[caption id="attachment_205954" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A thermal scanner screens arriving passengers for fever at Tianhe airport in Wuhan in China's central Hubei province on January 23, 2020.

[caption id="attachment_205951" align="aligncenter" width="800"] Picture by TOURISM MALAYSIA[/caption] KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — A total of 20.1 million international tourists visited Malaysia last year, bringing in total tourism revenue of RM66.1 billion for the period of January to September...

[caption id="attachment_205925" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Malaysian health officers screen arriving passengers with thermal scanners at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on January 21, 2020, as authorities increased measure against coronavirus.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 24 — The crime index nationwide, which dropped 7.5 per cent last year, is among the successes of the Royal Malaysian Police (PDRM) in the effort to bring down the crime rate and turn Malaysia into a safe country.

[caption id="attachment_205937" align="alignnone" width="6000"] Picture by EMMANUEL/UNSPLASH[/caption] KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — Five Malaysian students made the country proud after finishing in second place at the WCAA Esports International University Competition (WCAA) in Dalian, China,...

[caption id="attachment_205796" align="alignnone" width="5192"] Picture by LUIS MELENDEZ/UNSPLASH[/caption] KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — The Health Ministry, through the state health department and the Sabah government, are in the midst of conducting three phases of polio control and prevention...

[caption id="attachment_205932" align="aligncenter" width="675"] Picture by GRAB[/caption] KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — GrabPay today announced that one in two applicants for its e-wallet are new users since the launch of the e-Tunai Rakyat initiative by the government, including the conversion of...

[caption id="attachment_205929" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Langat 2 water treatment plant in Hulu Langat.

[caption id="attachment_205925" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Malaysian health officers screen arriving passengers with thermal scanners at Kuala Lumpur International Airport in Sepang on January 21, 2020, as authorities increased measure against coronavirus.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — China has imposed a quarantine on Wuhan in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak there, the Health Ministry shared on its official Twitter site today.

[caption id="attachment_205725" align="aligncenter" width="900"] Several e-wallet applications available in Malaysia.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 23 — A total of 57 fatal accidents were recorded during the four days of Op Selamat 16/2020 in conjunction with the Chinese New Year celebration from Saturday to yesterday, involving 60 deaths.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — Solid economic fundamentals and the government’s commitment to institutional reforms have convinced Moody’s that Malaysia deserves its high sovereign credit rating of A3 with a stable outlook, said Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) has decided to reduce the Overnight Policy Rate (OPR) to 2.75 per cent from 3.0 per cent as a pre-emptive measure to secure improving growth trajectory amid price stability.

SEPANG, Jan 22 — The official haj quota for Malaysian pilgrims for this year’s haj season has been increased to 31,600 from 30,200 last year, according to Datuk Seri Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa.

BEIJING, Jan 22 — A total of nine people have died from the new strain of coronavirus in China, with as many as 440 coronavirus cases currently confirmed in the country, Li Bin, a vice head of China’s National Health Commission, told reporters on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — Short-term rates are expected to remain stable today on Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) operations to absorb surplus liquidity from the financial system.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 22 — The ringgit extended yesterday’s loss to open lower today due to market jitters about the outbreak of coronavirus in China and the first confirmed case in the United States.

[caption id="attachment_205528" align="aligncenter" width="900"] A digitally-colourized, negative-stained transmission electron microscopic (TEM) image depicting a number of Influenza A virions.

PUTRAJAYA, Jan 22 — There are no plans to carry out a study on abolishing the religious status of a person on the identity card, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MOHA) said yesterday.