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KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): The ringgit opened slightly lower against the US dollar on Thursday (April 28) amid stronger demand for the greenback, said an analyst. At 9.13am, the local note stood at 4.3575/3600 versus the greenback from…

KUALA LUMPUR (April 28): Bursa Malaysia opened higher on Thursday (April 28), supported by bargain-hunting despite Wall Street’s softer performance. At 9.05am, the benchmark FBM KLCI was 6.55 points firmer at 1,592.53 from Wednesday’s…

PETALING JAYA: There were 161 new hospital admissions involving Covid-19 cases yesterday, the health ministry said. Of this, 87 cases were in Category 1 and 2 while 74 were in Category 3, 4 and 5. Selangor had the highest number of new…

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno president Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi has filed a defamation suit against former president Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad for claiming he sought the latter's help to drop his corruption charges. The former deputy prime…

KUALA LUMPUR (April 27): A total of 761,309 children aged between five and 11 or 21.4% of the population had been fully vaccinated under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children (PICKids) as of Tuesday (April 26). Based on…

KUALA LUMPUR (April 27): The ringgit retreated from Tuesday's (April 26) gains to open slightly lower against the US dollar on Wednesday on renewed concern over the global economy outlook, said an analyst. At 9am, the local note stood at…

PETALING JAYA: Malaysian Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam has been executed by Singapore, according to his brother, Navin Kumar. Reuters quoted Navin as confirming that the execution was carried out this morning and that Nagaenthran’s funeral…

KUALA LUMPUR: The government told the High Court today that decisions by the shariah courts are final, and civil courts have no power to review them. Federal counsel Sallehuddin Md Ali said Article 121(1A) of the Federal Constitution…

KUALA LUMPUR: Police have destroyed over RM4.17mil worth of fireworks and firecrackers here. Sentul OCPD Asst Comm Beh Eng Lai said the fireworks were seized when police raided two premises in Kepong on March 24. "We arrested five…

KUALA LUMPUR (April 26): A civil servant was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) last Friday (April 22) on suspicion of soliciting and accepting bribe of about RM100,000. According to a source, the man, in his 30s,…