KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit was easier against the US dollar in early trade today ahead of the United States (US) inflation data this week, said an analyst. At 8.07 am, the local note depreciated to 4.3400/3565 versus the greenback from Friday’s close of 4.3275/3330. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid said the...
PUTRAJAYA: Between 2021 and 2024, civil servants accounted for approximately 10 to 13% of new bankruptcy cases, says the Malaysian Department of Insolvency (MDI) director-general Datuk M. Bakri Abd Majid. He expressed concern over the rising trend of bankruptcies among civil servants, noting that this increase contrasts with the overall decline in national bankruptcy statistics. Based on...
IPOH: Firemen here were roped in to help cut a metal ring that was stuck on a man's genitals at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital. A Perak Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the hospital had requested their assistance after medical staff had trouble removing the ring from the 37-year-old man's genitals. The spokesman said they received...
HANOI (Reuters) - Typhoon Yagi and the landslides and floods it triggered have killed at least 24 people and injured another 299 in northern Vietnam on the weekend, the government said, as authorities on Monday warned of more flooding. The typhoon was Asia's most powerful storm this year and made landfall on the country's northeastern coast...
Allenby Bridge, Ahmad GHARABLI (AFP) - A truck driver shot dead three Israeli guards at a border crossing between the occupied West Bank and Jordan Sunday before being "eliminated", Israel's military said, as it pounded Hamas targets in Gaza. The rare attack at the Allenby Bridge crossing comes amid soaring violence in the West Bank with...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s largest home-grown mini-market chain retailer 99 Speed Mart Retail Holdings Bhd made its debut on the Main Market today, opening at RM1.85 sen per share, 12.12% up from its initial public offering (IPO) price of RM1.65. Listed under the retailers sub-sector of Bursa Malaysia’s consumer products and services sector, the convenience store operator...
LIANYUNGANG: With most crimes today often committed by international syndicates, countries must recognise this as a common threat and work hand-in-hand to combat it, says Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. The Deputy Prime Minister pointed out that national efforts alone would not be enough to combat transnational crime; it demands strong international collaboration. Law enforcement agencies,...
MELAKA: A 34-year-old childminder has been detained for the alleged murder of an infant at Taman Kelamak Utama in Alor Gajah. Alor Gajah OCPD Supt Ashari Abu Samah said the mother of three was detained at a nursery in Alor Gajah on Friday evening (Sept 6) to assist in the investigation under Section 302 of the...
IPOH: A 20-year-old woman was killed in a four-vehicle accident at KM 363.0 of the North-South Expressway near here on Saturday (Sept 7). Perak Fire and Rescue Department assistant director (operations) Sabarodzi Nor Ahmad said that a car, two motorcycles and a five-ton lorry carrying furniture were involved in the 6.16am accident. "There were seven victims, with...
ISTANBUL: A flight operated by India’s Vistara Airlines made an emergency landing on Friday (Sept 6) around 4.30pm (9.30pm in Singapore) in Erzurum in eastern Turkey, after a piece of paper with “bomb on board” written on it was found in a lavatory, Turkish officials said. Two bomb disposal experts and one search dog were continuing...
