KUALA LUMPUR: The appointment of PKR de facto leader Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim as the eighth prime minister of Malaysia will not be made in haste, said his wife Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail who has been named the new deputy prime minister. The PKR president said the
KUALA LUMPUR: Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) has jumped 14 places to 77th position in the Times Higher Education (THE) rankings. Last year, UTP was ranked 91st best among the universities in the Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRICs) region and emerging economies. Its acting vice-chancellor, Prof Dr Mohamed Ibrahim Abdul
KUALA LUMPUR: The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has refuted a claim that the Sultan of Brunei had given a large sum of money to the Malaysian government to restore the country’s economy. “It’s not true,” said a Prime Minister’s Office spokesman when asked about viral postings on the matter on
KUALA LUMPUR: Urban Transformation Centres (UTC) nationwide will operate according to new operating hours during Ramadan from May 16 until June 17, 2018. The Finance Ministry, in a statement issued yesterday, said a change in the operating hours was to take care of the UTC staff’s welfare during Ramadan and
KUALA LUMPUR: While the media might have thought Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pic) would have taken the Sunday off after a blistering campaign culminating with a resounding victory in the 14th General Election on Wednesday and forming the government thereafter, he would have none of that. In fact, he is working at a feverish
KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here yesterday ordered local television station, TV3 to pay RM1.1 million to Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim for linking him as one of the masterminds of the Lahad Datu intrusion that happened in Sabah five years ago. High Court Judge, Justice Datuk Ahmad Zaidi Ibrahim made the ruling after allowing Anwar’s suit against TV3 for disparaging him
KUALA LUMPUR: A former senior officer of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission yesterday lodged a report with the MACC on several allegations linked to former Prime Minister. Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak. Datuk Abdul Razak Idris, former MACC Director of Intelligence and Investigations, said the report was on what was suspected to be actions obstructing investigations
KUCHING: SMK Oya, Mukah emerged as the champion of the State-Level Youth Forum Competition 2018 held at Balai Budaya, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka Cawangan Sarawak, Petra Jaya here yesterday. The school team with its Forum Topic “Cinta Remaja: Bahaya atau Derita?” grabbed the Sarawak TYT Challenge Trophy, RM5,000 cash, DBP’s
KUCHING: A 14-year-old boy drowned after he fell off the Darul Hana Bridge here. Members of the Fire and Rescue Department led by Mohammed Mirza Dzalmira bin Miraj rushed to the scene after being informed by members of the public. They immediately looked for the boy with the help of
KOTA SAMARAHAN: 15 Fire and Rescue personnel from here led by Jackson Anyie Ngau were involved in an operation to look for a four wheel drive which had plunged into the Samarahan River at the Kota Samarahan Ferry Point here yesterday. The vehicle belonged to Bernabas Lias Anak Jalal,77, who
