[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) said Malaysia’s economic growth, measured by gross domestic product (GDP), sharply moderated to 0.7% in the first quarter of 2020 (1Q20) due to the impact of measures taken both globally and nationally to contain the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic. In …
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[ad_1] The Federal Territories Ministry is targeting young adults to buy houses in Putrajaya as part of measures to increase the city’s population. Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa said that according to the ministry’s plan, affordable housing would also be reduced from the current RM300,000 to RM200,000 and less. This …
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[ad_1] MIRI: A high volume of water is being released from the 210m-high Bakun Dam in central Sarawak due to heavy rain. The entire riverine population living along the Balui River to Rajang River to Kapit town to Sibu in central Sarawak have been warned of the swift-rising river waters. …
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[ad_1] KUALA LUMPUR: Severely affected by Covid-19’s pandemic and motion control order, wedding associations have urged the government to present their position at mass meetings after the MCO, so that wedding planning can resume. The president of the Malaysian Wedding Professionals Association (WPAM), Patrick Low, said that although there were …
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[ad_1] Singer-songwriter Yuna makes Malaysia proud again as she is on billboards for the third time in all of New York City. In 2018, Yuna appeared on a Times Square billboard promoting her album, Rouge. It also appeared on the Nasdaq Times Square billboard in November 2016. This time, the …
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[ad_1] NEW YORK (Reuters) – More Americans have become critical of President Donald Trump in the past month as the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic rises and now follows Democratic challenger Joe Biden by 8 percentage points among registered voters. , according to a Reuters / Ipsos opinion poll …
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[ad_1] KAJANG: A businessman who allegedly rammed a police officer into an obstacle, which resulted in the latter’s death, has been charged with various crimes for the incident in the Session Court here. K. Kalaichelvan, 44, who asked to have the charges read to him in Tamil, pleaded not guilty …
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[ad_1] JOHOR BARU: Johor police have arrested 30 suspects involved in human trafficking across the border with immigrants from Indonesia. Johor Police Chief Datuk Ayob Khan Mydin Pitchay said the arrests were made during a series of raids carried out between May 2 and 7 under the joint operation Pin …
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[ad_1] Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) has dropped to its lowest ranking, ranking 63rd on the annual Skytrax World’s Top 100 Airports list. The main gateway to the country fell from 54th place last year. The highest ranking KLIA achieved was in 2001, when it ranked second on the list. …
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[ad_1] A day after an expletive Instagram protest blaming animal cruelty in China’s wet markets for the coronavirus outbreak caused a backlash on social media, Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams apologized for the considerate comments. racist and offensive. Writing on his Instagram account on Tuesday, the Canadian rock musician apologized “for …
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