Malaysia News

Big Cinemas Lotus Five Star, a joint venture between Reliance MediaWorks Ltd and Lotus Five Star group, inaugurated its 15th multiplex in Malaysia Tuesday.

THE government is expected to save as much as RM2 billion next year under a revamped fuel subsidy scheme.

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission will not investigate how the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide report was leaked onto the Internet.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 -- A weak earth quake, measuring 3.0 on the Richter scale, occurred for the fourth time in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, at 2.30pm Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR: The National Civics Bureau will revamp its controversial co-curriculum to be in line with the 1Malaysia concept, said Minister in the Prime Minister's Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz.

A Malaysian court Tuesday rejected Anwar Ibrahim's bid to stop his sodomy trial from going forward, dealing another blow to the opposition leader's fluctuating fortunes since he achieved spectacular election results last year.

PETALING JAYA, Nov 30 -- Selangor, the country's most developed state, is expected to achieve an economic growth of between six per cent and seven per cent next year, Menteri Besar Tan Sri Abdul Khalid Ibrahim said Monday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia a ' Oil prices rebounded to near $77 a barrel Monday in Asia as panic about the global fallout from Dubai's debt problems abated.

A 72-year-old female passenger was killed while 11 others are still missing after a fishing boat, reportedly carrying 25 passengers, capsized near Karakit in Pulau Banggi off here, Thursday evening.

KUALA TERENGGANU, Sun: The flood in Terengganu subsided further this morning with the number of evacuees down to only 40 people.

KUALA LUMPUR: The crime rate at 13 crime hotspots in the city has dropped by 13 per cent, following crime-prevention operations from Aug 5 to Nov 15, this year.

Kuala Lumpur, Nov 29: Forty-nine Indian women were among thousands of foreign sex workers arrested in Malaysia this year for engaging in prostitution, says a report released Sunday that speaks of growing demand for prostitutes in this Southeast Asian nation.

The Sarawak Civil Defence Department hopes to recruit more non-Bumiputeras in its recruitment drive for 1,500 new members next year, its director Col Che Othman Hussin said.

A news report says a fishing boat has capsized in eastern Malaysia, leaving a 72-year-old female passenger dead and 11 other people missing.

BESUT :A former Terengganu boxer was found dead in his car parked along Jalan JertehKota Baharu at Kampung Padang Landak near here on Saturday night.

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 28 -- The MCA special briefing on Saturday, unanimously passed a declaration to push for fresh polls at the Central Committee level.

KUALA LUMPUR,Fri: MCA vice-president Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha is delighted that the extraordinary general meeting , slated for tomorrow, has been called off.

KUDAT : The number of victims reported missing in the boat capsize tragedy off here on Thursday rose to 12 from four.

GERIK : Three people, including a policeman and his wife, were killed when the car they were travelling in collided with another car at Km 35.6, Jalan Kuala Kangsar-Gerik on Friday.

Malaysia Sun Friday 27th November, 2009 Malaysia has mooted an insurance scheme and a welfare fund for its sportsmen, particularly for those who have retired, to ensure better health care, an official said.