Новости за 08.04.2024

KUALA LUMPUR: The Green Electricity Tariff (GET) programme will be continued this year with a quota offer of 6,600 gigawatt hours (GWh) at a premium rate of 10 sen per kilowatt-hour (kWh) for low voltage users and 20 sen per kWh for medium and high-voltage users.

KUANTAN: Yayasan Petronas, the corporate social responsibility arm of the national oil and gas company, has reached out to 4,900 needy families across the country this year to spread the festive joy under its Uplifting Lives Hari Raya Aidilfitri programme.

PUTRAJAYA: The federal government disbursed 'wang ihsan’ (goodwill grants) amounting to RM172.3 million to the Terengganu government and RM58.6 million to Kelantan last week to finance the state governments’ emolument commitments.

SYDNEY: Israel is yet to provide a satisfactory explanation for the death of seven aid workers last week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said today as Australia appointed a senior former military official to study Israel’s inquiry into the incident.

KUALA LUMPUR: Two drivers’ hot tempered behaviour and unwillingness to give way to each other led to a traffic accident along KM 49.4 of the Kuala Lumpur - Karak Highway at 10.15am yesterday.

JOHOR BARU: Police apprehended seven individuals suspected to be ‘henchmen’ of Ah Longs, including a woman.

KUALA LUMPUR: Sarawak Consolidated Industries Bhd's (SCIB) unit, SCIB Industrialised Building System Sdn Bhd (SIBS), has secured a revised contract worth RM162 million for the Perumahan Rakyat 1 Malaysia (PR1MA) Fasa 1 project in Kubang Kerian, Kota Bahru, Kelantan.

KUALA LUMPUR: World Champion Natasha Roslan is not only great in the bowling lanes but also at producing quality festive cookies.

KUALA LUMPUR: Awanbiru Technology Bhd (Awantec) said it applied for a waiver from having to submit its regularisation plan and for an upliftment of its classification as an affected listed issuer today.

MUAR: A part-time football coach was charged at the magistrate’s court with committing sexual abuse against three male students of a secondary school here, in February.

KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia closed higher on Friday, in tandem with the positive performance across the region.   

KUALA LUMPUR: Local all-girl pop quartet Dolla is down to three members now, following Noor Syasya Afiqah Shahrizal's decision to withdraw for personal reasons.

PUTRAJAYA: The number of Covid-19 cases dropped by 97.1 per cent to 493 cases in the 14th Epidemiological Week (EW 14/2024) from March 31-April 6 compared to 17,256 cases in EW 1/2024.

KUALA LUMPUR: The competition heated up in the second week of Mobile Legends: Bang Bang Professional League (MPL) Malaysia last week with King Empire Esports moving into the driver’s seat over the weekend.

IPOH : The driver of a Toyota Innova multi-purpose vehicle (MPV) who sustained severe injuries in an accident that claimed the lives of a married couple at KM51.3, Gerik-Jeli East-West Highway (JRTB), near Gerik, yesterday, has passed away.

KOTA KINABALU: Parti Bersatu Sabah leaders have given a positive response to president Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili’s decision to go on leave from June 1.

GERIK: The father of the woman who was killed with her husband in an accident at Kilometre 51.3 on the East-West Highway, here, yesterday, noticed a change in behaviour before their untimely death ahead of Hari Raya.

KUALA LUMPUR: TNG Digital Sdn Bhd (TNGD) will charge a one per cent conversion fee on overseas transactions made via its Touch ‘n Go e-wallet platform from April 25.

KUALA LUMPUR: UOB global economics and market research expects Malaysia’s labour market conditions to stay stable at “technically full employment” after February 2024’s unemployment rate stayed at 3.3 per cent.

KUALA LUMPUR: Missing the opportunity to qualify for the Paris Olympics is not the end of the world for independent men's pair Ong Yew Sin-Teo Ee Yi.

SINGAPORE/MANILA: Philippine real estate firm DoubleDragon on Monday said subsidiary Hotel101 Global will list on the Nasdaq in the United States via a merger with special purpose acquisition company JVSPAC Acquisition Corp.

KUALA LUMPUR: Despite mixed results in friendlies, national youth coach Juan Garrido believes his team are on the right track for the Under-23 Asian Cup in Doha next week.

KUALA LUMPUR: The controversy surrounding the shoe logo with an alleged ‘Allah’ inscription serves as a valuable lesson for Vern’s Holding Sdn Bhd to exercise greater caution moving forward, said its founder Ng Chuan Hoo.

PUTRAJAYA: The Federal Court has set May 14 to hear former Attorney-General (AG), Tan Sri Mohamad Apandi Ali’s application, to obtain leave to pursue his appeal against the Court of Appeal’s decision in dismissing his RM10 million defamation lawsuit against DAP veteran, Tan Sri Lim Kit Siang.

KUALA LUMPUR: Ng Eain Yow's victory at the German Open will boost his confidence and help him achieve greater things in the sport.