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GEORGE TOWN, Aug 17 ― Nearly all of the economic sectors in Penang have been allowed to restart operations today even though the state hasn’t quite reached the 50 per cent full Covid-19 vaccination target yet. Penang Chief Minister Chow…

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia has 19,631 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday (Aug 17), the Health Ministry reported. The country’s Covid-19 infections total has now reached 1,444,270. Selangor has the highest number of cases with 5,753 new infections.…

PETALING JAYA: Umno president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was the first leader to arrive for an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah, this afternoon. He was followed by several others in quick succession.…

SINGAPORE: Singapore is considering pilot programmes to allow groups of vaccinated travelers to enter the country on carefully controlled itineraries as it moves toward reopening its border, according to the trade minister. “We continue to…

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 17): The ringgit opened marginally lower against the US dollar today as political uncertainties weighed on market sentiment, said an analyst. At 9am, the local note stood at 4.2370/2400 versus the greenback compared with…

PETALING JAYA: A total of 28,312,631 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Malaysia as of Monday (Aug 16). According to figures put out by the Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) on its Twitter account on…

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 17): Bursa Malaysia opened higher, with the key index rising by 0.34 per cent on bargain-hunting activities. At 9.05 am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) advanced 5.15 points to 1,508.05 from Monday’s…

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — Datuk Seri Najib Razak said he has instructed his lawyers to start defamation proceedings against caretaker prime minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin over the latter’s claim of demands for him to interfere in ongoing…

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 17 — The leaders of Malaysia’s main parties are understood to have been summoned to the Istana Negara for an audience with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong today. According to an Opposition source, the audience will be to…

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Datuk V. Radhakrishnan, a member of the Youth and Sports Ministry Panel of Experts Committee, has urged the government to reopen fitness and sports facilities for fully vaccinated individuals. Radhakrishnan said such…