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KUALA LUMPUR: The amendments to the Employment Act that will see weekly working hours reduced from 48 to 45 hours will be enforced from Sept 1, the Dewan Negara has been told. Deputy Human Resources Minister Datuk Awang Hashim said that…

GEORGE TOWN: The days of illegal street racers and their supporters getting away with a slap on the wrist look to be over. The racers could face a minimum fine of RM5,000 and jail time too from next year. The current minimum fine is a…

MERSING, Aug 9 — A senior citizen who was reported missing, was found dead after it is believed his vehicle skidded off a slippery road and plunged into a ravine at Kilometre 25, Jalan Kota Tinggi-Mersing here, this morning. Mersing…

PUTRAJAYA: The first group of foreign workers from Bangladesh has arrived and will be employed in the manufacturing sector, says Human Resources Minister Datuk Seri M. Saravanan. They arrived on Tuesday (Aug 9) morning. Saravanan,…

SHUTTLERS Pearly Tan-M. Thinaah turned heroes again. Malaysia’s anxious wait for their target-exceeding seventh gold was delivered emphatically by the world No. 10 women’s doubles pair Pearly-Thinaah in a fabulous fashion at the National…

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has lodged a report with the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) and the Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) on his personal Telegram and Signal accounts being…

KUALA LUMPUR: The abolition of the Primary School Achievement Test (UPSR) and the Form Three Assessment (PT3) tests in the national education system is being carried out to ensure that school-based assessment (PBS) can be implemented…

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 677 child daycare centres and 1,239 nurseries have yet to register with the welfare department (JKM), says deputy women, family and community development minister Siti Zailah Yusoff. She said the ministry has taken…

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 8 — DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang today called for a public inquiry headed by a judge or former judge to investigate the Malaysian police's alleged link to fake social media accounts as asserted by Meta, the parent company…

PETALING JAYA: A consumer group has urged the government to list the types of foreign products bought online that will incur sales tax under a proposed new rule next year. An amendment to the Sales Tax Act passed on Thursday calls for a…