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By Yasmin Ramlan SHAH ALAM, March 19 — Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari has announced Selangor civil servants will receive an additional half-month salary, at a minimum of RM1,000, under the State Revenue Record Incentive (Insentif Rekod Hasil Negeri). He hinted that more allocations...

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.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — A total of 93,094 diploma graduates have been produced by Vocational Colleges (KVs) to date, exceeding the Education Ministry’s (MOE) target of 90,000 under the National Education Blueprint 2013-2025.

By Ufairah Tarmidzi GOMBAK, March 19 – The recent Israeli airstrike that claimed the lives of eight humanitarian workers from the Malaysian Consultative Council of Islamic Organisations (Mapim) has been condemned as inhumane. Menteri Besar Dato’ Seri Amirudin Shari strongly denounced the...

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.

WASHINGTON, March 19 — Nasa astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams returned to Earth in a SpaceX capsule yesterday with a soft splashdown off Florida's coast, nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner craft upended what was to be a week-long stay on the International Space Station.

WASHINGTON, March 19 — Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday agreed to stop attacking Ukrainian energy facilities temporarily but declined to endorse a full 30-day ceasefire that President Donald Trump hoped would be the first step toward a permanent peace deal.

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.

By Sofia Nasir SHAH ALAM, March 19 — The Selangor government is taking a tough stance on Muslim men who cross-dress, following the lead of the Selangor Mufti Department’s fatwa on the matter. State executive councillor for Islam and innovation Dr Fahmi Ngah said the department’s fatwa is clear...

By Sheeda Fathil SHAH ALAM, March 19 — KDEB Waste Management Sdn Bhd (KDEBWM) has prepared 524 roll-on roll-off (roro) bins for bulk waste collection in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri this year. However, its managing director Dato’ Ramli Mohd Tahir stated that the number may increase...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — Bursa Malaysia started the day broadly lower as it tracked Wall Street's weaker performance overnight and on caution ahead of a decision on US interest rates later tonight.

BANGKOK, March 19 — Despite a weeks-long multinational crackdown, scam centres along the Thai-Myanmar border are still operating with up to 100,000 people working there, the top police general leading Thailand's operations against the fraud compounds told Reuters.

SEOUL, March 19 — South Korean food company Samyang Foods Inc announced today that its exports exceeded the 1 trillion won (RM3 billion) mark for the first time in its history last year, driven by the growing global demand for its popular ‘Buldak’ spicy ramyeon.

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.

JERUSALEM, March 19 — Itamar Ben-Gvir's planned return to Israel's government brings back a West Bank settler who has pressed for an intensification of the war in the Gaza Strip, even as the Palestinian death toll has exceeded 48,000.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 19 — The ringgit opened higher against the US dollar ahead of the US Federal Open Market Committee’s (FOMC) decision on interest rates later tonight.