KUALA LUMPUR: The gruesome murder of Batu Talam (Pahang) state assemblyman Datuk Mazlan Idris between July 2 and 3, 1993, was among Malaysia's most heinous crimes of the decade. His disappearance, ...

JOHOR BARU: The unemployment situation among graduates has grown from a matter of gnawing concern to an issue that leaves furrows in the brows of education planners. Our 21 public-sector universities ...

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia's national debt including liabilities has reached RM1.5 trillion and should be addressed urgently, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said. This was already more than 80 per ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Online scam cases in Malaysia are on an upward trend, according to police statistics. Inspector-General of Police Tan Sri Acryl Sani Abdullah Sani said the cases involved online sales ...

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of vehicles in the country has overtaken the human population, with an increase of at least a million vehicles annually since 2019. Last year, there were 33.3 million ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians suffered losses amounting to about RM2.23 billion from cyber-crime frauds since 2017. According to statistics from the police, a total 67,552 cyber-crime cases were reported ...

LETTER: About 84,805 Malaysians were declared bankrupt between 2015 and 2019. Based on the figure provided by the Insolvency Department, people below the age of 34 made up 26 per cent of the ...

The cartel's years of operations means it has a solid system to ensure the products — from the slaughterhouses until they leave the ports for the markets — escape official scrutiny. Sources speaking ...

Late last month, Jaya Grocer's founder, the Teng family, reportedly had bought back its entire stake in Jaya Grocer from AIGF Advisors Pte Ltd. AIGF had said that its investment in Jaya Grocer back in ...

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian employees lose 67 days a year to absenteeism or presenteeism due to poor health and fitness. Presenteeism is when an employee works while sick, causing productivity loss, poor ...

LETTERS: I read with great interest the article entitled "Malaysia a top destination for fertility treatment" last Thursday in the New Straits Times. With many countries reopening their borders as the ...

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia's landfills are filling to capacity, putting the country in danger of running out of space for the disposal of solid waste by 2050. With an average of about 38,000 metric tonnes of ...