Malaysia News

MONK NEEDING FRESH AIR OPENS PLANE'S EMERGENCY EXIT

Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

NEW DELHI, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- A Buddhist monk who opened the emergency exit of an airplane just before take off because he wanted some fresh air forced the plane to delay its flight for almost seven hours at Kolkata airport on Monday morning. More »

  • AUSSIE STUDENT IS WORLD CHESS CHAMPION

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    MELBOURNE, Nov 24 (Bernama) – A Melbourne student has become Australia's first world champion face-to-face chess player after winning the world under 12 title in Turkey.

  • EX-THAI PREMIER SAMAK DIES

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    BANGKOK, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- Former Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej, one of Thailand's most colourful politicians who lost his premiership because of his passion for cooking, died today at the age of 74.

  • ENSURE SUFFICIENT AID FOR NARGIS SURVIVORS, AMNESTY TELLS DONORS

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    BANGKOK, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- International donors meeting in Bangkok Wednesday should pressure the Myanmar authorities to end harassment of activists trying to help survivors of Cyclone Nargis, and ensure sufficient aid reaches those affected, Amnesty International said Tuesday.

  • NO IMPROVEMENT IN FLOOD SITUATION IN KELANTAN, 3,787 PEOPLE IN SHELTERS

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- There has been no improvement to the flood situation in Kelantan following there being no respite to the prevailing bad weather in the east coast.

  • IPC GENERAL ASSEMBLY FINISHES IN KUALA LUMPUR

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

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  • PARALYMPIC AWARDS WINNERS HONOURED IN KUALA LUMPUR

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

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  • BUSTAMAN'S INNOVATIVE CONTRAPTION TO COOK LEMANG

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    PASIR PUTEH, Nov 24 (Bernama) -- Cooking lemang the traditional way over open fire is a cumbersome process that calls for many helping hands.

  • PERKESO DOCTORS TO UNDERGO TRAINING ON OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- About 3,500 panel doctors under the Social Security Organisation (PERKESO) will undergo training for a year to enhance their knowledge on occupational health hazards, said Human Resource Minister Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam.

  • S'GOR GOVT CANNOT ANNOUNCE DETAILS ON BUKIT ANTARABANGSA TRAGEDY - MB

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- The Selangor government cannot announce the details of the report on the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide tragedy following its failure to get the secret classification on it chnaged by the Works Ministry.

  • RANTAU PANJANG COMES TO A STANDSTILL

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- The second wave of flooding in the east coast state of Kelantan has taken quite a heavy toll and caused the border town of Rantau Panjang to come to a standstill after most parts of it became submerged under two metres of water.

  • KTM TRAIN SERVICES TO EAST COAST DISRUPTED BY FLOODS

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- KTM Berhad today cancelled two scheduled train services from Kelantan as floods in Kelantan and Terengganu saw disruption in services to the East Coast.

  • DISTRIBUTION OF RICE SUBSIDY COUPONS POSTPONED

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- The government has decided to delay the distribution of rice subsidy coupons to revise and update data of recipients in the e-Kasih system, deputy minister of Agriculture and Agro Based Industry, Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim told the Dewan Rakyat.

  • TEE KEAT HAS NO QUALMS ABOUT MCA HOLDING FRESH POLLS, SAYS TI

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

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  • H1N1 SITUATION IN MALAYSIA STABLE, SAYS WHO DG

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    CYBERJAYA, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- The World Health Organisation (WHO) has described the Influenza A(H1N1) situation in Malaysia as stable compared to the situation in other countries in the northern hemisphere which are now facing a second wave of the pandemic.

  • SPECIAL TEAM TO CRACK CRIME CASES IN LABUAN

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    LABUAN, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- The police will set up a special team to crack crime cases on the island, said Labuan police chief Supt Saiman Kasran.

  • MAF MEDICAL TEAM BACK HOME AFTER CHALLENGING WESTERN SAHARA MISSION

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- "Hanging on to dear life" was how members of the Malaysian Medical Unit (MMU) 7 described their six-month tour of duty with the United Nations (UN) in Western Sahara.

  • INSTITUTION OF RULERS IMPORTANT AS POWER STABILISERS

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    SHAH ALAM, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- The sovereignty of the institution of royal rulers in Malaysia should be preserved as it plays an important role as a power stabiliser.

  • FLOOD SITUATION WORSENS, MORE EVACUATED IN KELANTAN, PERAK

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- The flood situation in Kelantan and Perak worsened, forcing 4,143 victims from the two states to be evacuated as at 5pm today.

  • DUBAI METRO BREAKS 3 MLN PASSENGER-BARRIER IN TWO MONTHS

    Bernama - Tuesday, November 24

    DUBAI, Nov 23 (Bernama) -- The Dubai Metro transported 3.49 million passengers in the two months since it started its Red Line network on Sept 9.

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