Nestle Malaysia seals pact with Alam Flora to drive plastic waste collection, recycling
KUALA LUMPUR: Nestle (Malaysia) Bhd has marked a new milestone in its efforts to drive plastic waste collection and recycling, with today’s signing of a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with Alam Flora Environmental Solutions Sdn Bhd. Under the MoA, both parties will work towards establishing a joint kerbside recycling programme in Kuala Lumpur. “With this […]
Cabinet to decide Friday if Malaysia continues with current 5G rollout plan or considers proposals from private sector
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — Putrajaya will decide on Friday if Malaysia will proceed with its 5G rollout via its Single Wholesale Network (SWN) model or weigh proposals by several mobile network operators (MNOs) for two wholesale networks or Dual Wholesale Networks (DWN) to be developed. In a note by SWN model operators Digital Nasional […]
Floods in Kelantan continue to worsen
KOTA BARU: Floods in the state continue to worsen with more relief centres being opened to accommodate victims. As of 9.30am, a total 70 relief centres have been opened housing 8,496 evacuees. According to the Infobanjir flood portal, the victims are from 2,762 families, including 32 persons with disability. Two rivers; Golok river in Kampung […]
Exxon faces new pressure over dealings with Russia’s Rosneft
HOUSTON, Feb 28 — Exxon Mobil likely will face new pressure to severe ties with Russia’s largest oil producer, said analysts, after rival BP agreed to unload a Rosneft stake. Russia’s attack on Ukraine has unleashed broad economic and political rebukes and corporate withdrawals by banks, technology and other firms unprecedented in their extent. BP […]
Maybank2u website experiencing intermittent slowness
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — Malayan Banking Bhd (Maybank) says it is currently experiencing intermittent slowness on the Maybank2u website. “In the meantime, please perform your banking transactions online via the MAE app or M2U MY app,” it posted on its official twitter handle. “We apologise for any inconvenience caused and are working to resolve […]
Australia floods: 110 Malaysian students in Queensland evacuated to temporary shelters
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — As many as 110 Malaysian students in Queensland, Australia affected by the floods have been evacuated to temporary relief centres (PPS), said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Saifuddin Abdullah. In a post on Twitter today, he said 75 of them who were students under various agencies were stationed at the University […]
Agong says transition to endemic phase of Covid-19 needs to be implemented carefully
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 28 — Malaysia’s transition from the pandemic to endemic phase of Covid-19 needs to be implemented carefully, said Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah. His Majesty said Malaysia was ranked 13th out of 122 countries in the Nikkei Asia’s Covid-19 recovery index and the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme had […]
Finnair faces wipeout of Asia business on flight bans
HELSINKI: Finnair Oyj faces a wipeout of its Asian traffic as a tit-for-tat of airspace closures in Europe and Russia jeopardises its main long-haul strategy. Finland’s national carrier has carved out a niche providing transit passengers from smaller European cities the shortest flight times to Asia. But the flights through its Helsinki hub to destinations […]
BP quits Russia in up to US$25bil hit after Ukraine invasion
LONDON: BP is abandoning its stake in Russian oil giant Rosneft in an abrupt and costly end to three decades of operating in the energy-rich country, marking the most significant move yet by a Western company in response to Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. Rosneft accounts for around half of BP’s oil and gas reserves and a […]
