KUALA LUMPUR: Comm Datuk Fadil Marsus officially takes over as the new KL police chief. Comm Fadil, who was previously the Bukit Aman CID deputy director, takes over from Deputy Comm Datuk Mohamed Usuf Jan Mohamad, who held the post in an acting capacity. The handing over ceremony, which was held at the KL police headquarters on...
PUTRAJAYA: The government will begin disbursing payments for the Phase Three Rahmah Cash Contribution (STR) starting Tuesday (Aug 12), allocating RM2bil to ease the cost of living for low-income households under the Madani government initiative. In a statement Monday (Aug 11), Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, who is also Finance Minister, announced that 8.6 million...
KUALA LUMPUR: There are no plans to implement a single tax agency by corporatising and merging the Royal Malaysian Customs Department and the Inland Revenue Board (LHDN), says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Anwar, who is also Finance Minister, said the government remains committed to improving governance in the national taxation system to be more...
GEORGE TOWN: Six women sustained minor injuries when a factory bus carrying 30 people lost control and crashed on a winding uphill stretch near Suria Vista Apartment along Jalan Paya Terubong, Air Itam, on Monday morning (Aug 11). The incident occurred at about 7.24am when the bus, ferrying workers home from a factory, reportedly suffered brake...
KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, returned home safely on Monday (Aug 11) after completing a five-day state visit to Russia. His Majesty's royal private jet arrived at Senai International Airport, Johor, at 6.30am today. Present to welcome Sultan Ibrahim's arrival were His Royal Highness, the Regent of Johor, Tunku Mahkota Ismail, the Tunku...
MELAKA: Police have arrested a primary school headmaster alleged of sexually assaulting a 12-year-old male pupil. Melaka police chief Deputy Comm Datuk Dzulkhairi Mukhtar said the 58-year-old suspect, who hails from Segamat, Johor, was detained at 9pm on Friday (Aug 8). He said the suspect is being investigated under Section 14(a) of the Sexual Offences Against Children...
PARIS (Reuters) -A wildfire in the southern French prefecture of Aude is not expected to be under control until late on Sunday, the regional chief firefighter said on French television. The fire, which began Tuesday, is one of the largest recorded in France since 1949. Spread over 16,000 hectares (around 40,000 acres), it has led to...
KYIV/LONDON (Reuters) -Ukraine will not cede its land, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Saturday, rejecting U.S. suggestions that a deal with Russia could involve swapping territories as Washington and Moscow prepared for talks between their leaders on ending the war. U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Friday that he would meet his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin...
KAZAN: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, has visited the Kazan Helicopter Plant (KHP), one of the world's largest helicopter manufacturers. Accompanied by the Rais of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rustam Minnikhanov, His Majesty was welcomed by KHP general director Nikolai Yakovlev. Also present were Defence Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin, who is also Minister-in-Attendance,...
CYBERJAYA: The Opposition has not filed any motion to refer Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim to Parliament's Rights and Privileges Committee, says Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Johari Abdul. "So far, I have yet to receive anything. "(Perikatan Nasional chairman Tan Sri) Muhyiddin Yassin mentioned in Parliament that he is waiting for the Prime Minister to...
