KUALA LUMPUR: A college student learnt a painful lesson after he was given eight strokes of the rotan in public as punishment for raping a teenager. Ainur Asyriq Aizamuddin, 19, was whipped with a light rotan (the type for punishing white collar criminals) inside the Ampang Sessions courtroom in fro …

KUALA LUMPUR: Thirty cakes were presented to the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’ad­zam Shah in conjunction with his birthday today. The cakes, contributed by various quarters, were presented to the King at the Banquet Hall of Istana Negara here yesterday. Tuanku Abdul Halim and the Raja …

TANJUNG MALIM, June 6 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today advised educators and parents to expose children right from pre-school to careers in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics. He said many children harboured the perception that these were …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 (Bernama) — Westports Holdings Bhd (Westports) has appointed Lim Beng Keem as its Head of Finance and Acting Chief Financial Officer, effective today. Lim, who has spent 13 years with Westports as General Manager for Finance, has extensive experience in accounting, finance …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 (Bernama) — Bilateral ties between Malaysia and New Zealand have become very strong, via education, especially in the higher education sector. New Zealand High Commissioner David Pine said it began with the Colombo Plan under which the New Zealand Government gave funding t …

PUTRAJAYA, June 6 (Bernama) — Malaysians are advised to defer or re-schedule their non-essential travel plans to Libya due to the country’s political unrest. Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman in a statement here Friday said Wisma Putra was currently coordinating with the Malaysian …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 6 (Bernama) — Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade)’s specialised marketing mission comprising 18 local firms to France has generated an initial business outcome of RM4.23 million for Malaysian fabrics, designer clothes and shoes. Matrade said the o …

ALOR SETAR, June 6 (Bernama) — The Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry wants suppliers to increase stocks by 10 per cent for cooking oil and flour in 1kg packs in conjunction with the upcoming fasting month and Aidilfitri festive season. Its deputy minister Datuk …

SCENTS were an important part of Josh Lee’s life from the beginning, as his family operated a business supplying baking ingredients and scents. The different flavour extracts ended up having a major influence on the young Lee’s olfactory senses. “My father would also douse me in different fragrances …

KUALA LUMPUR: IJM Land Bhd has unveiled its latest property offering, Pantai Sentral Park, a mixed development project that will sit on 23.5ha of prime land in Bukit Kerinchi. It will have a gross development value (GDV) of RM2.5bil. Chief executive officer and managing director Datuk Soam Heng Choo …

By Nur Syuhada Shamsudin PUTRAJAYA (Bernama) — Malaysians may well remember the first animation created in the country, Hikayat Sang Kancil dan Buaya (the tale of the mousedeer and crocodile), that appeared on television in 1983. The animation produced by Filem Negara Malaysia (Finas) is based …

LOS ANGELES: A lone gunman killed one person and injured three others Thursday on a college campus in the northwestern US city of Seattle, where the mayor denounced America’s “epidemic of gun violence.” The latest bloody rampage to shake the United States came just two weeks after …

NEW YORK, June 6 (Bernama) — Identifying Malaysia’s food-processing industry as inherent with strong export potential, the New York office is aggressively marketing Malaysia’s processed foods to boost exports to the United States. Outlining his strategy to boost Malaysia’s pr …

PETALING JAYA: An employment agent, who allegedly dumped a maid’s baby recently, has told police that he separated the infant from one of the maids for fear of her spreading her Hepatitis B to the boy. A spokesman for the Shah Alam police headquarters said the man, in his 40s, who allegedly kept a b …

KUANTAN: The identity of the body found in Pulau Tioman has yet to be confirmed and police are awaiting DNA test results to conclusively identify the deceased man. Pahang police chief Senior Deputy Comm Datuk Sharifuddin Ab Ghani said the cause of death was also undetermined after a post-mortem was …