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By Sofia Nasir SHAH ALAM, March 6 — The state government has provided RM500 in immediate aid to each family affected by the storm incident at Parit 4 in Sungai Burong, Tanjong Karang, this morning. State executive councillor for local government and tourism Dato' Ng Suee Lim said they...

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — The ringgit closed higher against the United States (US) dollar for the third consecutive day as the greenback’s safe-haven status weakened due to a mix of slowing US economic data, tariff uncertainty, and unpredictable policymaking, prompting traders to look elsewhere.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — The First Meeting of the Fourth Session of the 15th Parliament, which concluded today, passed ten bills, including the historic Parliamentary Services Bill 2025.

SABAK BERNAM, March 6 — A storm that struck Parit 4, Sekinchan, early this morning caused significant damage, with a hawker suffering losses of approximately RM120,000 after part of his home was destroyed.

PUTRAJAYA, March 6 — The Court of Appeal has commuted the death sentence of an unemployed man to 30 years imprisonment for the murder of a dental technologist seven years ago.

BANTING, March 6 — The police do not practise favouritism or double standards in investigating cases related to race, religion, and royalty (3R), said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — AirAsia will relocate its domestic services from the Sultan Abdul Aziz Shah Airport, better known as Subang Airport, to the Kuala Lumpur International Airport Terminal 2 (KLIA2), effective April 7 this year.

BANTING, March 6 — The police have not ruled out the possibility that illegal electronic waste (e-waste) processing activities raided under Op Hazard nationwide are linked to organised crime syndicates, said Home Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail.

PUTRAJAYA, March 6 — The Immigration Department has busted an illegal foreign worker agency, detaining six foreign nationals in special operations at three locations — Taman Kemuning Utama in Shah Alam, Taman Pandan Cahaya in Ampang, and Jalan Datuk Eusoff in Kuala Lumpur.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — The Malaysian Parliamentary Cross-Party Group on Racial and Religious Harmony (KRPPM-KKA), a platform established to identify, address, and promote awareness of racial and religious harmony issues, received official approval for its formation on January 28.

BANTING, March 6 — The police have seized six types of pills believed to be from Japan to assist in the investigation into the death of the wife of entrepreneur and social media influencer Abd Ridzuan Abdul Mutalib, better known as Ridzokumura.

PUTRAJAYA, March 6 — Effective 2026, the capitation grant distributed to state governments will be increased by 25 per cent, from RM109 million to RM548 million.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — The Government Service Efficiency Commitment Bill 2025, aimed at improving government service quality, efficiency, and effectiveness, was passed in the Dewan Rakyat today.

PUTRAJAYA, March 6 — A three-hour post-mortem on a Customs Tribunal officer revealed that the cause of his death was from compression of the neck due to ligature strangulation.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — The Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) has confirmed that two of its enforcement officers were injured yesterday while conducting monitoring duties at the Ramadan and Hari Raya Aidilfitri bazaar along Jalan Tuanku Abdul Rahman and Jalan Benteng.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — Malaysia’s air passenger traffic reached 9.2 million in January 2025, marking a 28.2 per cent surge from January 2024, said the Malaysian Aviation Commission (Mavcom).

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — The Health Ministry (MOH) is continuing to strive towards achieving the goal of a smoke-free community through various approaches and programmes even though the Generational Endgame policy was dropped from the Control of Smoking Products for Public Health Act 2024, (Act 852) which came into effect on October 1 last year.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 — Bank Negara Malaysia’s (BNM) decision to maintain the overnight policy rate (OPR) at 3.00 per cent reflected a strategic calibration of monetary policy that allows the central bank flexibility amid evolving global and domestic economic conditions.

By Selangor Journal Team SHAH ALAM, March 6 — Pengurusan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Air Selangor) has unveiled Malaysia’s first fully automated water treatment plant in Semenyih, developed in collaboration with global energy management and automation firm Schneider Electric. It said the Semenyih 2...

PUTRAJAYA, March 6 — A former assistant manager in The Star's editorial department began serving a 20-month prison term today after the Court of Appeal upheld his conviction for accepting a RM20,000 bribe eight years ago.