[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): The Court of Sessions here on Friday (April 2) fined a photographer from a production company RM15,000 on two counts of insulting Hinduism on his Facebook account two years ago. Judge MM Edwin Paramjothy handed down the sentence against Zamri Abdul Razak, 54, after finding that …
Read More »Five people, including the pastor, narrowly escape death after 4WD crashed into a ravine in Pakan
[ad_1] The truck overturned in the ravine. SIBU (April 2): Five church members, including a pastor, cheated death when the four-wheel-drive vehicle they were traveling in crashed about 30 meters down a ravine in Pakan this afternoon. It took them more than two hours before they all managed to climb …
Read More »Bursa is likely to hit the 1,600 level next week due to rising commodity prices
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (April 3): The FBM KLCI benchmark is likely to break above the 1,600 level next week in line with broader optimism about the US economy and an expected rebound in commodity prices, said a analyst. However, Axi’s chief global markets strategist Stephen Innes said the key index …
Read More »Hong Kong bans incoming Singapore Airlines flights due to Covid-19 case
[ad_1] Singapore Airlines plane on the runway of Hong Kong International Airport. Images of Budrul Chukrut, SOUP | LightRocket | fake images Hong Kong banned inbound passenger flights from Singapore operated by Singapore Airlines until mid-April after an arriving passenger tested positive for the Covid-19 infection. Three passengers on the …
Read More »Schools will close if operations are affected due to Covid-19, says minister
[ad_1] If there are any positive cases, the district health office will decide whether only certain classes, certain floors, or the entire school should be closed. TASEK GELUGOR: The Ministry of Education will close schools with Covid-19 cases if the infections force large numbers of teachers to be quarantined and …
Read More »The number registered for Covid-19 vaccination remains low
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The number of people who have registered for Covid-19 vaccination through the MySejahtera app remains low compared to the total number of Malaysians and non-citizens eligible to get vaccinated, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. He said that as of yesterday, only 7.6 million of the …
Read More »Dr Noor Hisham received an honorary doctorate in public health leadership from the UKM
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Tan Sri Chief Health Officer Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah (pix) received an honorary doctorate in Public Health Leadership along with the 48th convocation of the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM). The Chancellor of the United Kingdom, Tuanku Muhriz Almarhum Tuanku Munawir, handed over the parchment to him yesterday. …
Read More »Record well below target | The star
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Getting more people to sign up for the vaccination program is important so that the country can successfully contain the transmission of Covid-19, says Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The prime minister said that although 7.6 million people had signed up through the MySejahtera app so far, it …
Read More »The number registered for Covid-19 vaccination remains low
[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: The number of people who have registered for Covid-19 vaccination through the MySejahtera app remains low compared to the total number of Malaysians and non-citizens eligible to get vaccinated, Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin said. He said that as of yesterday, only 7.6 million of the …
Read More »Covid-19: 290 new cases, 1 death in Sarawak today
[ad_1] Stock photo of Bernama for illustration purposes KUCHING (April 3): Sarawak today recorded 290 new Covid-19 cases and one death in Bintulu, bringing the cumulative number of cases in the state to 17,135 and deaths to 113, said the Disaster Management Committee of Sarawak (SDMC). Death number 113 corresponds …
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