New Aussie lawmakers meet, including first Muslim lawmaker
CANBERRA, Australia: Among the newly elected legislators congregating for the first time Thursday at...

Hari Raya Aidilfitri falls on Friday
KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): Muslims in Malaysia will celebrate Aidilfitri on Friday, said Keeper of the ...

Higher rank, better pay for state police chiefs
State police chiefs will have their ranks upgraded to commissioners and their pay increased followin...

Security guard charged with murders of 2 colleagues
The security guard, who shot dead his two colleagues at the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital here, has...

Bukit Antarabangsa landslide victims sue developer, Syabas for negligence
Three families involved in the Bukit Antarabangsa landslide tragedy in December, 2008, has filed a n...

Rice apologizes for Twitter slur
SYDNEY (AP): Triple Olympic swimming gold medalist Stephanie Rice made a tearful apology Wednesday f...

Family cursed and spat on by neighbours
A FAMILY of three have to enter their house through the kitchen door at the back instead of the fron...

Mum blames hospital for causing son’s death
A housewife is claiming that her son died due to lack of medical attention, Tamil Nesan reported....

Penang wildlife dept boss transferred
PETALING JAYA: Natural Re­­sources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embas said hi...

Religious obligation
PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak paid the “zakat fitrah” (personal tithe) fo...

Timber thieves ‘observe’ prayer time
A SYNDICATE in Raub would wait until residents performed terawih prayers before stealing timber, rep...

Family performs ritual to appease bad spirits
A FAMILY of five believes they are cursed by bad spirits following a holiday cruise to Singapore a f...

NZ economy facing hit from major earthquake impact
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: New Zealand's prime minister warned Monday that the country's economic re...

Oil slips to near US$74 in Asia Monday
SINGAPORE: Oil prices slipped to near US$74 a barrel Monday in Asia as a stubbornly high U.S. unempl...

Indonesian FM to meet Anifah on bilateral issues
KUALA LUMPUR: Indonesian Foreign Minister Dr Marty Natalegawa is scheduled to begin a two-day visit ...

Pop queen slammed over diva attitude
TAIWANESE pop queen Jolin Tsai has been criticised for her diva-like attitude, major Chinese dailies...

Upin and Ipin can help ease tensions
POPULAR Malay cartoon characters Upin and Ipin may prove to be the best “ambassadors” yet to res...

‘Guests’ issue threat before leaving with valuables
A GROUP of armed men entered the home of Makkal Sakthi factional leader A. Vethamurthy in Ipoh and t...

Minister: Send out saman ekor fast
LUMUT: Transport Minister Datuk Seri Kong Cho Ha wants the police to ensure that all saman ekor (pos...

Kelantan’s gold dinar sold out
PETALING JAYA: Kelantan’s gold dinar that was recently introduced has been sold out with most peop...

Bookfest opens today at KLCC
KUALA LUMPUR: South-East Asia’s largest book fair, BookFest @ Malaysia opens today at the KLCC Con...

MB office gets memo over blog allegations
SHAH ALAM: The DAP Socialist Youth (Dapsy) has submitted a memorandum to the Selangor Mentri Besar�...

Bogus cop forces boy to have sex with him
DRIVEN by his ravenous sexual appetite, a man posed as a police officer to intimidate a 15-year-old ...

Gang trying to recruit students as members
A GANG has been trying to recruit members from a secondary school in Pandan Mewah, reported China Pr...

Police reveal how they nabbed Soosai in Chennai
TAMIL newspapers continued to highlight the detention of wanted Malaysian criminal Michael Soosai in...

ARReit expects to grow assets to RM1.8bil next year
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's fourth largest Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT), Amanah Raya Real Estate...

Kuwait Finance House offers Hajj, Umrah financing
KUALA LUMPUR: Kuwait Finance House (Malaysia) Bhd (KFHMB) has launched a personal financing product ...

Canadian Bombardier reports weaker Q2 profits
TORONTO: Bombardier Inc., the world's third-largest maker of civilian commercial aircraft, reported ...

US markets start September with a bang; Dow up 255
NEW YORK: The fear that has been hanging over markets for most of August lifted on Wednesday. For ho...

UPSR exams from Sept 21 - 23
PETALING JAYA: The Ujian Pencapaian Sekolah Rendah (UPSR) examinations will be held from Sept 21 to ...

Careful of Celebrity News in Your Mail, It Could Be Virus
Love juicy celebrities’ news till the extent you want them to be delivered directly into your ...

Amazon trying to offer subscription TV, movies
LOS ANGELES: Amazon.com Inc. is talking with major media companies about offering unlimited views of...

Aussie economy grows at fastest pace in 3 years
CANBERRA: Australia's economy grew at its fastest pace in three years in the second quarter as deman...

