Enduring personal ties between DAP’s Guan Eng and PAS’ Mat Sabu suggest that while their vocations are political, their lives are not dictated by it.

Political parties can only sign up voters in public places if they have permission from the local council.

The Kelantan government will hold special prayers on Friday to ask for rain following the prolonged dry spell in the country.

The son of previous prime minister Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi’s former private secretary, who is accused of possessing a hand grenade, was on Wednesday ordered to be placed at the Hospital Bahagia Ulu Kinta, Perak after he was found to be mentally unsound.

The Kedah government on Wednesday replaced two state executive councillors, one each from PAS and PKR, in its line-up of the 10-member state executive council sworn in for another year.

Music teacher Karen Khaw Phaik Ean, 36, was charged at the magistrate court for the murder of British man Andrew Michael Murchie, 46.

A top-ranked Southeast Asian militant wanted for planning the deadliest terrorist attack in Indonesia's history has been killed in a shootout with police at an Internet cafe, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono confirmed Wednesday.

The Puduraya bus terminal will be closed for four months from March 19.

Younger Malaysians (under 30) appear to be more loyal to their employer in an economic downturn compared with those who are older.

Asian Strategy & Leadership Institute (Asli) chief executive officer Datuk Dr Michael Yeoh will be Malaysia’s representative to the newly-established Asean High Level Task Force on Connectivity, it was announced Wednesday.

Penang Gerakan chief Teng Hock Nan has urged Umno and BN not to accept the Kulim Bandar Baru MP into its fold.

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Most the major dailies highlighted the announcement of plans to increase salaries and promotions for medical professionals and top teaching staff in the public sector.

Two Indian nationals, who had just arrived here two days ago to start work as salesmen, were burnt to death with two others during a fire that razed five double-storey shoplots in Masai here.

Three suspected members of a drug syndicate were detained by police during a midnight ambush which saw policemen firing several shots to prevent their escape.

The worsening problem of defective vehicles on the road can only be addressed if the Government sets up a mandatory Recall System and Recall Code of Practice to check the vehicles.

A new election law issued by Myanmar's ruling military has barred pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi from joining a political party and thus running in upcoming elections, state-run newspapers said Wednesday.

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Phang vowed that he would use the period between now and April 5 to continue to speak up on the issue and would be calling a press conference soon.

The Syariah High Court has fixed April 14 to rule on whether Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim can proceed with his application to have his former personal aide Mohd Saiful Bukhari Azlan, who had accused him of sodomy, charged with qazaf or criminal defamation.