PETALING JAYA: Bangi MP Ong Kian Ming has urged the government to provide more details on the private sector proposals it approved to build three new highways around the Klang Valley. Works minister Fadillah Yusof
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Lawyers ordered to pay S$20,000 for incurring ‘unnecessary court costs’
Nagaenthran K Dharmalingam, who was executed on April 27, had been on death row since 2010 for smuggling 42.7gm of heroin into Singapore. PETALING JAYA: The two lawyers who acted for executed Malaysian drug trafficker
Read morePet birds spread their wings with the Kuala Lumpur Free Fly Community
The Kuala Lumpur Free Fly Community (KLFF) gathers at locations such as Bukit Antarabangsa and Gombak for free-flight activities – unrestricted outdoor flight for birds who are trained to return to their owners. The group,
Read moreTransport minister: Prasarana establishes committee to identify cause of LRT train brake issue
KUALA LUMPUR, May 22 — Prasarana Malaysia Berhad (Prasarana) has established a committee to identify the main cause behind the brake calliper hydraulic fluid leakage that caused a disruption to the Kelana Jaya line Light
Read moreDAP needs give-and-take to move past race barriers, says party’s sole elected Malay official
KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — New DAP central executive committee member Young Syefura Othman said party members both old and new must compromise with one another if it is to overcome its reputation as race
Read moreG7 condemns Taliban over growing restrictions on women
BERLIN: The Group of Seven industrialised nations on Thursday condemned the growing restrictions placed on women and girls by the Taliban in Afghanistan, accusing the hardline Islamist group of isolating the country. “We call on
Read moreMalaysian-born Marcus Yam wins Pulitzer Prize
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia-born Marcus Yam, 38, a journalist with The Los Angeles Times (The Times), has won the Pulitzer Prize for his pictures of the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan, to Taliban fighters last summer. According
Read moreChina medical experts say zero-Covid strategy buys time to vaccinate more people
SHANGHAI, May 10 ― China’s tough zero-Covid measures remain essential to defeat the pandemic and buy time to improve vaccination rates and develop new treatments, senior health advisers wrote in recently published reports. Shanghai, a
Read moreDurians to cost more due to lower yields
GEORGE TOWN: Durian lovers will have to fork out more as the prices for the King of Fruits are expected to be at least 30% higher this year due to lower produce and increasing fertiliser
Read moreTrial date set for Calgary doctor accused of trafficking teen girls
A Calgary doctor who withdrew from practice after he was accused of sexually assaulting a number of young girls will face those charges in January 2023. The Lethbridge Police Service arrested Dr. Ziyaad Noor, who
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