Mahkamah: Penganggur hina agama didenda RM10,000
KOTA BHARU – Perbuatan seorang penganggur yang memuat naik video menghina agama Islam di media sosial memakan diri apabila dia didenda RM10,000 dan penjara enam bulan oleh Mahkamah Sesyen di sini hari ini selepas mengaku bersalah atas petuduhan itu. Tertuduh, Syaidinar Abu Bakar, 36, membuat pengakuan tersebut selepas pertuduhan terhadapnya dibacakan di hadapan Hakim Mohd. […]
24 die after bus plunges into river in Kenya
NAIROBI: At least 24 people died on Sunday evening after a bus plunged into a river along a highway in Kenya, reported Xinhua. According to the rescue team and the Kenya Red Cross Society, the bus en route from the central county of Meru to Nairobi fell off a bridge into the Nithi River about […]
Genting Plantations gets 2022 earnings upgrade from MIDF Research
KUALA LUMPUR: MIDF Research has adjusted its earnings forecast for financial year 2022 (FY22)-FY23 for Genting Plantations Bhd as elevated crude palm oil (CPO) price is expected to amplify the company’s topline. MIDF Research expects the company’s topline to grow 24 per cent year-on-year (YoY) and drop six per cent YoY to RM3.9 billion and […]
Prisons Dept targets reducing recidivism rate by 10%
KAJANG: The Prisons Department aims to reduce the rate of recidivism, or repeated crimes, by ex-prisoners across the country to 10 percent compared to the current 15 percent. Its director-general Datuk Nordin Muhamad said this is capable of being achieved within 10 years in line with various rehabilitation programmes done, including the launch of the […]
Dewan Rakyat putuskan kenyataan ‘lucah’ Tajuddin esok
KUALA LUMPUR – Drama kekecohan Ahli-ahli parlimen pembangkang mengenai dakwaan kenyataan ‘lucah’ daripada Datuk Seri Tajuddin Abdul Rahman (BN- Pasir Salak) tercetus selepas selesai sesi soalan lisan di Dewan Rakyat. Bingkas bangun Kasthuriraani Patto (PH-Batu Kawan) mempertikaikan tindakan Timbalan Yang di-Pertua Dewan Rakyat, Datuk Rashid Hasnon yang dilihat tidak serius mengambil tahu mengenai dakwaan mereka. […]
Myanmar executes four democracy activists, drawing condemnation and outrage
NAYPYIDAW, July 25 — Myanmar’s military junta today said it had executed four democracy activists accused of helping to carry out “terror acts” in the Southeast Asian nation’s first executions in decades, sparking widespread condemnation. Sentenced to death in closed-door trials in January and April, the four men had been accused of helping militias to […]
TNG eWallet raises RM750m from latest equity funding round
KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — Touch ‘n Go Group (TnG) announced that TNG Digital Sdn Bhd (TNG Digital), the owner and operator of Touch ‘n Go eWallet, has raised RM750 million from its latest round of equity funding. In a statement today, TNG said the funding round was led by a new investment in TNG […]
Speaker rejects motion to debate Malaysia’s Tier 3 ranking in US human trafficking report
KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 — A motion to debate Malaysia’s Tier 3 ranking in the US State Department’s annual human trafficking report for the second year running was shot down by Dewan Rakyat Speaker Tan Sri Azhar Azizan Harun today. Deputy Dewan Rakyat Speaker Datuk Rashid Hasnon told Parliament that the motion — put forward […]
Gelaran doktor untuk pengesyoran kosmetik dilarang – Dr Noor Azmi
KUALA LUMPUR: Penggunaan gelaran profesional seperti doktor untuk pengesyoran kosmetik adalah tidak dibenarkan, Dewan Rakyat diberitahu hari ini. Timbalan Menteri Kesihatan Datuk Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali berkata, arahan itu adalah berdasarkan Guideline for Cosmetic Advertisement yang dikeluarkan oleh Bahagian Regulatori Farmasi Negara (NPRA). Jelasnya lagi, penggunaan gelaran tersebut, secara tidak langsung memberi tanggapan bahawa individu […]
