KUALA LUMPUR: A mobile healthcare unit cum mobile community service centre was launched by MCA President Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat today before the party's annual general meeting at Wisma MCA.

KUALA LUMPUR: Construction firm Naim Holdings Bhd has signed a memorandum of understanding with Libya's General Board of Privatisation And Investment to produce a concept for Solar Oasis, a mixed development project.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 -- The Sessions Court here Friday fixed April 13 for mention of a case involving two brothers and their friend who were charged with burning a church early this year.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 12 -- The current torrid weather in the west coast states, except for Perlis, Kedah and Penang, is likely to ease from next week when rains return, according to the Malaysian Meteorological Department.

Malaysian authorities have picked up 93 Muslims fleeing persecution in Myanmar who said they spent 30 days at sea in a crowded wooden boat, an official said Friday.

THE Kuala Lumpur Sessions Court today discharged and acquitted former Bukit Aman Commercial Crime Investigation Department director Datuk Ramli Yusuff who was charged with three counts of failing to declare ownership of shares and interests in two properties worth more than RM1 million.

KUALA LUMPUR: Pos Malaysia Berhad will issue a special collection of stamps and first-day covers with the fern theme on Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's High Court Thursday granted a Hindu woman custody of her child after a bitter court battle with her estranged Muslim husband, who converted their children to Islam and then took possession of them.

Conservationists warned that Malaysians' voracious appetite for turtle eggs could drive the marine creatures to extinction on its shores.

Chennai, March 11 Malaysia-based low-cost airline Air Asia is all set to fly to five more Indian cities - Delhi, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Bangalore and Chennai - this year, a company official said Thursday.

Manchester United have signed a five-year sponsorship agreement with Telekom Malaysia.

THE estranged wife and mother-in-law of a Malaysian prince were ordered on Thursday to pay US$1.8 million after alleging he had raped and abused his teenage bride, his lawyer said.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 8 -- Shares prices on Bursa Malaysia continued the uptrend at mid-morning today, with the benchmark index surging to a new high, led by heavyweights particularly banking counters, dealers said.

KUALA LUMPUR: A Selayang Municipal Council employee died after he was shot three times outside his house at Selayang Baru Monday.

ALOR SETAR: The Kedah government on Wednesday replaced two state executive councillors, one each from PAS and PKR, in its line-up of the 10-member state executive council sworn in for another year.

KOTA KINABALU: Former Member of Parliament for Labuan Datuk Suhaili Abdul Rahman, who pleaded guilty for not disclosing to the bank that he was a bankrupt when he became a guarantor in a loan application 14 years ago, was fined RM10,000 in default one month jail on Wednesday.

An Indian spiritual centre in Kuala Lumpur has been closed after it was revealed that ashrams spiritual guru Swami Paramahamsa Nithyananda was allegedly involved in a sex scandal.

Malaysia became the latest Asian nation to raise interest rates, saying it wants to avoid a oefinancial imbalancesa as the economy recovers, and moved ahead of Indonesia, which kept borrowing costs unchanged.

UNIT trust firm Amanah Mutual Bhd plans to launch more Islamic capital-protected funds to meet rising demand for such products at home and abroad.

MALAYSIA Airlines , which carried 3.5 million passengers from Kuala Lumpur to destinations in Australia last year, expects a 5 per cent growth this year.