Friday, 2 January 2026

Author: Bernama

Bursa Malaysia expected to ease to 1,400 level this week

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia will likely move on a downward trend this week, easing to 1,400 points from the current 1,420 points, as most stocks are struggling to find their next direction. Inter-pacific Asset Management Bhd chief economist and fund manager Datuk Nazri Khan said investors have raised their expectation

Coalitions must be built to make meaningful progress on complex issues: Khazanah MD

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s sovereign wealth fund Khazanah Nasional Bhd needs to build coalitions with stakeholders to make meaningful progress on complex issues such as climate change, food security and economic development. Managing director Datuk Amirul Feisal Wan Zahir said no single entity, however powerful or influential, can tackle these issues

PTPTN launches BMS 2023 to encourage savings culture

KUALA LUMPUR: The National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN) today launched Bulan Menabung Simpan SSPN (BMS) 2023 in efforts to become the community’s preferred savings product. Its chairman, Datuk Norliza Abdul Rahim said BMS is its annual signature programme, implemented in 2018 with the aim to improve savings practices in

Putrajaya strongly condemns suicide bombing in Ankara

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia strongly condemned the suicide bombing incident in Ankara, Türkiye on Sunday, which injured two police officers. “Malaysia stands in solidarity with the Türkiye Government and the international community in rejecting any acts of violence aimed at disrupting the legitimate political process,” said the Malaysia’s Foreign Ministry (Wisma Putra)

Terrorists behind foiled attack used stolen car of civilian they murdered

ISTANBUL (Turkiye): The perpetrators of Sunday’s foiled terrorist attack in the Turkish capital Ankara used a car they stole from a civilian they murdered, said the country’s Interior Ministry. The links of one of the dead attackers to the terrorist group PKK have been confirmed, the ministry said, adding that

Cyberattack crashes British royal family website

LONDON: The website of the British royal family was temporarily disabled by a cyberattack on Sunday, German news agency (dpa) learned from Buckingham Palace sources. The internet presence of Britain’s royals was the target of a denial-of-service attack, in which requests from a large number of computers bombard a website

16 areas in nine states record unhealthy API readings

KUALA LUMPUR: Unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings have spread to 16 places involving nine states in the country as of 9 am today. Based on the Malaysian API Management System (APIMS) website, Cheras in the federal capital recorded the highest API at 164, followed by Nilai and Seremban in

Malaysia’s 4x100m quartet storm into Asiad final

HANGZHOU: The national men’s 4×100 metres (m) quartet ran a good race this morning to qualify for the Asian Games final at the Hangzhou Olympic Stadium. Khairul Hafiz Jantan, Muhammad Arsyad Md Saat, Jonathan Nyepa and Muhammad Azeem Mohd Fahmi clocked 39.40 seconds to finish third in Heat 1 of

M’sia edge closer to medal target

HANGZHOU: The Malaysian contingent now needs just seven more medals to surpass the target of 27 medals set for the Asian Games, with hosts China sitting in first place with pride on their National Day. The national diving camp continued their decent performance on the eighth day of the Games

Feng, Sable set new Asiad records in athletics

HANGZHOU: World champion Feng Bin of China and India’s Avinash Mukund Sable set new Asian Games records en route to winning gold in women’s discus throw and men’s 3,000m steeplechase respectively here on Sunday, Xinhua reported. Feng, winner at the 2022 worlds and bronze medalist in 2023, sealed her first-ever