Malaysia News

KUALA LUMPUR, May 20 -- The Malaysian economy will pick up pace and grow further in the second half of this year following the moderate performance in the first quarter, says a leading banker.

Malaysia is committed to reducing its maternal mortality rate to 11 per 100,000 live births by 2015 in an effort to achieve the United Nation's Millennium Development Goal in improving maternal health, Family Health Development Division director Dr Safurah Jaafar said.

KOTA KINABALU, May 20 -- Chief Minister Datuk Seri Musa Aman has lauded the role of the Sabah Women Entrepreneurs and Professionals Association in strengthening professionalism and business ventures in the state.

Russia is refocusing on Asean after years of inertia due to its domestic priorities and challenges.

Love is: Michel Anthony poses with one of his works, Aphrodite, which will appear at the Marseille Consul Art festival in July.

Unity snap: Vincent Leong's Keeping Up With The Abdullahs 1 shows an ethnic Chinese family dressed in Malay clothes posing in front of their kampung baru house.

By Siti Salwa Shaari KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 -- Saying it with roses, the Latin American way.

Malaysia in "best of times, worst of times" - call on Malaysians to keep faith and hope in moment of despair and to press on until victory is achieved for change of government and policies The two weeks of Malaysia since the 13GE on May 5 is best described by Charles Dickens in the opening paragraph of his historic fiction of the French Revolution, ... (more)

Omantel announced that it inked an agreement for another submarine cable, the 'Bay of Bengal Gateway' submarine cable system .

The International Hydropower Association should not support Sarawak's plans to build more mega-dams in Sarawak, says SAVE Rivers .

The very exciting Freedom Riders Asia tv series is now almost here, with Episode 1 being telecast on STAR Sports on Sunday 19th May at 9 pm.

Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi speaking to journalists at Air Hangat Lounge of Mahsuri International Exhibition Centre during LIMA 2013 in Langkawi, Kedah.

Son of Lim Kit Siang and also Penang's Chief Minister and DAP's Secretary General, Mr Lim Guan Eng delivers his fiery speech at DAP's grand ceramah held at a field near Sutera Mall in Skudai, Gelang Patah, on April 20, 2013.

Sarawak Barisan Nasional has rejected the main reason behind it losses in urban areas in the recent 13th general election due dwindling support of Chinese communities toward BN.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 -- Malaysia-Cuba relations would be further enhanced with Barisan Nasional continuing to lead the country's government, said Cuban Ambassador to Malaysia, Ruben Perez Valdes.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 18 -- Retinal diseases such as glaucoma and cataract may not be new to Malaysians, but their knowledge on other diseases which affect sight such as Age-Related Macular Degeneration and diabetes retinopathy is still low.

KUALA LUMPUR: Two constables were each jailed 14 days and fined RM10,000 by the Sessions Court here today after they were found guilty of soliciting and accepting a RM200 bribe from a businessman in connection with a traffic offence.

Exclusive: Sarawak Dams to Flood 2,300 Km2 of Rainforests, Displace Tens of Thousands of Natives 30,000 to 50,000 indigenous people to pay the price for Chief Minister Taib Mahmud's excessive dam plans in Malaysian Borneo A new map released by the Bruno Manser Fund ahead of the International Hydropower Association's World Congress in Kuching, ... (more)

"We started commissioning the RGT on April 30, but it is not being flown into the pipeline network yet.

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