BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Srettha Thavisin of the Pheu Thai Party has been confirmed as prime minister after receiving royal endorsement following his victory in a parliamentary vote, a spokesperson for the house speaker said on Wednesday. "His Majesty has given royal assent for the 30th prime minister of Thailand," spokesperson Khumpee Ditthakorn told reporters. (Reporting by...
PETALING JAYA: Kedah Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor need not apologise for the “swatting” incident involving a young student, says TikTok user @MCSyalwa. The woman, believed to be the mother of the student involved, said the family is fine with the incident where Sanusi tapped the young woman's head with a stack of...
SHAH ALAM: Selangor Mentri Besar Datuk Amirudin Shari will seek Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim's opinion before announcing the portfolios for his exco line-up. Speaking to reporters after a gathering with the state's civil servants on Tuesday (Aug 22), Amirudin said the portfolios would be announced and allocated accordingly the following day. Asked if there would...
PUTRAJAYA: The Inland Revenue Board (LHDN) is mandating the use of e-services for taxation through the MyTax portal in stages from Sept 1 this year. The LHDN said the mandatory use of e-services is in line with the government's aspiration to gradually increase the number of fully online services, with the transition expected to be fully...
KUANTAN: A nine-year-old girl choked to death on a rambutan on Monday (Aug 21). Maran police chief DSP Norzamri Abd Rahman said the victim, Nur Iman Fitriah Muhamad Nizam, was pronounced dead at the Pekan Tajau Health Clinic in Maran at about 8pm. The doctor at the clinic extracted a rambutan from the victim’s mouth before sending...
KYIV (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Tuesday he had had "open, honest and fruitful" talks with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic. "An open, honest, and fruitful meeting with the President of Serbia," Zelenskiy, who is visiting Athens, wrote on the Telegram messaging app under a photograph of the two leaders shaking hands. "Good conversation on...
KUALA LUMPUR: A balance must be struck between policies on meritocracy and affirmative action to ensure fairness in the country's administration, says Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. The Prime Minister said there is currently a disconnect over the issue, where the "elite are obsessed with meritocracy" at the expense of those requiring government assistance through affirmative action. "Meritocracy...
SEREMBAN: A 41-year-old man has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing his nine-year-old daughter. The High Court here on Tuesday (Aug 22) found ex-soldier Mohammad Abdullah Mohamed guilty of the offence committed five years ago. Judge Datin Rohani Ismail meted out the sentence on after his defence failed to raise reasonable doubt against the prosecution's...
KUALA LUMPUR: The public can now make complaints about damaged roads through the MYJalan application, said Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi. He said the application has been in use since last week. "The MYJalan campaign is scheduled to be launched by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim this Thursday, and the application is already accessible...
KUANTAN: The Pelangai state seat will continue to be contested by an Umno candidate representing Barisan Nasional. Bentong Umno deputy chief Datuk Seri Mohamad Zaini Salleh said Pelangai was the only seat in the Bentong parliamentary constituency that had always been contested by Umno. A by-election is on the cards to fill the vacancy left by the...
