Immigration suspends UTC based services

KUCHING: The Department of Immigration Malaysia Sarawak has suspended all its Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) based counter services throughout the state under the conditional movement control order (CMCO) zone. The counters located at UTC Kuching, UTC Sibu and UTC Miri will not be operating during the of CMCO period starting from today until to Jan […]

YouTube suspends Trump’s channel for at least one week

WASHINGTON: YouTube is suspending the channel of US President Donald Trump for at least one week, reported Sputnik news agency, quoting CNN. The US online video sharing service told CNN Business that a recent video on Trump’s channel had allegedly incited violence. YouTube plans to revisit the decision in a week. Earlier, Twitter and Facebook […]

Twitter permanently suspends Trump’s account

WASHINGTON: Twitter has permanently suspended President Donald Trump’s account due to concerns he may further use the platform to incite violence, the company said in a statement, Sputnik news agency reported. “After close review of recent Tweets from the @realDonaldTrump account and the context around them we have permanently suspended the account due to the […]

Saudi Arabia suspends Tarawih prayers at holy mosques

ANKARA: Saudi Arabia has suspended Tarawih prayers at the two holy mosques in Makkah and Madinah in a bid to curb the spread of Covid-19, Anadolu Agency reported. Tarawih, special night prayers performed during the holy month, will be held without public attendance at the Grand Mosque (Masjid al-Haram) and the Prophet’s Mosque (Masjid al-Nabawi), […]

Miti suspends business operation application system 2pm-4pm today

KUALA LUMPUR: The Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Miti) is temporarily suspending its business operation application system from 2pm to 4pm today to deal with the online traffic. In a statement today, it said the Miti portal’s online traffic surged to 176,000 users within the first two hours since the online application system which allows businesses […]

Bangladesh suspends six doctors

DHAKA: Bangladesh suspended six doctors from government service Saturday after they were allegedly found unwilling to treat coronavirus patients and remained absent from work without prior notice. Anadolu Agency reported a Directorate of Health Services as saying that doctors from the Kuwait-Bangladesh Friendship Hospital were suspended under the Government Service Rule and the Health Ministry would take further actions against the […]