Newsinbrief

The government today declared Monday, Oct 23 a public holiday for civil servants so that they can enjoy an unbroken five-day break.

The Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ - the world's largest bank by assets - will break into Islamic finance by tying up with Malaysia's largest banking group.

Loss-making national carrier Malaysia Airlines expressed disappointment at further delays in deliveries of its Airbus A380 super-jumbos but said they will not hurt its recovery plan.

Malaysia Airlines today said it will resume flights to Lebanon that were suspended during Israel's military offensive there, due to high demand for the service.

The two carriers last month inked the pact which allows Malaysia Airlines to market seats on Gulf Air flights between Kuala Lumpur and the Middle East destinations of Bahrain and Oman.

Malaysia will deploy 360 peacekeepers to southern Lebanon in October to join the United Nations force there, deputy prime minister Najib Razak said today.

Setiawan, who was posted at the Indonesian mission in Penang, had authorised an illegal increase in issuing passports from RM120 to RM140.

The government said it did not face the threat of tsunami following the strong earthquake that struck off the Pacific island of Samoa.

Malaysia's Genting International will build a Universal Studios theme park for more than one-billion US dollars if it wins the bid for Singapore's second casino licence.

Malaysia will use satellite technology to fight illegal logging and forest fires nationwide in a bid to protect the country's dwindling timber resources.

A former Cambodian police chief who fled murder charges in his home country may seek asylum in Malaysia, where he is believed to be ensconced

DAP secretary-general Lim Guan Eng challenged Gerakan president Lim Keng Yaik for a open debate on the statement of Singapore mentor minister Lee Kuan Yew.

Thai AirAsia, a subsidiary of Malaysia-based budget carrier AirAsia, will open direct flights between Hanoi and Kuala Lumpur next month.

The models are the new Esprit, a mid-range Lotus model and a Lotus/Proton high-performance vehicle.

The head of Malaysia's police force today said that authorities are still searching for a former Phnom Penh police chief who fled murder charges in Cambodia, and is believed to be in Malaysia

The application was adjourned to allow the original panel of judges to continue hearing the case.

The trial of two labour activists was postponed yet again today by the Kuala Lumpur magistrate's court.

Visiting Malaysian King Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin and his wife met with survivors of the 1995 massacre of 8,000 Bosnian Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica.

With Iran providing the real estate, Malaysia brings the total investment and engineering works.

Agung Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin, attended Friday prayers in a Sarajevo mosque at the start of a private three-day visit to the Balkan country.

A Malaysian government fisheries official and three Thai Muslims have been gunned down by suspected Islamic militants in southern Thailand.

Residents of Damansara Damai claim upgrading works to the main road that connects Kepong to Sungai Buloh are nowhere near completion despite claims that they would be open for use this month.

The government is spending RM1.27 million per day for the living cost of prisoners nationwide, says Deputy Internal Security Minister Fu Ah Kiow.