ASHGABAT (Turkmenistan): Malaysia wants to forge new areas of partnership with Turkmenistan as both countries are mutually interested in increasing trade and investment, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. He said both countries would benefit if they worked together by leveraging their r …

PETALING JAYA: The sweltering heat over the past few days is a taste of how hot it can be in the coming months. Although there may be isolated rain and even thunderstorms in the next three months, the Meteo­rological Department says the average temperature could go as high as 36°C. On Sunday, it sa …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 (Bernama) — Disciplinary action had been taken against 20,434 public servants in the last five years since 2009 for various wrongdoings, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim. He said of this number, 4,743 public servants were …

KOTA KINABALU, June 10 (Bernama) — The police (PDRM) is taking the middle ground in dealing with child custody cases involving different decisions made by the syariah and civil courts. Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said to ensure fairness to those involved, the police w …

From Nur-ul Afida Kamaludin ASHGABAT (Turkmenistan), June 10 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was accorded an official welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace here Tuesday in conjunction with his second visit to Turkmenistan to strengthen bilateral ties, as well as e …

KUANTAN, June 10 (Bernama) — Gareth David Huntley, the Briton whose body was found in the Mentawak River, Pulau Tioman last Wednesday, had been dead for more than three days when his remains were discovered. This was the finding of a post-moretem conducted on the 34-year-old volunteer at the K …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 (Bernama) — A total of 785 development projects submitted to the government could not be approved due to the water supply crisis in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya from February until March, this year. Energy, Green Technology and Water Deputy Minister, Datuk Seri Ma …

BANGKOK: Bowing to pressure, Weluree Ditsayabut tearfully relinquished her Miss Universe Thailand crown on Monday. “I give up this title,” the young beauty queen said at a press conference. Appearing before media without a crown and a sash, Weluree said she had taken the move to end huge …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 (Bernama) — The government is committed to improving industrial safety in order to attract more investors to Malaysia, said Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed. To assuage industry’s concerns over prevention, protection and safety, RM8.0 million has been allocated for the pr …

KARACHI – The second attack on Pakistan’s Karachi airport in as many days has ended, a spokesman for the Airport Security Force (ASF) said, adding that the two gunmen involved had escaped. “It was not such a big attack, two people came towards the ASF checkpost and started firing,& …

PUTRAJAYA, June 10 (Bernama) — All students and public schools can obtain the Autodesk software for free. Second Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh said there were stages needed to be followed to download and install the software, which was previously offered only to students of public …

PETALING JAYA: A final year law student from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) talked her way to emerge the top debater at the recent United Asian Debating Championship (UADC) held in Singapore. Maizura Mokhsein, 23, also created history by being the first Malaysian to receive the honour in the prest …

BARISAN Nasional’s Datuk Mah Siew Keong and DAP’s Ramkarpal Singh have been sworn in as Members of Parliament. Both, who were clad in black suits, have won the recent Teluk Intan and Bukit Gelugor parliamentary seats respectively. Ramkarpal succeeded his late father, DAP veteran and lawyer Karpal Si …

PETALING JAYA: IJM Corp Bhd has offered minority shareholders of 64.15%-owned IJM Land Bhd a share-swap deal plus cash worth RM1.98bil, as the construction firm announced its plan to take its property development unit private. The offer valued IJM Land at RM3.55 a share, or 11% higher compared with …

From Nur-ul Afida Kamaludin ASHGABAT (TURKMENISTAN), June 9 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak arrived here Monday night for a two-day official visit to further strengthen the existing close bilateral relations and cooperation between Malaysia and Turkmenistan. The private a …