KUALA LUMPUR: Zoo Negara recorded a jump in the number of visitors by up to 40 per cent for the period January to July this year, compared to the same period last year. Deputy president of Zoo Negara Rosly @ Rahmat Ahmat Lana said the tourism destination received a total
KUALA LUMPUR: Affirmative action policies should extend from race-based to need-based, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. Speaking in an exclusive interview on The CNBC Conversation last Friday (Aug 18), Anwar said if the policies were considered to be too focused on race, it would create animosity and anxiety
KUALA LUMPUR: Two senators took their oath of office before Dewan Negara president Tan Sri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, today. They are Tabung Amanah Pendidikan Negeri Melaka general manager Datuk Mustafa Musa and Susan Chemerai Anding who was reappointed as a senator for the second term. Mustafa’s appointment is
SEOUL: Police have apprehended 192 people for posting online threats of copycat crimes since a fatal stabbing incident in Seoul one month ago, officials said Monday. During the month since the incident on July 21, in which a man wielding a knife killed one person and injured three others near
LAM DONG (Vietnam): The Ngan Thong glass bridge connecting Thung Lung Tinh Yeu (Valley of Love) and Mong Mo Hill, two major tourist attractions in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong’s resort city of Da Lat, in Vietnam, was opened to the public on August 19 after four years
ALOR SETAR: Ten state assemblymen in Kedah were today sworn in as state executive councillors (Exco), with seven being new faces. They took their oath of office before the Sultan of Kedah, Al-Aminul Karim Sultan Sallehuddin Sultan Badlishah, in a ceremony which began at 10 am at Balai Mengadap Besar,
KUANTAN: A notice on the vacancy of the Pelangai state seat following the death of incumbent Datuk Seri Johari Harun in a plane crash last Thursday, has been submitted to the Election Commission (EC). Pahang State Assembly Speaker Datuk Seri Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin handed over the notice to Pahang EC
LABUAN: Local enforcement agencies have launched a search and rescue (SAR) operation after two anglers were reported missing during a fishing trip yesterday afternoon. A Fire and Rescue Department spokesman said the missing individuals, identified as Yasin Omar, 20, and Mohd Shah Nazmin, 19, embarked on a journey in a
PUTRAJAYA: The Court of Appeal today ordered former Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng to pay RM250,000 in general damages to former Baling Member of Parliament Datuk Seri Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim for defamation in connection with the Penang undersea tunnel project. A three-member panel comprising Justices Datuk Azizah Nawawi,
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened little changed against the US dollar this morning as sentiments were mixed in light of the United States’ (US) thriving economy and China’s wobbling economy, said an analyst. At 9 am, the local note slightly rose to 4.6460/6500 against the greenback from 4.6465/6510 at last
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