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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia is on track to achieve the target of getting 50% of its adult population fully vaccinated this month, says the coordinating minister for the immunisation programme, Khairy Jamaluddin. “Our average daily vaccination…

PETALING JAYA: The re-opening of schools has been postponed to Oct 3, education minister Radzi Jidin said this yesterday evening. However, the reopening will not apply to schools in states which are in Phase 1 of the National Recovery…

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's daily Covid-19 cases breached the 20,000 mark again, with 21,468 infections reported as of noon today. This was shared by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a social media post today. In…

PUTRAJAYA: Preacher Zakir Naik’s appeal against a High Court decision that allowed an application to transfer the defamation suit he filed against former Batu Uban assemblyman S Raveentharan from Kuala Lumpur to Penang has been thrown out…

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): Bursa Malaysia ended the morning trading session slightly lower due to emerging profit-taking in selected industrial products and services as well as technology counters, dealers said. At lunch break, the benchmark…

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia will begin vaccinating teenagers in mid-September, the Health Ministry has confirmed. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) in a circular dated Aug 12 said this will involve those aged 12 to 15…

PETALING JAYA: A shooting incident occurred at the Kota Samarahan air force base in Sarawak early this morning. Bernama reported that at least four air force personnel were involved in the incident, which took place at 7.15am today.…

PETALING JAYA: A total of 26,388,905 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been administered in Malaysia as of Thursday (Aug 12). According to figures put out by the Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine Supply (JKJAV) on its Twitter account on…

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): Bursa Malaysia rebounded from yesterday’s losses to open higher, driven by renewed buying interest amidst mixed sentiment on the domestic economic outlook, dealers said. At 9.15 am, the benchmark FTSE Bursa Malaysia…

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 13): The ringgit opened slightly lower against the US dollar today as the greenback strengthened against commodity currencies, underpinned by recovery optimism. The local currency was also trading in a cautious mode…