The top U.S. envoy to the U.N. will reaffirm America’s “ironclad” security partnership with South Korea and its openness to “unconditional” dialogue with North Korea during her visit to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas next week,…
Day: April 13, 2024
TRAFFIC ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS HEADING TOWARDS KLANG VALLEY CONGESTED
KUALA LUMPUR, Traffic on major highways heading towards the Klang Valley was congested tonight, with many city folks returning from their hometowns after the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holidays.
A Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) spokesman said that, as o…
LITTLE INDIA CENTRE OF CHITTIRAI PUTHANDU AND VISHU PREPARATIONS, AS VAISAKHI FESTIVITIES IN FULL SWING
GEORGE TOWN, Festivities are in full swing in most of Penang’s gurdwara for Vaisakhi today, which is celebrated by Sikhs commemorating the spring harvest festival and the birth of the Khalsa order by the tenth Guru of Sikhs, Guru Gobind Singh Ji.
Sim…
AEON BIG, SUPPLIER CLARIFY PRODUCT INCORRECTLY LABELLED AS ‘DOORMAT’ IS MINI PRAYER MAT
KUALA LUMPUR, A product with a design depicting the ‘Kaaba’ that was seized by the Johor Islamic Religious Department (JAINJ) at a supermarket in Batu Pahat on Tuesday, is meant for use as a mini ‘sejadah’, or prayer mat.
AEON BiG (M) Sdn Bhd (‘AEON …
MOTHER AND SON DIE IN BANDAR BAHARU CRASH
ALOR SETAR, An elderly woman and her son died in an accident on Jalan Permatang Kerat Telunjuk near Bandar Baharu last night.
Bandar Baharu District police chief, DSP Azmi Mokhtar, stated that both victims, aged 85 and 55 died at the scene of the acc…
CONTRACTORS WHO DELAY COMPLETION OF RUMAH MESRA SMJ WILL BE BLACKLISTED – JOACHIM
KOTA KINABALU, The Sabah state government will blacklist contractors who delay the completion of Rumah Mesra Sabah Maju Jaya (SMJ), said Sabah Deputy Chief Minister ll Datuk Seri Joachim Gunsalam.
Joachim said such action was necessary because the st…
DBKK CRITICISES PUBLIC APATHY AFTER 200KG RUBBISH CLEAN UP DURING AIDILFITRI
KOTA KINABALU, The Kota Kinabalu City Hall (DBKK) criticised the public’s apathy after it was forced to collect a whopping 200 kilogrammes of rubbish irresponsibly strewn across public areas of the city during the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holiday.
In a s…
JAINJ SEIZES 11 FLOORMATS BEARING KAABAH IMAGES
BATU PAHAT, Johor State Islamic Religious Affairs Department (JAINJ) seized 11 floormats bearing the images of the Kaabah from a supermarket in the district on Tuesday.
State Islamic Religious Affairs Committee chairman Mohd Fared Mohd Khalid said th…