Govt throws lifeline to 3.4m indebted students
The House on Wednesday passed an amendment bill freeing Student Loan Fund debtors from interest, default fines and guarantor requirements, saving 3.4 million students in default from legal action.Continue Reading
TNB inks MoU with Microsoft to drive digital transformation
KUALA LUMPUR: Tenaga Nasional Bhd (TNB) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Microsoft to accelerate its digital transformation. Read full storyContinue Reading
Champions League: Mixed fortunes for English teams as Liverpool snatches victory, but Tottenham loses late
Liverpool secured a much-needed victory as Joel Matip’s late header against Ajax earned Jurgen Klopp’s side a 2-1 win and its first three points of the Champions League campaign.Continue Reading
China looks to increase penalties under its cybersecurity law
BEIJING: China’s cyberspace regulator on Wednesday (Sep 14) proposed a series of amendments to the country’s cybersecurity law including raising the size of fines for some violations, saying that it wanted to do so to improve coordination with other new laws. The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) said, for example,Continue Reading
Chief Justice: Judges must be faithful to Federal Constitution, resolute in upholding rule of law
PUTRAJAYA: Judges, in all circumstances, must be faithful to the Federal Constitution and be resolute in upholding the rule of law. Read full storyContinue Reading
Taliban ‘looking into’ video showing executions
KABUL: The Taliban are “looking into” a video circulating on social media that appears to show its fighters executing captured members of an Afghan insurgent group, a government spokesman said Wednesday (Sep 14). The National Resistance Front (NRF), a nascent group operating mainly out of the Panjshir Valley, said theContinue Reading
DJ Man, singer Baitoey hear charges in Forex-3D case
Pattanapon “DJ Man” Minthakhin and singer-wife Suteewan “Baitoey” Thaweesin on Wednesday reported to the Department of Special Investigation to acknowledge three charges in connection with the Forex-3D online Ponzi fraud, and were later released.Continue Reading
No issue if Najib uses his own blood pressure meds, says KJ
KUALA LUMPUR: There is no issue if former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak uses his usual blood pressure medication to treat his ailment, says Khairy Jamaluddin. Read full storyContinue Reading
Democrats threaten to vote against cannabis bill
The Democrat Party wants the Cannabis and Hemp Bill now before the House of Representatives withdrawn and is threatening to vote against it if the House proceeds with it.Continue Reading
House votes down bill on cannabis and hemp
The House of Representatives upon Wednesday resolved in order to withdraw the Cannabis and Hemp Expenses from its agenda simply by 198 votes in order to 136, with twelve abstentions, pending revision of its content which usually lawmakers viewed as loose and potentially exposing youth to health risks.Continue Reading