PETALING JAYA: Stop talking and just give us our water! That seems to be the broad sentiment of residents in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur who are sick and tired of the prolonged water rationing. Over the past weeks, they have been flooding cyberspace with their complaints and angry cries of despair. Na …

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) — The government has no plans to draw up a new policy to impose a cooling off period for retiring government servants before they take up posts in the corporate or professional sectors. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassi …

GUA MUSANG, April 29 (Bernama) — An express bus belonging to Shamisha Holiday skidded into a drain at Km 3.5 Jalan Gua Musang-Kuala Krai near Bandar Utama here Tuesday, but all the 29 passengers onboard escaped unhurt. Gua Musang district police chief Supt Saiful Bahri Abdullah said the bus, w …

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) — Malaysia reaffirmed that the Security Sector Reform (SSR) must be premised on the principle of national ownership as it was fundamental and must not be overlooked. Malaysian Permanent Representative to the United Nations (UN), Datuk Hussein Haniff said only t …

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) — The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) will lead 35 Malaysian companies to the Canton Fair, the largest exhibition in Guangzhou, China. “The fair provides another effective platform for Malaysian companies to expand into the Chine …

PETALING JAYA, April 29 (Bernama) — Malaysia has been earnest in the search efforts to find Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370, which has vanished for over 50 days, said Japan’s Defence Minister Itsunori Onodera. As a friend of Malaysia, Onodera said his heart ached when thinking about the p …

People all over the world are showing their support for an unofficial anti-racism campaign by taking selfies with bananas. Brazillian footballer Dani Alves has just become one of social medias biggest stars. The Barcelona defender has unwittingly turned the very normal act of eating a banana into a …

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) — Japan has requested to take part in the international panel of experts looking into the Malaysia Airlines MH370 tragedy, said Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein. He said Japan was welcomed to join in as the panel was transparent and …

KOTA BARU: A single-engine light aircraft crash landed in an open space at a densely-populated residential area, near here, causing its 20-year-old pilot to suffer head and leg injuries. Firemen took 15 minutes to pull M. Shankar out of the wrecked Piper Warrior II craft after they rushed there upon …

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (Bernama) — Westports’ share price was flat at RM2.51 as at lunch break today, after opening at RM2.50 and with 250,000 shares transacted. In a note, Maybank Investment Bank (IB) Research said the stock had been flattish since listing in October 2013, due to the P3 …

The Selangor Government’s reluctance to gradually raise tariffs, to allow water companies to increase supply and reduce leakages, forced the Federal Government to step in and initiate damage control. Unfortunately, public anger is now directed at the wrong party. THE other day, I was listening to a …

PETALING JAYA: A Malaysian conservationist has been selected as one of eight finalists in this year’s Whitley Awards, an international ceremony dedicated to honouring the world’s best conservation efforts. A field biologist and long-term conservationist, Dr Melvin Gumal was picked from over 170 expe …

PETALING JAYA: Star Shopping, a new shopping website by Star Media Group, has been launched with a total of 10,000 products from 50 brands. Star Shopping is a partnership between Star Publications (M) Berhad and ShopStylers Sdn Bhd, marking another milestone for the media group in diversifying its d …

The actress, who reprises her role as Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man 2, shares why her character is no damsel in distress. Move over, Mary Jane Watson. It’s now all about Peter Parker’s high school sweetheart Gwen Stacy, who takes the spotlight in The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise Of Electro. Emm …

KUALA LUMPUR: US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak witnessed the signing of several commercial deals between Malaysian and American companies worth US$ 2bil (Rm6.45bil) in the aviation, biotechnology and insurance sectors. The first memorandum of understanding inke …