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KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today described Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s statement that promoting a multicultural Malaysia is unconstitutional as a desperate attempt to be seen and to be relevant. “The ex-PM (Dr Mahathir) has lost his seat in Langkawi. I don’t think we should take him

PORT DICKSON: The Malaysian Civil Defence Force (APM) volunteer member allowance has been increased to RM40 per day from earlier this month, with a financial impact of RM1.8 million per year. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah, Sarawak Affairs and Special Functions), Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali, said that the

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of unemployed persons decreased in May this year by 0.4 per cent to 584,600 persons, compared to 586,900 in April, said the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). Releasing the Statistics of the Labour Force, Malaysia, May 2023 today, DOSM said the unemployment rate in May 2023

PETALING JAYA: A former national football team captain was charged in the Magistrate’s Court here today for trespassing into a hotel room of a woman.  Ahmad Shahrul Azhar Sofian, 49, pleaded not guilty after the charge was read out before Magistrate Zhafran Rahim Hamzah. The former Perak FA player was

BUTTERWORTH: The Education Ministry (MoE) is conducting a detailed investigation into the incident in which students were left traumatised and emotionally distraught after allegedly being bitten by a male teacher at a school in Kelantan, which went viral on social media yesterday. Its deputy minister Lim Hui Ying said the

SEPANG: Small and Medium Enterprises (SME) that do not have a systematic human resource administration are among the slackest in subscribing to the Social Security Organisation (Socso) for their workers, said Socso chief executive officer Datuk Seri Dr Mohammed Azman Aziz Mohammed, here today. He said this issue does not

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MoH) and International Medical University (IMU) recently launched the first large-scale cohort study on diabetes to explore factors involved in the development of diabetes and complications that patients experience. The study, named Seremban Diabetes ‘SeDia Cohort Study’, was officially launched byYang Dipertuan Besar

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said today that secularism which completely cuts off and separates between religion and state is not acceptable in Malaysia. Anwar said the term secular itself must be properly understood by society. “Why do we need to accept Laicite (not putting emphasis on

KUANTAN: Contract doctors who are being absorbed into permanent positions are urged to be patient and accept the location they have been assigned to while their appeals are being reviewed. Deputy Health Minister Lukanisman Awang Sauni said the Health Ministry (MoH) is still looking into their appeals and considering their