KUALA LUMPUR: The Toilet of The Year Award (TOTYA) will be institutionalised as an annual national event to foster greater civic awareness in maintaining the cleanliness of public toilets. Housing and Local Government Minister Nga Kor Ming said the initiative had received the Cabinet’s endorsement. Now in its third year,
DENGKIL, Selangor: The habit of saving should be cultivated from a young age by setting aside between 10 and 20 per cent of monthly income or allowances, said Malaysian Takaful Association (MTA) chief executive officer Mohd Radzuan Mohamed. He said young people, especially higher education institution (IPT) students, are encouraged
KUALA LUMPUR: His Majesty Sultan Ibrahim, King of Malaysia, today spent some time with Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim on a walkabout around the city’s vibrant Bukit Bintang area here. According to the post on Sultan Ibrahim’s Facebook page, the walkabout session took place right after the King granted
TEHRAN, Iran: At least 21 people were killed and 6,419 injured during celebrations marking Iran’s fire festival known as Chaharshanbe Suri, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) quoted authorities as saying on Wednesday. The annual festival, held on Wednesday night before Nowruz – the Persian New Year – saw participants in Tehran and
KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today expressed disapproval of the incident involving a non-Muslim youth being slapped by an elderly man while eating at a convenience store in a shopping mall in Johor Bahru during Ramadan. The Prime Minister’s senior press secretary Tunku Nashrul Abaidah said the
KUALA LUMPUR: The Sarawak Public Communications Unit (UKAS) achieved a historic milestone today with its official acceptance as a member of the Malaysian Press Institute (MPI). The presentation of the membership certificate to UKAS was officiated by MPI President Datuk Yong Soo Heong to Sarawak Deputy Secretary (Operations) Datuk Hii
JOHOR BAHRU: An elderly man who went viral for slapping a non-Muslim man at a convenience store in a shopping mall was released without being acquitted (DNAA) by the Magistrate’s Court here today on a charge of intentionally causing hurt. However, Abdul Razak Ismail, 65, as the person summoned (OKS),
KUALA LUMPUR: National kegler Tun Ameerul Luqman Al-Hakim Tun Hasnul Azam created history as the first Malaysian to bag a title at the Professional Bowlers’ Association (PBA) Tour in the United States of America on Tuesday. Tun Hakim was crowned as the PBA Chameleon champion when he came out tops
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar ahead of the US Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) decision on interest rates later tonight. At 8 am, the ringgit advanced to 4.4405/4480 against the greenback from Monday’s close of 4.4450/4490. Malaysian markets were closed for a public holiday yesterday.
MOGADISHU, Somalia: The Somali government has confirmed that an explosion in Mogadishu on Tuesday was an assassination attempt on President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud by Al-Shabaab group, Anadolu Ajansi (AA) reported. The Information Ministry stated that the president’s convoy was attacked at approximately 10.32 am local time (0732 GMT) in the
