Senior security officials from Cambodia and Thailand began talks in Malaysia today aimed at de-escalating border tensions, after the worst clash between the two Southeast Asian nation neighbours in decades left more than 40 dead. The meeting of the so-called General Border Committee – one of several bilateral mechanisms between the two nations to address…
The Health Ministry will begin issuing compound fines to private healthcare facilities that fail to comply with medicine price display regulations effective from Oct 1. For now until Sept 30, the ministry’s enforcement unit will be conducting inspection visits as well as advocacy sessions. The healthcare facilities that remain non-compliant would be receiving reminder notices….
Pakatan Harapan (PH) would be balancing out its ties with both the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) and Barisan Nasional (BN) in the upcoming Sabah polls which appears to be a “political love triangle”. “Love can sometimes hurt,” he said with a smile. “But that is the meaning of love, said PH chairman and Prime Minister…
Penang housing and environment exco Datuk Seri Sundarajoo does not make it into the Penang Hindu Endowment Board (PHEB) but he has been tasked to coordinate on behalf of the state government. He would be coordinating matters related to PHEB to the state government, said Penang Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow who announced the new…
Speculations are now mounting over who would lead the Penang Hindu Endowment Board (PHEB) since the terms of the office bearers ends today. The current chairperson is Jelutong MP R.S.N. Rayer who found himself fighting a wave of dissent after he took over the board two years ago, namely when an external audit found some…
Malaysian Indian People’s Party lashed out at Urimai chairman P Ramasamy by declaring him as an “opportunist” with no “credibility”. “Why did he leave DAP? He didn’t leave DAP because of the community; he left because he didn’t get a seat in the previous state election. He is an opportunist,” said MIPP deputy president S…
The delay in the disbursement of Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit (MITRA) funds -RM21.25 million is because the amount was only meant for three programmes for socio-economic development, revealed Deputy Entrepreneur and Cooperatives Minister Datuk Seri R Ramanan. The three programmes are: Application for the first two programmes have been open since 26 June 2025 and…
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has raised its forecast for Malaysia’s real gross domestic product (GDP) growth to 4.5 per cent in 2025 and 4.0 per cent in 2026. In its July 2025 World Economic Outlook (WEO) update released today, titled ‘Global Economy: Tenuous Resilience amid Persistent Uncertainty’, the IMF said the forecast for 2025…
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the U.S. will partner with Israel to run new food centers in Gaza to address the worsening humanitarian crisis there, but he and U.S. officials offered few additional details about the plan or how it would differ from existing food distribution centers. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One…
Arab countries including Qatar, Saudi Arabia and Egypt joined calls Tuesday for Hamas to disarm and end its rule of Gaza, in a bid to end the devastating war in the Palestinian territory. Seventeen countries plus the European Union and Arab League threw their weight behind a seven-page text agreed at a United Nations conference…
