PETALING JAYA: A final year law student from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM) talked her way to emerge the top debater at the recent United Asian Debating Championship (UADC) held in Singapore. Maizura Mokhsein, 23, also created history by being the first Malaysian to receive the honour in the prest …

BARISAN Nasional’s Datuk Mah Siew Keong and DAP’s Ramkarpal Singh have been sworn in as Members of Parliament. Both, who were clad in black suits, have won the recent Teluk Intan and Bukit Gelugor parliamentary seats respectively. Ramkarpal succeeded his late father, DAP veteran and lawyer Karpal Si …

PETALING JAYA: IJM Corp Bhd has offered minority shareholders of 64.15%-owned IJM Land Bhd a share-swap deal plus cash worth RM1.98bil, as the construction firm announced its plan to take its property development unit private. The offer valued IJM Land at RM3.55 a share, or 11% higher compared with …

From Nur-ul Afida Kamaludin ASHGABAT (TURKMENISTAN), June 9 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak arrived here Monday night for a two-day official visit to further strengthen the existing close bilateral relations and cooperation between Malaysia and Turkmenistan. The private a …

KOTA KINABALU: A couple died just inches away from saving themselves in a fire in Sabah’s east coast town of Kunak. The charred remains of Jumaidi Sakka and Dakati Juma, both in their 50s, were found lying side by side near the kitchen door following yesterday’s 1am tragedy. Kunak Fire and Rescue De …

SEPANG: It was Seripah Tahar’s second time in performing the umrah but being stranded in the Holy Land for eight days was the last thing on her mind. The housewife was teary-eyed recalling the day she was told she did not have a ticket to fly home after completing her umrah with her family. ”My husb …

By Siti Salwa Shaari KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) — Football fans should watch their calorie intake from eating snacks while watching the 2014 FIFA World Cup matches. Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) dietetic and food services department head Ridzoni Sulaiman said unhealthy intake of food could happen du …

KARACHI, Pakistan, (Reuters) – Taliban militants disguised as security forces stormed into Pakistan’s busiest airport on Sunday night, triggering an all-night battle in which at least 27 people were killed. The assault on Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan’s sprawlin …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 (Bernama) — The Malaysian government has spent RM27.6 million on logistic costs for Malaysian security forces in the search operation for the missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) plane, Flight MH370. Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein said the costs c …

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) — The move by the Works Ministry to have discussions with highway concessionaires on the restructuring of toll rates to ease the burden of the people, is a praiseworthy move, said Selangor state assemblyman Sulaiman Abdul Razak. He said the approach announced recently by …

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) – An armed man and woman shouting about a “revolution” opened fire and killed two Las Vegas policemen who were eating lunch in a pizza parlor on Sunday, then fatally shot a civilian in a nearby Wal-Mart store before killing themselves, police said. The two unifo …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 (Bernama) — Every State Legislative Assembly (DUN) must have its own regulation or law so that action can be taken if any undesired incidents arise in the assembly, said Deputy Home Minister Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar. He said every time the State Assembly had a se …

KUALA LUMPUR, June 9 (Bernama) — The request by families of the passengers of missing Malaysia Airlines (MAS) Flight MH370 to meet Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and Acting Transport Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein will be fulfilled in the near future, said Communicatio …

PUTRAJAYA: The public may be given free entry for one month to visit the giant pandas on loan from China at Zoo Negara after they are given new names by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on June 25. Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri G. Palanivel said he will propose it to …

By M. Saraswathi NEW DELHI, June 9 (Bernama) — No Malaysian is stranded at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport in Pakistan, which came under terrorist attack late Sunday. “We have checked with the authorities and no Malaysian is stranded at the airport,” Abu Bakar Mamat, t …