WASHINGTON: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has launched a new Resilience and Sustainability Trust to support vulnerable countries meet their long-term challenges, IMF managing director Kristalina Georgieva said. “I am delighted to announce that the new Resilience and Sustainability Trust (RST) has become operational. Today, I notified the Executive Board
KUNAK: A weak earthquake with a magnitude of 3.2 on the Richter scale that was detected about 13 kilometres southwest of this district late yesterday caused some panic when tremors were felt here. Asmah Ali, 30, of Kampung Bagiang, said it happened at about 11.10pm and lasted for only a
KUALA LUMPUR: The prices of RON97 petrol, RON95 petrol and diesel will remain unchanged from Oct 13 to 19, 2022 said the Ministry of Finance in a statement today. According to the statement today, RON97 petrol will be retailed at RM3.95 per litre, RON95 remains at RM2.05 per litre and
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry (MOH) through the Nutrition Division will implement a food calorie labelling pilot project in restaurants and cafeterias early next year to assess the feasibility of a menu labelling policy in Malaysia. Its minister Khairy Jamaluddin said for a start, it will be introduced in restaurants in
SUBANG: McDonald’s Malaysia is not planning to increase its prices in the near future despite the rising cost of ingredients and inflation challenges. However, the company will continue to review its cost structure based on the current economic situation and demand for fast food, said vice-president and chief marketing officer
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has fixed Oct 19 to hear Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s application to challenge the Prisons Department’s decision not to allow him to attend Dewan Rakyat proceedings. Judge Datuk Ahmad Kamal Md Shahid set the date when the case was brought for mention before
KUALA LUMPUR: The retail price of RON97 petrol will drop five sen per litre while those for diesel and RON95 will remain unchanged for the week from Sept 29 to Oct 5. The Finance Ministry, in a statement today, said the price of RON97 will drop from RM4.05 to RM4
KUALA LUMPUR: A banker today told the High Court here that a total of RM2.23 billion was deposited into Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak’s personal account from 2011 up to 2013 by three parties, including two companies linked to fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho or Jho Low. AmBank Private Banking
BUKIT GANTANG: The government will not compromise with any madrasah found to be carrying out militant-style abuse on its residents, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Datuk Idris Ahmad. He said appropriate action should be taken if any offence was committed so as to teach others a
BANGI: Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan said the ministry (KSM) will present a full report on the entry of foreign workers to the National Recovery Council (MPN) soon to unravel allegations of delays in their entry into the country. He said the ministry was updating the report based
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