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Sell your Ramadan bazaar licence, lose it immediately, warns PM

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 10 -- Traders who sell their Ramadan bazaar licences to others will have their licences revoked immediately, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim warned, as he urged local author... Read More


'Flood victims cannot wait': PM wants mitigation projects expedited, implementation methods relaxed

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 10 -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has called for flood mitigation projects to be given flexibility by the Treasury to speed up their implementation through immediate all... Read More


Private hospitals group raises concern over lower entry requirements for nursing diploma, warns it could impact standards

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 10 -- The Association of Private Hospitals Malaysia (APHM) has voiced strong concerns over the government's recent decision to lower the minimum entry requirements for the Diploma i... Read More


Setia Alam shooting suspect held family at gunpoint for 45 minutes; victim begged to protect kids

SHAH ALAM, Feb. 10 -- A man and his family endured a terrifying 45-minute ordeal when the suspect in the Setia Alam shopping mall shooting incident forced them to drive him away at gunpoint. Harian M... Read More


Thailand raids Bangkok language schools in crackdown on unlicensed foreign teachers

BANGKOK, Feb. 10 -- Thailand's Department of Employment (DoE) carried out a massive inspection of language schools in the capital city's Ratchada and Bang Na areas yesterday, following the arrest of e... Read More


Singapore places woman under Internal Security Act restrictions, deports Malaysian man over radicalisation concerns

SINGAPORE, Feb. 10 -- Authorities have placed a Singaporean woman under restrictions and deported a Malaysian man after investigations found them radicalised, Singapore's Internal Security Department ... Read More


K-pop agency ADOR to media: Stop using 'NJZ', use 'NewJeans' instead amid contract dispute

SEOUL, Feb. 10 -- The NewJeans saga continues as HYBE label ADOR has requested media outlets to stop using the name NJZ and stick to NewJeans. K-pop girl group members Minji, Hanni, Danielle, Haerin,... Read More


Health Ministry: Senior citizens to receive free influenza jabs, applications open from Feb 14

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 10 -- Senior citizens aged 60 and above will be eligible for free influenza vaccination starting February 18, 2025 under an expanded government immunisation programme. In a stateme... Read More


Singapore locks up self-radicalised 'East Asian supremacist' planning to attack Malays, Muslims in republic

SINGAPORE, Feb. 10 -- A Singaporean student radicalised by far-right extremist ideologies and planning to attack Malays and Muslims has been detained under the republic's Internal Security Act (ISA), ... Read More


Sabah saleswoman hits RM20.9m jackpot with 18 random car plate numbers

KUALA LUMPUR, Feb. 9 -- A 54-year-old saleswoman from Sabah struck it big on Chinese New Year's Eve, winning RM20.9 million in the RM23.1 million Toto 4D Jackpot 1. She had placed a System Play bet u... Read More