A few months before we received the notice, a representative from another company came...
IPOH: A married couple were acquitted of a drug trafficking charge at the High Court here. Justice Datuk Abdul Wahab Mohamed ruled that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case against Muhammad Yasmi Mohammad Yasin and Rossuhli Ikhsan, and ordered both to be discharged. The couple had been charged under Section 39B(1)(a) of the...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia Rail Link Sdn Bhd (MRL), the project owner of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL), has been working round-the-clock to address soil subsidence that led to the closure of the Kuala Lumpur-Karak Expressway (KLK) on Tuesday (July 25) evening. The appearance of a sinkhole at KM66.1 of the KLK on Tuesday had affected...
DUNGUN: Three members of a family, including a two-month-old boy, were killed while two others were seriously injured after their car was involved in a crash at KM375.8 of the East Coast Expressway 2 (LPT 2) near Bukit Besi on Tuesday (July 25) evening. The victims who died in the 6.25pm incident were Raja Nurhanani Nabila...
IPOH: An elderly man has been sentenced by the High Court here to 38 years in jail for murdering an elderly woman at Kampung Pasir Panjang Laut in Manjung three years ago. Ipoh High Court Justice Datuk Abdul Wahab Mohamed ordered Mohamad Shaharudin Zakaria, 68, to serve the jail term from the date of his arrest. Justice...
KLANG: Klang will soon become a city. Local Government Development Minister Nga Kor Ming announced this at an event organised by the Klang Municipal Council on Wednesday (July 26). "The Cabinet has agreed to upgrade the status of Klang to that of a city," said Nga. The minister also announced various upgrading works that would be carried out...
BUTTERWORTH: A DAP lawmaker has claimed that the party is being dictated by one person and there's no democracy. Incumbent Bagan Dalam assemblyman M. Satees, 28, said this following the announcement of DAP candidates for the upcoming state polls on Tuesday (July 25). Satees, who has not been named as a candidate, said the leader acted like...
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's self-exiled former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra plans to return to the country on Aug. 10, his daughter said on Wednesday, facing a potential a jail term and amid a prolonged political crisis following a May general election. "Dad is returning on 10 August at Don Muang Airport," Paetongtarn Shinawatra said in a...
KOTA KINABALU: The Kota Kinabalu International Airport (KKIA) will be given a facelift with a RM8.4mil allocation from Malaysia Airports Sdn Bhd (MASB), while Tawau airport will receive RM11mil for the same purpose. Sabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Christina Liew revealed that she was informed of this by the MASB management during a courtesy...
