KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 15 (Bernama) — Bank Negara Malaysia expects the country’s economy to exceed 5.5 per cent for this year due to the strong performance recorded in the first six months of 2014, said Governor Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz. She said Malaysia registered a strong performance wi …

A portal technology reporter was fined RM10,000 by the Sessions Court in Kuala Lumpur today for two charges of insulting the Yang di-Pertuan Agong through his ‘10befiend’ twitter. Effi Nazrel Saharudin, 35, was ordered to pay the maximum RM5,000 fine in default three months’ jail on each count, by J …

Pressure group Gagasan Anti-Penyelewengan Selangor (GAPS) has called on all quarters to respect the role and responsibilities of the state ruler. GAPS president Hamidzun Khairuddin said the centuries-old Malay rulers institution in Selangor is being tested by the current political imbroglio in the s …

KJ John | Is it morally right? The Sun carried a headline, ‘MB: it’s LEGIT’. My question to the menteri besar is not about legitimacy, but regarding morality, spirituality, and ethics. The MB, whom I know personally, worked for at least seven years with Ismail Ali, the very ethical founder governor …

Inter-Pakatan acrimony continues to brew over the Selangor menteri besar fiasco with former DAP exco Teng Chang Khim calling PAS exco Halimah Ali's denial of plans to dissolve the assembly "untrustworthy and hypocritical". This morning when asked at the State Secretariat building abou …

State assemblyperson for Ba'Kelalan Baru Bian is worried that a small town like Lawas, with a population of some 30,000, has turned into a den for drug activities and illegal on-line gambling, attracting students, civil servants and police personnel. It seems that the authorities are not bother …

Copingo, a coalition of Penang Indian NGOs, has accused MIC president G Palanivel of being a leader who peddles deception. Copingo chairperson N Ganesan took Palanivel to task for describing the memorandum of understanding (MOU) inked between Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak and Persatuan Hindraf Ma …

The DAP has urged the Election Commission (EC) to be more active in registering new voters, or allow political parties to register voters as it had done before. Lamenting the EC’s “lazy mindset”, Tanjong parliamentarian Ng Wei Aik hoped the approval can be given to the DAP to register voters in his …

MCA has lashed out at the authorities for probing a Form Five student for sedition for clicking ‘like’ on a pro-Israel Facebook page, saying that the investigation is “totally ridiculous”. In a statement today, MCA Religious Harmony Bureau chairperson Ti Lian Ker said that such investigations begs t …

KOTA KINABALU, Aug 14 (Bernama) — The Sabah contingent to the National Para Games hopes to win 13 gold medals from five of the nine sports competed in the games hosted by Perlis from Au 19 to 26. Sabah Youth and Sports Minister Datuk Tawfiq Abu Bakar Titingan said Sabah were hoping to win gold …

Partyless Mentri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim may dissolve the state assembly in November, and force a snap poll said the ex-senior executive councillor Teng Chang Khim of DAP. DAP claims Khalid may call November snap pollwww.malaysiakini.comS'gor MB may dissolve state assembly says former exco T …

Selangor Menteri Besar Abdul Khalid Ibrahim has misled the state ruler by claiming that he commanded the majority in the state assembly, said veteran DAP leader Lim Kit Siang. Resign for misleading sultan, Khalid toldwww.malaysiakini.comLim Kit Siang says this is the only honourable way for Khalid t …

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 (Bernama) — AmResearch Sdn Bhd has maintained a “neutral” call on the country’s aviation sector despite the Ebola outbreak which was limited to four West Africa nations. The research house said the outbreak would not have an impact on aviation stocks. AmR …

A state assembly meeting is not needed to be held as long as Pakatan Rakyat can provide clear evidence that it has the majority in the Selangor government. Universiti Malaya law lecturer Gurdial Singh Nijar said that the statutory declarations will be sufficient. “It may be supplemented, if necessar …

Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin today announced that Aug 22 (Friday) has been declared as a National Day of Mourning as the date will witness the arrival of the remains of Malaysian victims of the Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH17 tragedy in Ukraine. Aug 22 declared National Day of Mourning …