Newsinbrief

Malaysia's biggest telecommunication operator Telekom Malaysia (TM) has started moves to list its partly-owned mobile operator Spice Communications on India's stock exchange.

Malaysian conglomerate Sime Darby Berhad today said its net profit for the six months to December 2006 surged 87 percent to RM887.3 million.

Malaysia plans to attract a third more visitors from Sri Lanka this year as part of their nationwide events to celebrate 50 years of independence.

The attacker hacked off the victim's left hand, picked it up and fled on a motorcycle, leaving shocked onlookers to retrieve the other severed fingers.

Putera Umno wants Mat Rempits to help fight crime and plans to reward them if they do so.

A court has ruled that a man who converted to Islam and then took two Muslim wives must financially support the Hindu ex-wife he left behind.

The meeting of the council of the Parliamentary Union of OIC Member States will bring together 170 representatives from 36 of the grouping's 57 members in Kuala Lumpur.

The Kuala Lumpur High Court has put off hearing a civil suit filed to prevent the government from demolishing Hindu temples nationwide.

Home Minister Radzi Sheikh Ahmad said rewarding people just for applying for the new cards was a foolish move.

Malaysia Airlines says it is worried over an opening up of the lucrative Kuala Lumpur to Singapore route it dominates with Singapore Airlines.

Aimed at ensuring high standards in toilet design, cleanliness, maintenance and sanitation, the courses could be rolled out within two or three years.

The issue is part of the Manila-based lender's objectives to help develop the debt market in Asia.

The electronics maker said the new plant - its third producing glass platters after two in Japan - will begin operations in January next year in Malacca.

Malaysia says it will discuss liberalising the lucrative Kuala Lumpur-Singapore air route for budget airlines at a regional transport ministers' meeting in Bangkok this week.

Malaysia's coast guard is to step up air and sea patrols of the piracy-prone Malacca Strait and increase its staff by thousands.

TowerBrook Capital Partners paid 185 million pounds for the brand, favoured by stars like singers Madonna and Beyonce Knowles.

Gamuda will partner Vietnamese state-owned Mechanical Engineering Services LLC to develop the the Yenso Park project.

People who try to borrow money from loan sharks would be prosecuted under proposals floated by police.