US scientist accused of stealing trade secrets worth US$300mil
INDIANAPOLIS: A former Indiana scientist accused of illegally sending trade secrets worth US$300 mil...

Aussie PM rules out farm tariffs to form Govt
CANBERRA, Australia: Prime Minister Julia Gillard ruled out introducing tariffs to protect Australia...

School bans postings on social networking sites
SMK Confucian has banned its students from posting any statement about the school and its teachers o...

Norman and Memey to get engaged
CELEBRITY couple Norman Hakim and Memey will be getting engaged on the fourth day of Hari Raya, repo...

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Nurul Izzah applies to publish newspaper
PETALING JAYA: Lembah Pantai MP Nurul Izzah Anwar has submitted her application to publish Utusan Ra...

6,000 flags for road users
KUALA TERENGGANU: The Te­­rengganu Information Department is distributing about 6,000 Jalur Gemila...

Karyawan meeting turns violent
A MEETING organised by Karyawan, a group representing local entertainment artistes, turned chaotic w...

Rais: Locally produced non-BM movies can enjoy tax rebate
LOCALLY produced English, Tamil or Mandarin movies with good content should be classified as local m...

Oil price falls on crude demand uncertainty
NEW YORK: Oil prices fell with the stock market Monday after the Commerce Department said consumer s...

Sumatran volcano erupts agains
JAKARTA: Mount Sinabang in Sumatra erupted again Monday, spewing smoke over 2,000m high and promptin...

French 'Spiderman' arrested after climbing Sydney building
SYDNEY: French stuntman Alain Robert has been taken into police custody after climbing up the outsid...

China's PM says Japanese companies' wages too low
BEIJING: Premier Wen Jiabao told a visiting Japanese delegation Sunday that Japanese companies opera...

Iraq says it may abide by OPEC quotas in 2-3 years
BAGHDAD: Iraq's oil minister said Sunday that Baghdad will consider abiding by OPEC quotas once its ...

Survey: The Star Online is the most visited local news brand with 788,000 visitors
PETALING JAYA: The Star Online is the most visited local news brand in a recent media survey conduct...

N-Day to showcase fighting spirit
KUALA LUMPUR: The National Day celebration tomorrow will showcase the ability and fighting spirit of...

Electricity for 90% of Tuaran by 2015
KOTA KINABALU: Tuaran Member of Parliament Datuk Wilfred Bumburing recently said that as a result of...

Largest gathering of Telegus
KUALA LUMPUR: The Telugu Association of Malaysia (TAM) is organising what is billed as the largest g...

Audit report on schools ready
BELURAN: An audit report is to be tabled at the post-Cabinet meeting of the Education Ministry on We...

Illegal moneylenders using 1Malaysia concept
ILLEGAL moneylenders are using the 1Malaysia concept to gain people’s trust to take up loans, acco...

Pakistan embroiled in match-fixing allegations
LONDON: Pakistan’s embattled cricket team were embroiled in allegations of match-fixing on Sunday ...

Bernanke: Recovery softer, US Fed ready to act
WYOMING: US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said on Friday the economic recovery has weakened ...

BHP plays down higher than US$39bil Potash bid
MELBOURNE: Global miner BHP Billiton yesterday played down any chance of raising its US$39bil bid fo...

Aussie firms urged to get ready for opportunities from FTA
MELBOURNE: Australian companies and investors have been advised to get ready to grab business opport...

US economy may be stalling and Fed's top tool may be power of persuasion
WASHINGTON: The U.S. economy appears to be stalling. Yet the Federal Reserve has run out of simple s...

NY agency approves US$1bil financing deal on 2 WTC towers
NEW YORK: The owners of the World Trade Center site formally approved a deal Thursday to help back a...

Scarcity of jobs in US puts more at risk of foreclosure
WASHINGTON: The jobs crisis is putting more Americans at risk of losing their homes....

104-years-old 1st head of Asian Development Bank dies
MANILA: Takeshi Watanabe, the first president of the Asian Development Bank, has died in his native ...

Cops confiscated my book, says writer Kim Quek
KUALA LUMPUR: A writer has claimed that police raided several bookstores around the country and seiz...

Teen raped by motorist who knocked her down
A 14-YEAR-OLD girl cycling home after school in Changkat Jong was knocked down by a motorist and rap...

Oil rises above US$73 amid dollar weakness
NEW YORK: Oil prices rose for a second day Thursday after six straight days of declines, as the doll...

Telco: '1Gbps is “speed that you can hardly fathom ... it is like having a billion dollars.’’
TAN Sri Syed Yusof Syed Nasir’s entry into the telecoms sector raised some eyebrows recently....

Tourism body: Don’t visit the Philippines
MALAYSIAN tourists have been urged not to travel to the Philippines for the time being following Mon...

