JAKARTA (Jakarta Post/ANN): Indonesian Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno visited Singapore recently and aims to explore potential bilateral cooperation on hosting major concerts and other international events amid pop singer Taylor Swift’s exclusive six-date concert series in the city-state. During the visit, Sandiaga met with Grace Fu Hai Yien, Singapore’s minister-in-charge of trade relations...
BANGKOK: Ko Muang Phet, a magnificent albino buffalo owned by Damrongsak Morakot in Phetchaburi province, recently made headlines when it was bought for a whopping 18 million baht (RM2.3mil). Renowned for its striking beauty and colossal size, the buffalo is known for its remarkable breeding capability because 90% of its offspring will be born with albino...
KUALA LUMPUR: Victims of a fire that destroyed at least five houses in Kampung India Settlement in Kampung Pandan here at around 9.45pm on Tuesday (March 12) had to flee to the main road to safety. One of them, S Thulasi, said she realised her house was on fire when she saw flames from her kitchen...
CYBERJAYA: A part-time model has been arrested for allegedly murdering her photographer. Kuala Langat OCPD Supt Ahmad Ridhwan Mohd Nor said they were alerted about the incident at around 9.41am on Monday (March 11). "We received a report from a doctor who works at the Cyberjaya Hospital that they received a man who was brought there in...
KUALA LUMPUR: Stop turning the recent argument over Bak Kut Teh into a religious issue and show respect to the country’s multi-racial structure, says Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing. The Tourism Minister said that as per the National Heritage Act 2005 (Act 645), discussions on whether or not to turn Bak Kut Teh into a heritage...
PETALING JAYA: A man celebrating his 80th birthday with his family at a restaurant received a surprise when Tengku Ampuan Pahang Tunku Azizah Aminah Maimunah Iskandariah, who was also there, joined in. As family and friends surrounded the man in a wheelchair for the Happy Birthday song, Tunku Azizah was seen singing and clapping along. Tunku Azizah...
PETALING JAYA: Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad was rushed to the hospital on Wednesday (March 13) morning, says the Health Ministry. The Health Minister is suspected to be suffering from renal colic. "He is currently receiving treatment and is in a stable condition," the ministry said in a statement on Wednesday
PETALING JAYA: The Education Ministry's directive for school canteens to remain open during Ramadan is controversial and "excessive", says the PAS ulama council. The Islamist party expressed reservations over the Education Ministry's decision, saying it could ignite public discord. Ulama council chief Datuk Ahmad Yahaya said closing school canteens during Ramadan was a societal norm to respect...
PETALING JAYA: Malaysians have chided PAS for calling the Education Ministry's directive - to keep school canteens open during Ramadan - 'excessive'. The Star readers expressed their views on Facebook, saying that Malaysians should learn to respect each other. Nakanathan Kandasamy wrote, "Be tolerant to other religious people, they are not fasting." Meanwhile, reader Chew Yew Bin said...
PETALING JAYA: Businessman Abdul Malik Dasthigeer, who is also known as "Datuk Malik", denies he has any ties to Jaffer Sadiq, who was linked to a RM1.13bil drug bust by India's Narcotics Control Bureau. He said statements linking him to Jaffer were defamatory, adding that he had never met the Tamil film producer. "There are some who...
