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KUALA LUMPUR: A Chinese national, believed to be the mastermind of an online gambling syndicate, has been arrested during an operation at Mont Kiara. Five other Chinese nationals and a Malaysian were also arrested in the raid last month.…

GEORGE TOWN: A fire in the heart of the city brought traffic near Komtar to a standstill as drivers and motorcyclists stopped to gawk at the smoke billowing from the area. The fire, which broke out in the back lanes of Jalan Dato Keramat…

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 1 -- Drs Myron S. Cohen and Wafaa M. El-Sadr, principal investigators of the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN), in collaboration with FHI 360, have received a seven-year award from the US National Institutes of Health…

PETALING JAYA: The Statistics Department (DOSM) says the unemployment rate for 2020 is projected at 5.5% as a result of the movement control order (MCO) to stop the spread of Covid-19. This would be the highest rate since 1989 when…

PUTRAJAYA: Only 30% of the 24,000 companies providing accommodation to factory workers have complied with housing standards set by the human resources ministry, according to a check by the Labour Department. The offenders include several…

KOTA BHARU, Dec 1 -- The monsoon is never good news for most fishermen whose source of income depends on the sea, as it is dangerous for them to continue with their fishing activities during the Northeast Monsoon season. For Mat Yeh Mamat,…

PETALING JAYA: Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia is set to provide affordable HIV medicines pre-qualified by the World Health Organization (WHO) after being included in a licensing agreement with a global…

PETALING JAYA: The Covid-19 pandemic has delivered a huge blow to Malaysians and millions more across the world. The virus has not only taken the lives of many but has also affected industries and economies. A large number of companies…

KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 30 -- Bank Islam's parent company BIMB Holdings Bhd (BHB) reported a net profit of RM135.81 million for the third quarter ended Sept 30, 2020, a 35 per cent drop from RM208.38 million in the same quarter last year.…

KUALA LUMPUR: The High Court here has quashed a 12-year jail term imposed on a lawyer found guilty of criminal breach of trust (CBT) amounting to about RM2 million in a property transaction as the charge framed against her was defective.…