Oil settles higher after six days of declines
NEW YORK: Oil prices settled higher on Wednesday, coming back from earlier lows that followed report...

PAS proposes ‘suspended marriages’ to stop baby-dumping
YOUNG Muslim couples can get married through a system of nikah khitbah – which accords them the st...

Oil prices sink as more weak economy data roll in
NEW YORK: Oil prices sank again on Tuesday after a disappointing report on U.S. home sales underline...

Sibu floods: More schools reopen as floods recede
SIBU: More schools reopened Tuesday as flood waters in the district receded further and more roads b...

Anti-Counterfeiting trade accord set to be signed Sept
TOKYO: The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is likely to be signed here in September, at a vice-m...

Big investors moving away from stocks into gold and bonds
NEW YORK: The smart money has moved away from stocks. So is the era of stock investing over?...

CAP calls for handphone ban in temples
CONSUMER’S Association of Penang has called for a ban of handphones in temples, reported Malaysia ...

Newspaper editor claims receiving death threat
KUALA LUMPUR: M.S. Maryanandy, the editor-in-chief of the Tamil daily, Malaysia Nanban, lodged a pol...

Azizan is Tourism Malaysia acting D-G
KUALA LUMPUR: Tourism Malaysia deputy director-general (planning) Azizan Noordin has been appointed ...

Mother threatens suicide over custody of kids
A 33-year-old mother has threatened to commit suicide if her three children are not retur­ned to he...

Jay Chou blows RM4.6mil in Singapore casino in two days
TAIWANESE pop star Jay Chou lost nearly S$2mil (RM4.6mil) at a casino in Singapore, Nanyang Siang Pa...

Shoppers hurt as ceiling comes crashing down
SEVERAL shoppers were hurt when the ceiling of a crowded shopping centre in Jalan Chow Kit collapsed...

Plant growth declines as warming causes drought
WASHINGTON: Plant growth that had been spurred by global warming has reversed, despite temperatures ...

One falcon egg fetches US$11,000; man jailed for smuggling 14 eggs
LONDON: A former special forces soldier was jailed Thursday for attempting to sneak out of Britain w...

Fund manager finds plenty of virtue in sin stocks
BOSTON: So much for virtue. Sin is in. That's according to a mutual fund manager who's finding plent...

Gap's Q2 net income rises 3%
NEW YORK: Gap Inc. eked out a 3 percent increase in second-quarter net income as rising sales at its...

Landing gear problem with space tourism jet
MOJAVE, California: The left main landing gear on Virgin Galactic's space tourism jet collapsed as i...

BP accused of withholding 'critical' spill data
WASHINGTON: The company that owned the oil rig that exploded in the Gulf of Mexico is accusing BP of...

Report: FAA set to hit American Airlines with huge penalty
FORT WORTH, Texas: A published report says federal officials are ready to hit American Airlines with...

Sharifah Aini and Siti end years of hostility
AFTER years of reportedly being at odds with each other, two diva Datuks – Sharifah Aini and Siti ...

Rep wants ‘air jampi’ teacher disciplined
AN Opposition state assemblyman has called on the Education Ministry to take action against a discip...

Oil prices slump on news of listless economic growth
NEW YORK: Oil prices slumped Thursday after new signs of listless economic growth reinforced concern...

Despite new S'pore billionaire investor, loss seen for TMC
PETALING JAYA: The emergence of Singapore billionaire Peter Lim Eng Hock as the second biggest share...

AirAsia shares at 2½-year high
PETALING JAYA: AirAsia Bhd’s share price rose to its highest in more than 2½ years to RM1.75, its...

Latest forex rules to ease trade transactions
PETALING JAYA: Bank Negara’s latest liberalisation of foreign exchange (forex) rules is aimed at h...

Formal Measat Global offer document unveiled
KUALA LUMPUR: Insights into the satellite industry and more explanation on the rationale and financi...

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“MARKETEERS, geeks, web geniuses, Internet superstars, network gurus and finance wizards. Over 200...

Media Prima to focus on tie-ups
PETALING JAYA: Media Prima Bhd will focus on tie-ups with foreign media companies as part of its ove...

Capital-protected fund launched
KUALA LUMPUR: OSK-UOB Unit Trust Management Bhd has launched its OSK-UOB Capital Protected World Min...

Speed up projects, say builders
KUALA LUMPUR: The Master Builders Association of Malaysia (MBAM) has called on the Government to spe...

Megasteel seeks land for iron-ore mining
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Ibraco plans to exit PN17 via mixed property project
KUCHING: Ibraco Bhd has announced a proposed regularisation plan to exit the PN17 status that involv...

Melewar gains RM75m from stake disposal
KUALA LUMPUR: Melewar Industrial Group Bhd’s wholly-owned subsidiaries Melewar Steel Ventures Ltd ...