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Anwar says state polls the best platform to determine road map

SEPANG: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said the election campaign for the state polls was the best platform for political leaders to determine the road map of their party and not a stage to slander their opponents. The Prime Minister said the people and voters are matured and wise

Do not sabotage party: Ahmad Zahid

SEREMBAN: Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi reminded all party members not to sabotage the party and become a thorn in the flesh in the state election. Ahmad Zahid who is also Umno president said that even though no official report has been received by the

BKP for civil servants to be paid on Aug 10: JPA

KUALA LUMPUR: The Bantuan Khas Penghargaan (BKP) for civil servants and government retirees for 2023, will be paid on August 10. The Public Service Department (JPA) which shared a circular from Public Service director-general (KPPA) Datuk Dr Zulkapli Mohamed through a post on Facebook said a payment of RM300 will

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Man who allegedly beat wife to death nabbed  

SERDANG: The man suspected of beating his wife to death in Kajang on July 23 was finally arrested in Senai, Johor yesterday, Selangor police chief Datuk Hussein Omar Khan said. He said the man had been on the run and kept low until police managed to track him down, adding

Foreign exchange fees cost Malaysians studying abroad about RM70 mln each year  

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians studying overseas overpay approximately RM69.9 million in total transfer fees every year, according to new research from Wise. With close to 60,000 Malaysians studying abroad, this would be an average of RM1,183 lost annually per student from transfer-related fees, the study revealed. The research by global technology

Rukun Negara a legacy of Tun Dr Ismail

KUALA LUMPUR: Rukun Negara, the national philosophy in fostering the spirit of unity among multiracial Malaysians, is one of the greatest legacies left behind by the late statesman Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman. Dr Ismail was one of the figures who conceived the five principles of Rukun Negara when Malaysia

Space telescope Euclid captures stars, galaxies in first images

LONDON: European space telescope Euclid has captured glittering galaxies and stars in its first images after a million-mile journey from Earth, reported German news agency (dpa).  It was launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral in Florida on July 1 and has arrived at its destination –

Aussie childcare worker charged with abusing 91 children

SYDNEY: A former childcare worker from Australia has been charged with 1,623 child abuse offences against 91 children, including 136 counts of rape and 110 counts of sexual intercourse with a child under 10, reported German news agency (dpa).  The offences are alleged to have taken place in Brisbane, Sydney

2021 Tokyo train attacker gets 23 years’ jail

TOKYO: Tokyo District Court’s Tachikawa branch on Monday sentenced a 26-year-old man to 23 years in prison for perpetrating a knife and arson attack on a train in the Japanese capital during 2021. The motive behind Kyota Hattori’s attack, as revealed by Presiding Judge Yu Takeshita, was his desire to