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Kuala Lumpur Traffic Investigation and Enforcement Department (JSPT) chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Zamzuri Mohd Isa conducts an inspection during Op Selamat 25 for Chinese New Year 2026 at Jalan Raja Laut in Kuala Lumpur on February 15, 2026. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

Rider’s leg severed in early morning KL crash, Honda City driver arrested

The Ministry of Health (MOH) no longer permits the sale of two cosmetic products, Glowing Nite Treatment and Glowing Herbal Treatment, which have been found to contain scheduled poisons. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 13 h ago

Toxic beauty: MOH bans two cosmetic products over mercury and other poisons

The Harumanis mango, a rare seasonal fruit that’s sweet, creamy, and fragrant. — Picture via Facebook/Harumanis Perlis
Life  / 17 h ago

Harumanis: The ‘Musang King of mangoes’ — taste, origin and why now is the time to buy

Tour buses around Kuala Lumpur June 21, 2024. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

We can’t pass on rising costs: Malaysia’s tourism industry pleads for urgent govt aid, subsidies

Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim acknowledged today that many of Malaysia’s poorest and most marginalised still lack meaningful access to justice, a gap his government aims to bridge. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Anwar admits justice still out of reach for many, vows reforms to close gap

File picture of a man working from the comfort of home during phase three of the movement control order in Shah Alam April 15, 2020. Civil servants in the federal territories, Selangor, and state capitals with commutes over eight kilometres can start working from home from April 15. — Picture by Miera Zulyana
Malaysia  / 10 h ago

WFH for civil servants: Those in FT, Selangor, state capitals with commutes over 8km eligible from April 15

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Tan Sri Azam Baki today declined to comment on recent reports by Bloomberg. — Picture by Choo Choy May
Malaysia  / 18 h ago

Azam stays tight-lipped on Bloomberg report: ‘I don’t want to comment’

Deputy Prime Minister and Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi delivers a speech during the ministry’s monthly assembly in Putrajaya on April 2, 2026. — Bernama pic
Malaysia  / 17 h ago

Ahmad Zahid: Stop blaming government for fuel prices, Malaysia in ‘crisis preparation mode’

US President Donald Trump delivers an address to the nation about the Iran war at the White House in Washington, D.C. April 1, 2026. — Alex Brandon/Pool/Reuters pic
World  / 17 h ago

Trump vows to bomb Iran ‘back to the Stone Ages’ in prime‑time speech, but gives no timeline to end war

A general view shows the new highway linking Nilai, Labu, and Bandar Enstek in Nilai on April 2, 2026. — Picture by Yusof Isa
Malaysia  / 14 h ago

What is Malaysia Vision Valley 2.0? Inside Negeri Sembilan’s six-zone economic mega-project

An Israeli man carries belongings at the site of a damaged residential building, after Iran launched missiles towards Israel, amid the US-Israel conflict with Iran, in Bnei Brak, Israel April 1, 2026. — Reuters pic
World  / 15 h ago

Iran fires missiles at Israel after Trump vows ‘Stone Ages’ strikes

President Donald Trump arrives from the Blue Room to speak about the Iran war from the Cross Hall of the White House on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, in Washington. — Alex Brandon/Pool/Reuters pic
Money  / 16 h ago

Hopes dim for swift end to Iran war as markets roil after Trump speech, oil spikes

File picture of Perdana Putra building, which houses the Prime Minister’s Office, in Putrajaya on March 3, 2025. nergy controls in government buildings will be tightened, including setting air-conditioning temperatures at no lower than 24°Celsius, following the global energy crisis, Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof said. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Malaysia  / 12 h ago

Global energy crisis: Putrajaya to cap air-conditioning at offices to 24°C, tighten energy use in govt buildings, says DPM Fadillah

Police officers look at a building of the North Sumatra's National Sports Committee of Indonesia (KONI) damaged following a severe 7.4-magnitude offshore quake in Manado, North Sulawesi on April 2, 2026. A tsunami alert following a 7.4-magnitude earthquake off Indonesia today has now been lifted, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre said. — AFP pic
World  / 16 h ago

Indonesia quake damages buildings; tsunami alerts lifted as disaster agency warns of aftershocks

(From left) Malaysia Aviation Group President and Group Chief Executive Officer Capt. Nasaruddin A. Bakar and Chief Financial Officer Boo Hui Yee at the MAG 2025 financial performance announcement in Kuala Lumpur, April 2, 2026. — Picture by Raymond Manuel
Money  / 16 h ago

