Outgoing Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has given assurance that water tariffs in the Klang Valley will be increased ‘reasonably’. The water tariff hikes, if any, will be made under the supervision of the Suruhanjaya Perkhidmatan Air Negara (Span) as well as with the agreement of the st …

SINGAPORE, Sept 15 (Bernama) — A small freshwater fish found in many tropical aquariums may hold the key to unlocking one of the leading causes of respiratory diseases in humans. Scientists from A*STAR’s Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology (IMCB), have identified hundreds of novel ge …

Malaysia Airlines today announced that it has extended group chief executive officer and managing director Ahmad Jauhari Yahya’s contract for another year. According to Bernama, his contract has been extended to Sept 19, 2015, effective this Saturday. Under his watch, MAS suffered two unprecedented …

The Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur has denied a report that Indonesian police chief General Sutarman said he and his Malaysian counterpart knew what happened to Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight #MH370. Police attache of the Indonesian Embassy in Kuala Lumpur, Aby Nursetyanto, said the report by In …

KUCHING, Sept 15 (Bernama) — A 24-year-old Zimbabwean student is under investigation for Ebola and has been admitted at an isolation ward of the Sarawak General Hospital since last night, Sarawak Assistant Minister for Public Health Datuk Dr Jerip Susil said here today. He said the male studen …

PKR MP Rafizi Ramli has urged Prime Minister to break his silence and tell the rakyat if the soon-to-be-implemented goods and services tax (GST) will mean higher petrol pump prices. He said that it is imperative for Najib, who is also finance minister to own up to this as senior customs officers hav …

Malayan tigers are now considered critically endangered species with their numbers in the wild declining despite efforts to protect them from poaching, officials and conservationists said today. New studies show the number of Malayan tigers in the wild dropped to between 250 and 340, from the previo …

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 (Bernama) — The government is studying the possibility of creating what is called the “30 Per Cent Club” towards increasing women’s participation at the decision-making level. Deputy Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said the same initiative implem …

Known for being a straight shooter, PAS deputy president Mohamad Sabu has called on the Islamists in the party to "reform" and "upgrade" so that the ulama leadership remains relevant. He said PAS must "walk the talk" and not let a "Kamal Attaturk" to rise beca …

A former youth leader of a Malaysian Islamist political party died in war-torn Syria while fighting government troops, a news report said today. Mohamad Lofti Ariffin, former youth information chief of the Parti Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) in the northern state of Kedah, succumbed to injuries to his hea …

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 15 (Bernama) — The Sales and Services Tax (SST) is no longer fit for a rapidly growing and economically progressive economy such as Malaysia and it is imperative for the country to expand and diversify its tax base, said Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. The Prime Minister said Ma …

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Persatuan Ummah Sejahtera Malaysia (PasMa) president Phahrolrazi Mat Zawawi admitted there were voices calling for PAS president Abdul Hadi Awang's removal during the NGO's meeting on Aug 31 in Kota Bharu. However, he clarified these were the personal opinion of certain PAS members and not …

Selangor Perkasa appears to be unmoved by former Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad's remarks that Malays are "lazy" and has instead jumped to the former prime minister's defence. Instead, the Malay-rights group in which Mahathir is a patron, told other races not to be startled w …

The recent unleashing of the Sedition Act upon dissenting voices has revealed the prime minister's true authoritarian colours, said an international human rights group. “The Malaysian government is increasingly using the Sedition Act to instill fear and silence in political opponents and critic …