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PUTRAJAYA, Jan 30 (Bernama) — The status of marriage of Malaysia Airlines (MAS) flight MH370 victims married under Muslim law has not been dissolved though the government had officially declared everyone on board had perished. Syariah Lawyers Association of Malaysia President, Musa Awang said …

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 (Bernama) — Prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak on Friday chaired the first meeting of the Umno Supreme Council (MT) for the year 2015. Najib, who is also the Umno president, arrived at the Umno headquarters at the Putra World Trade Centre at 3.30pm accompanied by Um …

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 (Bernama) — iProperty.com Malaysia has launched its latest coffee table book which is set to take buyers and investors through their search for the right property. iProperty Group Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Georg Chmiel said the ‘Investor Guide 201 …

By Nurul Halawati Azhari KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama) — Universiti Malaysia Perlis (Unimap) is working on a device to detect the presence of female Aedes mosquitoes, the ones responsible for the dengue menace. Unimap’s Nanoelectronics Engineering Institute Director, Prof Dr Uda Hashim said the …

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (Bernama) — Help University, in collaboration with the Malaysian National News Agency (BERNAMA), Thursday launched the ‘Help the Nation’ programme, a flood-relief campaign to help those affected by the recent floods in the country. The initiative was launched b …

KUALA KRAI, Jan 29 (Bernama) — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak today launched the construction of 138 houses standing on stilts as high as 2.4 metres (eight feet) for the people of Manek Urai Lama here who lost their homes in the recent floods. He said one such house could be complet …

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 29 (Bernama) — Malaysia has one of the highest proportions of international versus domestic students in the academic world with the average ratio being almost 1:10. Second Education Minister Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh said over the past decade, the country had become the fastest gro …

PETALING JAYA, Jan 29 (Bernama) — Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Rohani Abdul Karim hoped the relevant ministry would review the safety features at People’s Housing Project (PPR) homes. Referring to the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Ministry, …

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 29 (Bernama) — The Boeing Company reported a three per cent increase in fourth-quarter 2014 revenue to US$ 24.5 billion over the same period of 2013 on higher commercial deliveries. In releasing its financial results for the quarter ended Dec 31, 2014, the global aviation com …

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 29 (Bernama) — About two million copies of Shoppers Guide books will be distributed nationwide to help the public compare prices of basic necessities before and after the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is implemented. Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Ser …

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 29 (Bernama) — Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi said Thursday he would meet with the Registrar of Societies (RoS) and the MIC president and deputy president early next week to seek a solution to the party crisis over a RoS re-election order. “… and I fe …

LABUAN, Jan 29 (Bernama) — The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry has seized goods valued at RM11,379 and fined five traders under the ‘Ops Catut’ anti-profiteering operation launched on Jan 15. The ministry’s acting director in Labuan, Aslani Dabi, said th …

GEORGE TOWN, Jan 28 (Bernama) — Penang aims to secure more than RM5 billion in foreign direct investments from four major electronics companies planning to set up their plants here. Director of InvestPenang, a Penang government investment arm, Datuk Lee Kah Choon, said the four multinational c …

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 28 (Bernama) — Malaysia’s recommendations for the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road have been incorporated into the outline of the plan, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai. The Silk Road initiative, which is aimed at strengthening connectivity between China an …

Police today raided the office of Malaysiakini's cartoonist Zulkiflee Anwar Haque as part of investigations under the Sedition Act 1948. Zunar's office raided again, 155 books seizedwww.malaysiakini.comUPDATED 2.21PM The police says the confiscation was done under the Sedition Act. Malaysi …