KUALA LUMPUR: The cause of death of Private Muhammad Muqriz Aseri from the 20th Battalion of the Royal Malay Regiment (20 RAMD), Kem Sri Miri, Sarawak, on Monday (March 24) was due to blunt trauma to the chest. The Malaysian Army, in a statement Wednesday (March 26) confirming it had received the report on the soldier's...
KUALA LUMPUR: An unemployed man was fined RM5,000 by a Magistrate's Court here on Wednesday (March 26) for making false statements regarding the birth registration of his two children and submitting false information when applying for an identity card with the National Registration Department (NRD). Magistrate Amira Abd Aziz imposed the sentence on the 62-year-old after...
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 1,751 premises across the country have been inspected by enforcement officers from the Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry within the first three days of implementing the Festive Season Maximum Price Scheme (SHMMP) for Hari Raya Aidilfitri 2025. The Ministry's enforcement director-general Datuk Azman Adam said that 119 actions were...
PETALING JAYA: Commuters will enjoy a 50% toll discount from March 28 to 29 in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri. In a statement issued on Wednesday (March 26), Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi said that this was agreed by the Cabinet in a meeting on Wednesday (March 26). He said that the toll discount would...
KUALA LUMPUR: Felda has been given a month to come out with a plan to chart its new direction, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said this was necessary as Felda cannot go on operating on its current path. "I have given the management one month to come out with a satisfactory approach and a...
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...
KUALA TERENGGANU: An oceanography expert from Universiti Malaysia Terengganu (UMT) said the recent discovery of a torpedo-shaped metallic object on Seberang Takir Beach, Kuala Nerus has raised "a little concern", regarding the possibility of the projectile and its function. UMT pro vice-chancellor (strategy, performance and corporate) Prof Ts. Dr Mohd Fadzil Mohd Akhir said torpedo-shaped marine...
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis came so close to death at one point during his 38-day fight in hospital against pneumonia that his doctors considered ending treatment so he could die in peace, the head of the pope's medical team said. After a breathing crisis on February 28 that involved Francis nearly choking on his vomit,...
KUALA LUMPUR: The Medical Device Authority (MDA) has banned the online sale of optical devices and contact lenses on e-commerce platforms to protect the health and safety of users' vision. Chief executive Dr P. Muralitharan stated that optical devices and contact lenses are regulated under the Medical Devices Act 2012 (Act 737) and must meet all...
