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PUTRAJAYA: Describing poverty as an obstacle to Malaysia’s progress towards a developed nation, the Prime Minister wants civil servants to help tackle the issue by giving the poor advice and guidance on how to overcome it. Tun Dr…

KUALA LUMPUR: Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) has an accumulated loss of RM2.829bil as of Dec 31 last year, according to the second series of the Auditor-General’s Report 2018. It was among the audit findings, where the loss was due…

IPOH: Navy cadet officer J. Soosaimanicckam, who was already weak prior to his death, soiled himself while showering at the Lumut navy base hostel in May last year, a Coroner’s Court here heard. KD Sultan Idris 1 Course Planning Officer Lt…

KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Malaysia’s peacekeepers in the United Nations Organisation Stabilisation Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (Monusco) are safe and unaffected by the latest deadly clashes in the eastern part of the…

PETALING JAYA: Gay sex accounted for more than half of the HIV transmission cases in Malaysia last year, showing a clear shift in the pattern of infection after almost three decades which mostly recorded cases of drug users sharing needles.…

KUALA LUMPUR: Rumours about an “open registration day” for asylum seekers caused a few hundred people, mostly Myanmar nationals, to wait outside the UNHCR Malaysia headquarters here for as long as eight hours. The crowd, consisting men,…

SEOUL: Kuala Lumpur welcomes Seoul’s proposal to elevate bilateral ties to a strategic partnership to mark the 60th anniversary of their diplomatic relationship next year. Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad said the governments of both…

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno Youth has asked for the air-conditioning in Dewan Rakyat to be switched off when in session. Umno Youth exco Shahrul Nasrun Kamarudin made the request in a letter addressed to Speaker Tan Sri Mohamad Arrif Md Yusof on…

DENGKIL: Enforcers in Ops Bersepadu Khazanah (OBK) have arrested four more suspected poachers in Pasir Mas, Kelantan and Sg Petani, Kedah in the special operation to protect the country's wildlife. Deputy Inspector-General of Police Comm…

GEORGE TOWN: Eight squatter houses were destroyed in a fire in Taman Cemerlang, Jelutong here on Thursday (Nov 28). Also razed in the 11.44am incident was a heavy vehicle workshop near the squatter area. It was learnt that a volunteer…