From Noor Soraya Mohd Jamal NAY PYI TAW (Myanmar), May 9 (Bernama) — Malaysia-Myanmar bilateral trade and investment are consistently increasing, with growing interest from the Malaysian private sector keen to come in to explore opportunities in this country. Malaysian Ambassador to Myanmar Da …

A generation of Malaysians and readers around the world have grown up with Seah Chiang Nee’s columns on Singapore. Illness, however, has forced him to ease up and he has decided to stop being a columnist in The Star. In this farewell interview with Soo Ewe Jin, Seah gives his readers an insight into …

GERIK, May 9 (Bernama) — Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today opened the East-West Highway Banding Memory Gallery located opposite the Belum Rainforest Resort here in memory of soldiers serving at the frontier. Accompanied by Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Zambry Abdul Kadir, Emkay Group chairm …

KOTA KINABALU: Almost two hours after posting her goodbye message on Facebook, jilted housekeeper Hasrina Chee (pic) fell to her death at the Centre Point shopping mall here. The 21-year-old is believed to have fallen from the mall’s sixth floor car park at about 11.30pm following her Facebook post …

NILAI, May 9 (Bernama) — The ranking of local universities at the international level is not the main consideration in accelerating the country’s higher education towards excellence, Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said today. He said this was because most of the criteria …

KOTA KINABALU: A three-year-old boy is missing after the pick-up car he was sleeping in was driven off. Low Yee Sheng, 31, left his son in the vehicle with the engine running next to a petrol station to use the toilet at 5.50am yesterday. He found the vehicle later but the boy, Low Min You, was nowh …

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Bernama) — Umrah pilgrims have been urged to wear surgical masks to reduce the risk of contracting the Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Virus-Corona Virus (MERS-CoV). Director-general of health Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the masks were able to prevent inhalation of …

PETALING JAYA: Don’t be surprised when you run into a guide dog wearing a vest telling people not to feed it or pat it in public spaces. That’s probably a guide dog for the blind, Lashawn Chan, which started guiding Stevens Chan, the founder and CEO of the Malaysian chapter of social business enterp …

SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane to Hong Kong was turned back mid-flight after a cargo door warning light was triggered. Flight SQ866, an Airbus A380 superjumbo, “was en route from Singapore to Hong Kong when there was a warning light that came on with regards to the cargo door, so …

KUALA LUMPUR, May 9 (Bernama) — The Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) will coordinate the participation of 22 Malaysian exhibitors at the Malaysia Services Exhibition (MSE) 2014 in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, from May 11-14. The exhibition is being held in conjunction with th …

SINGAPORE: A Singapore Airlines (SIA) plane to Hong Kong was turned back mid-flight after a cargo door warning light was triggered. Flight SQ866, an Airbus A380 superjumbo, “was en route from Singapore to Hong Kong when there was a warning light that came on with regards to the cargo door, so …

BANGKOK: Thai protesters vowed Friday to besiege television stations and police positions as they launched a launched a “final fight” to topple a government that is on the ropes after its leader was dismissed. Several thousand protesters left their main encampment in a park in the city&# …

GERIK (Perak), May 9 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Friday urged the relevant agencies to consider whether the Belum-Temenggor rainforest can be recognised as a Unesco world heritage site. He said if the 300,000-hectare expanse of the rainforest in Perak met the crite …

HAADYAI: Police here have released CCTV footage of the four suspects involved in the bombing of the city. The footage showed one suspect riding off with an accomplice after parking the bomb-strapped motorcycle outside the 7-Eleven in Ponpichai Road. Another clip showed the driver of a black pick-up …

JOHOR BARU: A gullible single mother has lost everything – including her house – after falling victim in two separate scams. In the first scam, the 30-year-old was duped into paying RM3,200 to bogus courier agents to release a parcel purportedly containing valuables and cash totalling US$ 800,000 (R …