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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

Military equipment of the ground forces takes part in long-range live-fire drills targeting waters south of Taiwan, from an undisclosed location in this screenshot from a video released by the Eastern Theatre Command of China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) on December 30, 2025. — Eastern Theatre Command/Handout via Reuters
What You Think / 05 Jan 2026

If the US can, so can China — Hafiz Hassan

How can universities seize the semiconductor moment? Radical curriculum overhaul and specialisation is needed. Universities must rapidly develop specialised undergraduate and postgraduate programmes co-created with industry. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
What You Think / 04 Jan 2026

Why Malaysian universities must bridge the semiconductor skills chasm — Ahmad Ibrahim

A vehicle carries Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro after he and his wife Cilia Flores were captured overnight in Venezuela by US forces, at the Westside Heliport in New York City January 3, 2026. — Reuters pic
What You Think / 04 Jan 2026

Caracas’ upheaval in 2026 vastly different from Philippines in 1986: Zero impact on Manila’s Asean chairmanship — Phar Kim Beng

It is paramount for both the Federal and Sabah Governments to be transparent in their approach, lack of which the Sabahans may be disillusioned into believing that the annual special grant amount, especially the cumulative amount accrued over the period of 48 years from 1974 to 2021 often described as ‘the lost years’, is astronomical. — Bernama pic
What You Think / 04 Jan 2026

Sabah’s 40pc revenue entitlement: A constitutional quagmire? — Teo Chee Kang

Venezuela has resisted Washington’s long-standing claim to moral and strategic primacy over Latin America. It has refused to open its vast natural resources to Western extraction on Western terms. This combination of pictures shows US President Donald Trump and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. — AFP pic
What You Think / 03 Jan 2026

Peace, delivered by aircraft carrier — Abbi Kanthasamy

The future of education in Malaysia does not belong to machines. It belongs to students and educators who are equipped to think critically, act ethically, and engage confidently with AI. — Reuters pic
What You Think / 03 Jan 2026

Make AI literacy the essential ingredient of our education — Shazlin Niza Ab Razak

Perlis State Assembly Speaker Rus’sele Eizan during a press conference at Kompleks Seri Putra, Kangar, December 31, 2025. — Bernama pic
What You Think / 03 Jan 2026

Speakers must be persons of integrity and fiercely independent — Hafiz Hassan

Malaysia enters 2026 from a position of relative strength: a diversified economy, improving macroeconomic stability, and stronger regional standing. With discipline, policy consistency, and focus, growth can be sustained and made more meaningful. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
What You Think / 03 Jan 2026

Lessons from 2025, choices for 2026 — Tengku Zafrul Aziz

Malaysia is the only country that has jurisdiction over parts of The Straits of Malacca and South China Sea, a role almost analogous to two other littoral states such as Singapore and Indonesia. — Firdaus Latif pic
What You Think / 02 Jan 2026

Japan’s expanding OSA and why Asean has always needed it in the past and future — Phar Kim Beng

Kuala Lumpur residents have called for greater transparency and public participation in the city’s budgeting process to ensure more inclusive and sustainable urban development. — Picture by Yusof Isa
What You Think / 01 Jan 2026

Silence in the city budget must give way to shared decision-making for a more inclusive, sustainable Kuala Lumpur — Joshua Low

The author says halal should not be used as a tool to oppress or boycott without a solid foundation. — Picture by Firdaus Latif
What You Think / 01 Jan 2026

A wise approach in the cultivation of halal culture — Muhammad Ammar Harith Idris

Perlis State Assembly Speaker Rus’sele Eizan (seated, centre) at a press conference at Kompleks Seri Putra on December 31, 2025, after submitting an official letter to the Perlis Election Commission to withdraw the request for by-elections for three state seats. — Bernama pic
What You Think / 01 Jan 2026

Will there be legal challenges after Perlis Speaker’s flip flop? — Hafiz Hassan

The author says wisdom is knowing when to pause, and handling responsibility is shaped more by consistency than titles. — Unsplash pic
What You Think / 01 Jan 2026

Why I’m staying — Nahrizul Adib Kadri