JOHOR BAHRU: A ship cleaner, who is suspected of murdering his wife and their three-month-old baby, in a house in Kampung Bakar Batu here, is in remand for seven days from today. The remand order against the 24-year-old suspect was issued by assistant registrar Nur Izzaty Muhammad Zahari at the
KUALA LUMPUR: The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has confirmed that there were no cases of children being kidnapped in Malaysia for organ harvesting in a neighbouring country. “A message now making its rounds on several social media platforms is actually from a case of fake news in 2017,” Bukit Aman
SYDNEY: A team of drug researchers from the University of Queensland (UQ) have developed a new heart attack treatment made from deadly spider venom and are now looking to bring the lifesaving treatment to market through a local start-up, reported Xinhua. The team said today that the drug candidate was
SEPANG: The national lawn bowls squad have taken the initiative to leave early for Birmingham, England for the 2022 Commonwealth Games, even though the events for the sport will only be held from July 29 to August 8. National women’s lawn bowls ace Siti Zalina Ahmad said she and her
KLANG: An unemployed man was charged at the Magistrate’s Court here today with murdering his girlfriend at his house last month. 24, nodded when the charge was read out to him before Magistrate Amirul Asyraf Abd Rasid. However, no plea was recorded as murder cases come under the jurisdiction of
KUALA LUMPUR: Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is expected to lift its Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) by 25 basis points (bps) to 2.25 per cent at its fourth Monetary Policy Meeting (MPC) of the year scheduled for this week, according to Moody’s Analytics. In its report today, the research firm also
SYDNEY: Voters went to the polls in Papua New Guinea (PNG) today for the national general election, reported Xinhua. Over 3,500 candidates will compete for the 118 seats in the parliament with 53 political parties registering for this year’s election. Throughout the polling period, voters could cast their ballots at
IPOH: The revision of Malaysia’s gold medal target for the 2022 Birmingham Commonwealth Games following the unavailability of two gold prospects, Lee Zii Jia and S. Sivasangari, as well as the progress of the athletes’ preparations will be discussed at the next Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) meeting, said chef
KOTA KINABALU: The payment for Mount Kinabalu porters needs to be adjusted according to the rates set by the Sabah Parks (TTS), said state Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Jafry Ariffin. He said TTS has set payments for porter services to transport Mount Kinabalu hikers’ belongings at RM13 per
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN), in collaboration with Ambank (M) Bhd and Payments Network Malaysia (PayNet), is back with the 2022 JomPAY & Win! campaign. This is the third edition of the campaign since its introduction in 2020. In a statement today, PTPTN said the collaboration
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