PUTRAJAYA, Oct 21 (Bernama) — A 2013 Drainage and Irrigation Department (JPS) study has estimated about RM9.32 billion is required to overcome flash floods in urban areas throughout the country. According to the study, the expenditure covers construction of urban drainage system infrastructure …

The price of RON95 petrol is likely to stay at RM2.30 a litre until June next year, said Deputy Finance Minister Ahmad Maslan. He said the petrol subsidy rationalisation exercise was unlikely until the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry implemented the targeted fuel subsidy mechan …

Sarawak Chief Minister Adenan Satem's pledge to focus on rural development indicates that the rural areas have been neglected for the past 50 years, said Sarawak PKR chief Baru Bian. "The truth (of neglect) is now admitted and conceded. At least this Chief Minister has the courage to admit …

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 21 (Bernama) — Predictivity (Predix) solutions offered by US industrial giant GE will benefit the Malaysian oil and gas (o&g) sector in meeting the region’s growing energy needs, Malaysian Investment Development Authority (MIDA) Deputy Chief Executive Officer Datuk …

Universiti Malaya (UM) has confirmed that it will investigate claims of sexual harassment made by one of its students. The university’s Engineering Faculty dean Noor Azuan Abu Osman however said the faculty had not received any official report from the victim who had claimed of being sexually harass …

The government would be putting the “cart before the horse” if it mandated single-stream education before abolishing race-based political parties which more than anything else foments ethnic cocoons in Malaysia. DAP national vice-chair M Kulasegaran described Unmo vice-president and Home Minister Ah …

After the ‘I want to touch a dog event’, PAS is worried that soon, Muslims will be invited to engage in illicit sex. Federal Territories PAS Youth deputy chief Nurul Islam Mohamed Yusof said his concerns were not unfounded, especially after the ‘Topless Friday’, ‘Oktoberfest’ and the dog-patting eve …

The Youth and Sports Ministry is investigating the type of treatment administered to a national athlete who has failed a doping test. Its minister Khairy Jamaluddin, however, declined to reveal the athlete’s name until further tests confirm the presence of the banned drug. “We have sought experts’ a …

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‘Can samak after dogs, but not after graft’ FREE YOURSAY Food from corruption money goes into the stomach and blood stream – how to samak? ‘Can samak after dogs, but not after graft’

‘M’sian-built dam to cut Mekong folk food supply’ NGO says dam will block migratory fish, cut fish populations in four countries. ‘M’sian-built dam to cut Mekong folk food supply’

Former Kuala Lumpur CID chief Mat Zain Ibrahim wants the cabinet to set up a Royal Commission of Inquiry to look into the appointment of senior lawyer Muhammad Shafee Abdullah to lead the prosecution team in its appeal on Anwar Ibrahim's Sodomy II case next week. This follows the questionable a …

The government has been urged to come clean on whether it has agreed to pricier medicines after a section of the latest Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) on the matter was leaked online. NGO Bantah TPPA said this is in relation to the provisions concerning intellectual property rights for m …

VIDEO l KiniTV: Religious preacher Mohd Iqbal Parjin who attended the 'I Want to Touch a Dog' campaign in Bandar Utama yesterday commended the event, saying that Islam does not ostracize dogs and neither is the religion anti-canine. Islam does not ostracize dogs, says religious preacherwww …

VIDEO l KiniTV: Political activist Haris Ibrahim has suggested to the organizers of the 'I Want to Touch a Dog' campaign held yesterday to bring the campaign to a ntaionwide level. This would be to help people especially Muslims overcome their negative perception towards dogs. Activist sug …