Malaysia News

KUALA KRAI, Sun: Election fever is set to rise with nomination tomorrow in the Manik Urai state by-election but prices of food at restaurants have gone sky-high for more than a week now.

KUALA LUMPUR: The hearing of Raja Petra Kamarudin's criminal defamation case had to be postponed again yesterday after the blogger failed to turn up in court.

Malaysian authorities have confiscated 900 boxes of coffee laced with Viagra, a newspaper report said Sunday.

KUALA LUMPUR, July 3 -- Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd is looking at the prospect of further incentives for airport charges, says chairman Tan Sri Dr Aris Othman.

A TRAINEE in the National Service Training Programme was found dead in his bed at the Guar Chenderai Camp, Padang Besar, early today.

Malaysian property trusts and government-linked companies including Sime Darby Bhd.

AirAsia continued to boost its East Malaysia connectivity by launching another international route from Kota Kinabalu to Brunei Darussalam, according to a press release.

The economic downturn is allowing Malaysia's leader to chip away at an affirmative action program for Malay Muslims that has been considered virtually untouchable in the past.

Thiruvananthapuram, June 30 : IBS Software Services, a city-based IT solutions provider to travel, transportation and logistics industry, has signed an agreement with Malysia Airlines for providing a crew management solution, the company said Tuesday.

Malaysian police have detained three terror suspects under a tough security law for allegedly trying to revive the Jemaah Islamiyah militant group in Kuala Lumpur, a report said on Friday.

ALOR SETAR, Fri: The DAP's sole representative in Kedah, Lee Guan Aik, today declared himself as an "independent and non-aligned" state assemblyman.

From Nurul Jannah Kamaruddin SINGAPORE, July 3 -- Community airline Firefly, which launched its Subang-Singapore flight this week, is confident of growth from all its routes to Singapore based on a 70 to 75 percent load factor target set for each route.

SHARE prices on Bursa Malaysia ended the day lower across the board as the market entered into a consolidation phase due mainly to external economic conditions, dealers said.

THE Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission is expected to reveal several "big" corruption cases involving syndicates soon, its Director of Intelligence Datuk Mohd Jamidan Abdullah said today.

Australian News.Net Wednesday 1st July, 2009 Melbourne, July 1 : A newly wed man left behind his wife at the airport because he thought she had spent too much time in the toilet.

Academician Oh Ei Sun, who is also a highly sought international speaker-trainer-motivator, consultant and entrepreneur, has been appointed political secretary to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Abdul Razak.

Crabtree & Evelyn, the maker of soaps, gifts and toiletries sold in 126 stores in 34 states, filed for bankruptcy protection in New York, citing a decline in consumer spending.

KUALA LUMPUR: Foreign investment in Malaysia has plummeted this year, according to Trade Minister Mustapa Mohamed, after the government announced liberalisation measures aimed at luring investors.

Share + Jul 1, 2009 10:30 pm US/Central 1 of 1 A Malaysian fan draws a heart above a message in tribute to Michael Jackson on a white board during a vigil organised to remember the pop legend in Kuala Lumpur on June 28, 2009.

Air quality level in most areas nationwide remained good this morning with good Air Pollution Index recorded.