Author: Bernama

ASEAN should co-produce content to capture larger market share

BANGKOK: ASEAN countries should co-produce content including movies and dramas in bid to capture a larger market share in the creative industry, said Communications and Multimedia Minister Tan Sri Annuar Musa.    With a combined population of over 600 million, he said ASEAN is a huge market compared to the individual market of the 10

Menora Tunnel: Bypass builder must comply with LLM conditions

IPOH: The private company appointed to build the proposed by-pass from Gopeng to Kuala Kangsar to reduce fatal accidents near Menora Tunnel must comply with the conditions of the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) before starting construction. Senior Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said among the conditions is conducting an impact assessment

Samirah, children freed of Cradle Fund CEO’s murder charge

SHAH ALAM: The High Court here today acquitted and discharged Samirah Muzaffar and two teenagers from the charge of murdering Cradle Fund chief executive officer Nazrin Hassan four years ago. Judge Ab Karim Ab Rahman made the decision after finding that the prosecution had failed to establish a prima facie case at the end

AUG 2022: Target to be announced by end of June

KUALA LUMPUR: The national contingent’s medal target for the 2022 ASEAN University Games (AUG) is expected to be announced later this month after the Malaysian Institutes of Higher Learning (IPT) Contingent Management Committee finishes analysing the final lists of the other countries’ contingents participating in the Games. The committee’s chairman

Payment system remains most targeted by phishing attempts

KUALA LUMPUR: The payment system remains most targeted by financial phishing attempts in Malaysia with March 2022 recording the highest detections of the threat at 41.09 per cent, Kaspersky said. The global cybersecurity company said February 2022 witnessed the cybercriminals eyeing to victimise users through banking, payment system and online

2 killed, 28 wounded in bazaar explosion in eastern Afghanistan

JALALABAD, Afghanistan: Two people were killed and 28 others, including a provincial health official, were wounded after a bomb explosion ripped through a district bazaar in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar today, a local official said. The incident occurred in Ghani Khil district in the morning and the wounded

Ministry to expand men’s wellness services nationwide

PUTRAJAYA: The wellness services for men will be expanded to Klinik Nur Sejahtera (KNS) of the National Population and Family Development Board (LPPKN) nationwide if the pilot project that is being implemented at the clinic in Dungun, Terengganu receives a good response, said Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk

Sime Darby Property garners RM637 mlm GDV sales bookings during Raya campaign

KUALA LUMPUR: Sime Darby Property Bhd (SDP) registered a total of RM637 million gross development value (GDV) worth of sales bookings during its ‘Raya Yang Dinantikan 2022’ campaign, which ran from April 15, 2022 to May 31, 2022. Group managing director Datuk Azmir Merican said the healthy sales bookings recorded

Villagers in Sibu demand dividends from Felcra plantation

SIBU: Villagers in the Sekuau resettlement scheme have demanded to be paid dividends from a federal land agency’s palm oil operations, and called for work on the plantation to be stopped. Village chairman Henry Kanyan Vincent Rawing said the federal government-owned Felcra Bhd had failed to pay dividends to 404

Biggest prison in Malaysia in 2027; accommodate 3,000 prisoners

KOTA BARU: The government will build a new and largest prison in Kelantan which is expected to be completed in 2027. Deputy secretary-general (Management) of the Home Ministry Datuk Mohd Sayuthi Bakar said the prison to be built in Ketereh, could accommodate 3,000 prisoners and the land acquisition process is