PUTRAJAYA: The National Unity Ministry will revoke the operation permit of non-Muslim funeral service agencies that are found to have violated the standard operating procedures (SOPs) of the total lockdown. In a statement, the ministry said the SOP for the management of non-Muslim funerals stipulates that no procession activities or
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 267 medical graduates who have been issued a letter of eligibility to register by the Malaysian Medical Council (MMC), can now register in the e-Housemen system and make their selection of graduate training placements, starting today. Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, in a
KUALA LUMPUR: The global beauty and personal care market is expected to rebound in 2021, with a three per cent growth largely driven by Asia Pacific, according to global market research company Euromonitor International. In its latest webinar ‘Beauty in recovery: going green and clean’, Euromonitor delves into the industry’s
KUALA LUMPUR: Dagang NeXchange Bhd (DNeX) has appointed Dr Chen Wei-Ming and Datuk Robert Fisher to its board of directors, effective today (June 22). In a statement today, the information technology services provider said Chen will serve as a non-independent non-executive director while Fisher will serve as an independent non-executive
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) international reserves stood at $111.0 billion as at June 15, 2021, up from $110.9 billion as at May 31. In a statement today, the central bank said the reserves position is sufficient to finance 8.2 months of retained imports and is 1.1 times total
KUALA LUMPUR: New daily Covid-19 cases in the country have remained below 5,000 for two consecutive days. Health director-general, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, via a Twitter post, said that a total of 4,743 cases were recorded today, an increase of 232 cases compared with 4,611 reported yesterday. The
GENEVA: The defining mark of Covid-19 is a lack of sharing of data, information, personal protective equipment, vaccines and other life-saving tools, reported Anadolu Agency, quoting the head of World Health Organisation. “This inequity is fuelling a two-track pandemic,” WHO Director-General Tedros Ghebreyesus told the World Local Production Forum, which
BUKIT MERTAJAM: A single mother here lost nearly RM1 million after falling victim to a love scam syndicate recently. Seberang Perai Tengah district police chief, ACP Shafee Abd Samad, said the 58-year-old account clerk at a supermarket here claimed that she had befriended a man, who claimed to be from
KUALA LUMPUR: The Tourism, Arts and Culture Ministry (Motac) has extended the exemption period for licence renewal fee as well as additional licences for tourism operators and tourist guides who applied for renewal from July 1 until Dec 31, 2021. Motac, in a statement today, said this was among the
KUCHING: Sarawak Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia chief Senator Jaziri Alkaf Abdillah Suffian has urged Sarawak to produce its own teachers to help overcome the shortage of teachers in the state. He said a mechanism should be created to gauge the situation as not all teachers from other states wanted to
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