KUALA LUMPUR: International pop star Taylor Swift arrived in Kuala Lumpur at 2pm Wednesday, aboard a special Taylor Swift Airbus A320 launched by AirAsia for her Malaysian leg of The RED Tour presented by Cornetto in South East Asia. More to come … The Star Online Highlights

PUTRAJAYA, June 11 (Bernama) — The Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah today called on members of the Malaysian Girl Guides Association to always protect the country’s good name and reputation. She said in whatever events they represented the country, be it in design, innovation o …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) — The reappointment of pensioners in the civil service and statutory bodies does not affect promotion in the public sector as they are retained based on their expertise, the Dewan Rakyat was told Wednesday. Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 11 (Bernama) — The Youth and Sports Ministry is working in collaboration with the Agriculture Ministry with other government agencies to help youths in rural areas to set up small businesses, the Dewan Rakyat was told Wednesay. Its deputy minister, Datuk M.Saravanan said the …

PETALING JAYA: Actress Nora Danish has come out on top among local artistes on the Instagram popularity chart with a following exceeding 800,000 on the social website. She has 828,000 followers, according to a random survey that was run until 4pm on Monday by mStar, the Malay news portal of the Star …

By Tengku Noor Shamsiah Tengku Abdullah SINGAPORE, June 11 (Bernama) — Boeing Business Jets (BBJ) has announced the order of a BBJ 777-300ER (Extended Range) airplane to an undisclosed customer. President, Boeing Business Jets, Capt. Steve Taylor said: “2014 continues to be a positive ye …

PETALING JAYA: Three football-loving friends are investing their savings in a trip of a lifetime to watch the World Cup live in Brazil, the home of the beautiful game. Maintenance manager T. Mahen said he had been planning to go and watch the World Cup since he was 17 but never had the money to do s …

Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly BerdimuhamedovFrom Nur-ul Afida Kamaludin ASHGABAT (TURKMENISTAN), June 11 (Bernama) — Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedov praised Malaysia for implementing productive and wise policies in developing i …

ASHGABAT (Turkmenistan): Malaysia wants to forge new areas of partnership with Turkmenistan as both countries are mutually interested in increasing trade and investment, said Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. He said both countries would benefit if they worked together by leveraging their r …

PETALING JAYA: The sweltering heat over the past few days is a taste of how hot it can be in the coming months. Although there may be isolated rain and even thunderstorms in the next three months, the Meteo­rological Department says the average temperature could go as high as 36°C. On Sunday, it sa …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 (Bernama) — Disciplinary action had been taken against 20,434 public servants in the last five years since 2009 for various wrongdoings, said Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim. He said of this number, 4,743 public servants were …

KOTA KINABALU, June 10 (Bernama) — The police (PDRM) is taking the middle ground in dealing with child custody cases involving different decisions made by the syariah and civil courts. Inspector-General of Police, Tan Sri Khalid Abu Bakar said to ensure fairness to those involved, the police w …

From Nur-ul Afida Kamaludin ASHGABAT (Turkmenistan), June 10 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak was accorded an official welcoming ceremony at the Presidential Palace here Tuesday in conjunction with his second visit to Turkmenistan to strengthen bilateral ties, as well as e …

KUANTAN, June 10 (Bernama) — Gareth David Huntley, the Briton whose body was found in the Mentawak River, Pulau Tioman last Wednesday, had been dead for more than three days when his remains were discovered. This was the finding of a post-moretem conducted on the 34-year-old volunteer at the K …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 10 (Bernama) — A total of 785 development projects submitted to the government could not be approved due to the water supply crisis in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya from February until March, this year. Energy, Green Technology and Water Deputy Minister, Datuk Seri Ma …