Azizulhasni keeps Malaysia’s first Olympic gold medal hopes alive

TOKYO: National track cycling ace Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang kept Malaysia’s hopes of a first Olympic gold medal alive on a sensational evening at the Izu Velodrome in Shizuoka here today. The 33-year-old former world champion topped Heat Three of the men’s keirin first round to march into the quarter-finals, scheduled for Sunday (Aug 8), […]

Relying on technology to keep Ramadan spirit alive this year

KUALA LUMPUR: With the arrival of the holy month of Ramadan in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, Muslims in the country will have to get accustomed to observing the fasting month way different than the usual, more so with the movement control order (MCO) imposed since March 18. For the first time this year, Ramadan which is normally […]

Wild ferns, river water keep missing man alive

SPAOH: An elderly citizen is understood to have been living on ‘midin’ vegetable and river water for eight days since he went missing on April 10. According to Councillor Abang Suhordie Abang Zaini, 60-year-old Abu Bakar Dayat alias Lajung from Kampung Hulu, was found safe by a search and rescue team around 2.20pm on Thursday […]

Abandoned baby girl found alive

BATU PAHAT: A newborn baby girl was found alive and well in an oil palm smallholding in Sri Gading, near here yesterday evening.  Batu Pahat district police chief ACP Azhan Abdul Halim said police received a call at 4.30 pm informing that a newborn baby had been discovered at the smallholding. He said based on the attached umbilical […]

Woman reported missing found alive and well

LUNDU: A woman in her 30s, believed to have gone missing on Sunday night, was found by local villagers yesterday afternoon. According to early reports, the local fire and rescue station first received a call from the police regarding a woman suspected to have gone missing in the Serayan Baru forest, Sematan around 10.20pm. The […]