KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has officially ratified the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) following years of careful deliberation and consultation by the government. Read full storyContinue Reading
Premiums for other categories ended lower in the latest bidding exercise on Wednesday (Oct 5).Continue Reading
KOTA KINABALU: Malaysia’s newly crowned Miss Tourism 2022, Phoebe Ong, loves math, statistics and anything that has to do with numbers. Read full storyContinue Reading
CHIANG MAI: A total of 2.5 million methamphetamine pills and 700 kilogrammes of crystal meth, or ice, have been seized in three drug cases in Lampang, Chiang Mai and Phrae provinces, under the jurisdiction of Provincial Police Region 5.Continue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s lead counsel, Tan Sri Muhammad Shafee Abdullah, apologised to the High Court here over a media statement he made recently on the former premier’s RM2.3bil 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) corruption case. Read full storyContinue Reading
KUALA LUMPUR: A former AmBank managing director told the High Court here Wednesday (Oct 5) that fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho was present at Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s residence during the setting up of the former premier’s bank account. Read full storyContinue Reading
CHIANG MAI: Floodwaters were receding in inundated areas of Chiang Mai city on Wednesday as the rain-swollen Ping River dropped below the critical level.Continue Reading
NAKHON RATCHASIMA: People rushed to buy transistor radios in this northeastern province after Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha recommended them as a reliable channel for flood information.Continue Reading
SINGAPORE: There are currently no plans to align the polytechnic academic calendar with that of primary and secondary schools, Education Minister Chan Chun Sing told Parliament on Wednesday (Oct 5). “The polytechnic calendar also takes into consideration when students enrol into their courses,” he said. “There are, however, overlaps betweenContinue Reading
More than 3 million rai of farmland and residential areas in 25 provinces along 11 major river basins are flooded, with Nakhon Sawan the worst hit, satellite data shows.Continue Reading