Malaysia Aviation Group profit more than doubles to RM137m as recovery strengthens amid cost discipline, travel demand

The authors argue that the Gig Workers Bill 2025 embeds Responsible Business Conduct principles into law by protecting gig workers while preserving labour flexibility. — Unsplash pic
What You Think / 19 Jan 2026

The Gig Workers Bill 2025 reshapes Malaysia’s labour law — Nurhidayah Abdullah and Muhammad Aiman Mohd Ismail

This photograph taken on March 6, 2025 shows the member nation flags including the US (centre) and British flags and the Nato Star sculpture, on display in the Cour d'Honneur of the The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (Nato) headquarters, in Brussels. — AFP pic
What You Think / 19 Jan 2026

Trans-Atlantic relations will rupture from use of the trade bazooka — Phar Kim Beng

Despite proposals from the Indian Law Commission in the early 1990s, the Indian Parliament did not act until the turn of the new millennium to reform the law on arrest when Section 41 of the Indian Criminal Procedure Code (CPC) in its present form came to be enacted. — iStock pic
What You Think / 19 Jan 2026

Isn’t it time to reform the law on arrest? — Hafiz Hassan

The author says disagreement is not a crime, adding that arrests over speech risk undermining Malaysia’s democratic culture. — Unsplash pic
What You Think / 18 Jan 2026

Disagree with the views, yes. Arrest, no. — Khoo Ying Hooi

The author says Asean and Indo-Pacific nations focus on stability and strategic clarity amid growing European political anxieties over the Arctic. — Picture by Firdaus Latif.
What You Think / 18 Jan 2026

Indo-Pacific and Asean discourse must not be hijacked by European Union’s insecurities — Phar Kim Beng

The gateway into Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA), was designed by the late Japanese architect Dr Kisho Kurokawa, one of the most influential architects of the 20th century. — Picture courtesy of Malaysia Airports
What You Think / 18 Jan 2026

KLIA, our grand welcome to the world — Zuraini Md Ali and Michael Patrice Sebastien Gibert

Freedom of speech in Malaysia has limits: the law draws the line where words risk promoting hostility. — Unsplash pic
What You Think / 18 Jan 2026

Speak your mind, but mind your words — Hafiz Hassan

To arrest a journalist for a question, however poorly framed, is to chill press freedom itself. — Reuters pic
What You Think / 17 Jan 2026

Statement on the arrest of journalist Rex Tan — PEN Malaysia

Trump’s attempt signals an effort by an elected executive to discipline, intimidate, or delegitimise an independent central bank. — Reuters pic
What You Think / 17 Jan 2026

Understanding an important but late comer to central banking in the United States — Phar Kim Beng PhD 

The author argues that María Corina Machado’s decision to gift her Nobel medal to Donald Trump exposes how the Nobel Peace Prize has drifted from moral gravitas to geopolitical theatre — a symbol now so diluted that it can be repurposed as a prop in power politics rather than a testament to peace. — AFP pic
What You Think / 17 Jan 2026

When soft power became slapstick: The Nobel medal that became a prop — Che Ran 

In Singapore, where DPA has also been legislated, DPA cannot similarly apply to an individual. — Pexels pic
What You Think / 17 Jan 2026

DPA: Hold your fire! — Hafiz Hassan

Children arrive at SRJK (C) Sam Tet in Ipoh to start school on October 27, 2017. — Picture by Farhan Najib
What You Think / 16 Jan 2026

When diversity in schools becomes normal, not news — Ng Kor Sim

A moneychanger holds stacks of Indonesian rupiah notes in Jakarta on August 29, 2013. — Reuters pic
What You Think / 16 Jan 2026

Nothing to fear, even with a weakening rupiah — Phar Kim Beng

The logo of Malaysian energy group Petronas is displayed at a booth during the LNG 2023 energy trade show in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada on July 12, 2023. — Reuters pic
What You Think / 16 Jan 2026

Petronas’ move is mandated by the Federal Constitution — Hafiz Hassan

Chief Justice Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh speaks during a press conference following the Opening of the Legal Year 2026 at the Malaysia International Trade and Exhibition Centre in Kuala Lumpur on January 12, 2026. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
What You Think / 15 Jan 2026

For a purposeful reform in the next decade, the judiciary must make the Judicial Blueprint happen — Hafiz Hassan

BYD electric cars for export wait for loading onto a ship at a port in Yantai, Shandong province, China on April 18, 2024. — AFP pic
What You Think / 15 Jan 2026

The shifting sands of global power — Ahmad Ibrahim