KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — Former Petronas group senior general manager of strategic communications Datin Anita Azrina Abdul Aziz has been appointed as Perbadanan Stadium Malaysia (PSM) chairman, effective tomorrow.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — Malaysia’s collective management organisations (CMOs) for the music industry have expressed concerns about the recently published Guidelines of Copyright (Collective Management Organisations) 2025 (CMO Guidelines) by the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO).

JOHOR BAHRU, March 20 — Heavy rain for several hours yesterday caused flooding in Johor, leading to the opening of 10 temporary relief centres (PPS) in three districts.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — The Toilet of the Year Award (Totya) will be institutionalised as an annual national event to foster greater civic awareness in maintaining the cleanliness of public toilets.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — The Housing and Local Government Ministry (KPKT) is set to conduct a visit on April 29 to dilapidated flat sites that urgently require redevelopment.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 20 — Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) will provide four additional Electric Train Service (ETS) trains for the KL-Sentral-Butterworth and KL-Sentral-Padang Besar routes, including return journeys to meet travel needs in conjunction with the Hari Raya Aidilfitri celebration.

PASIR MAS, March 19 — The National Anti-Drug Agency (AADK) has introduced the Drug Screening and Assessment Centre (DAC) to provide a more holistic approach to drug treatment and recovery.

PUTRAJAYA, March 19 — The Cabinet today officially granted approval to the terms of the service agreement with Ocean Infinity (United Kingdom) to find the wreckage of MH370, said Transport Minister Anthony Loke.

PUTRAJAYA, March 19 — The government will impose strict monitoring and stringent security conditions on 15 Palestinians who will be relocated to Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — Diesel will be three sen cheaper in Peninsular Malaysia, while RON97 and RON95 will cost RM3.28 and RM2.05 per litre, respectively nationwide, until March 26.

SUBANG, March 19 — PLUS Malaysia Bhd (PLUS) anticipates more than 2.2 million vehicles will use its highway network daily during peak periods of the upcoming Aidilfitri festive season.

PUTRAJAYA, March 19 — Malaysia records RM933.4 million in flood losses in 2024, equivalent to 0.05 per cent of the nominal gross domestic product, showed the Special Report on the Impact of Floods in Malaysia released by the Statistics Department (DOSM) today.

By Danial Dzulkifly PUTRAJAYA, March 19 — Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman’s defence team argued before the Court of Appeal today that the High Court had failed to consider all evidence in the case against him. It said the ruling was a miscarriage of justice. Presenting their case...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today expressed disapproval over an incident where a non-Muslim man was slapped by a Muslim man for eating at a convenience store in Johor Bahru during the fasting month.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — Perodua has signed a memorandum of understanding with MyDigital ID Sdn Bhd to secure user authentication access as the compact car company improves its cashless transactions.

BATU PAHAT, March 19 — A farm worker was charged at the Magistrate’s Court here today with the murder of a woman, a mother of three, earlier this month.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — All mosques and suraus under the supervision of the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (Jakim) and the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department (Jawi) have been ordered to perform solat hajat (prayer of need) for Palestine throughout the remaining days of Ramadan.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — Corporate figure Tan Sri Mohamad Salim Fateh Din has been appointed as the new chairman of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) Anti-Corruption Advisory Board (Acab) for the 2025-2028 session effective February 2.

PUTRAJAYA, March 19 — Former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob returned to the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) headquarters today for further questioning in an ongoing corruption and money laundering investigation.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — Canada is intensifying its efforts to broaden its trade and investment footprint, including strengthening ties with Malaysia and seeking to penetrate new markets, said High Commissioner of Canada to Malaysia Jodi Robinson.