IPOH, April 17 (Bernama) — The paying of last respects for and funeral of Karpal Singh will take place in Penang on Saturday or Sunday, according to the late DAP leader’s son, Gobind Singh Deo. Gobind Singh, who is the MP for Puchong, said the family wished to hold these ceremonies on ei …

KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 (Bernama) — World number one Datuk Lee Chong Wei will carry on playing until the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Youth and Sports Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said. Khairy said to ensure Chong Wei continues playing at the optimum level, the National Sports Institute …

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia will not scale down its search and rescue efforts despite it being more than a month since Flight MH370 went missing. While he could not speak for other countries, Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein has pledged no let up in Malaysia’s efforts. “We will not scale …

Boeing on Thursday delivered the 8,000th 737 to United Airlines, marking another important milestone for the world’s best-selling airplane.Pic: BernamaBy Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah SINGAPORE, April 17 (Bernama) — Boeing on Thursday delivered the 8,000th 737 to United Airlines, …

Najwa Mahiaddin is making her mark as a musician abroad but the singer reveals life in the Big Apple is not all glitz and glam. A warm summer day at the back of a building in the thriving art and music district of Brooklyn in New York, the exhaust fans whirred without relent while the stench from a …

From Nik Nurfaqih Nik Wil PERTH, April 17 (Bernama) — The sample of an oil slick detected on Sunday by the Australian defence vessel Ocean Shield in the southern Indian Ocean, where a search is going on for a missing Malaysian airliner, has been brought here for analysis. The Joint Agency Coor …

AFTER several delays, KL International Airport 2, the controversial new low-cost carrier terminal is ready to start operations on May 2. Contractors and Malaysia Airports Holdings (MAHB) are working round the clock to ensure the RM4bil airport opens on schedule. Contractors and workers were seen bus …

KEPALA BATAS, April 17 (Bernama) — The mosque should be a place to inculcate unity and brotherhood of the ummah, apart from being the venue of worship, said Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. He said the ummah solidarity could help harness the struggle to enable Islam to be respec …

A dream is about to come true for PAS which is pushing Parliament to give the nod to implement hudud law in Kelantan but its coalition partners are having nightmares about it. MANY DAP leaders had thought that it was the usual hot air from PAS when news reports on the Kelantan government pushing for …

KOTA KINABALU: Four more endangered green sea turtles have been killed in Sabah’s east coast waters off Semporna. The turtles were seen floating between Bum Bum Island and Kulapuan Island by a Fisheries Department staff, who then posted it on his Facebook page but later removed it. The latest killin …

The subject of death remains a taboo for most people, not just from a cultural perspective but also because dealing with the impending death of a loved one is a challenging proposition. Nonetheless, with recent reports of unexpected accidents and occurrences such as flight MH370, it is perhaps a bet …

JINDO, South Korea (Reuters) – South Korean coastguard and navy divers resumed searching on Thursday for about 290 people still missing, many of them students from the same high school, after a ferry capsized in sight of land. Grieving family members gathered on the quay of the coastal city of …

?KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 (Bernama) — The Malaysia Investment Development Authority (MIDA) will continue to promote high technology foreign direct investment (FDI) projects or ventures which offer strong potential for the national economy. Foreign Investment Coordination Division Director Arham …

?KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 (Bernama) — The Malaysia Investment Development Authority (MIDA) will continue to promote high technology foreign direct investment (FDI) projects or ventures which offer strong potential for the national economy. Foreign Investment Coordination Division Director Arham …

TAWAU, April 16 (Bernama) — Sabah Education Director Datuk Jame Alip wants the management of canteens and food suppliers in every schools in the state to observe the health requirements that have been set. He said the matter needed to be given priority to ensure the students were served with c …