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KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian East Coast state of Terengganu has banned politicians from delivering religious talks and sermons in mosques and surau (small prayer halls), according to an order by its state ruler Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin. This follows a similar edict in the southern state of Johor earlier in January, when its Crown Prince Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim ordered that political discussions be kept out of its mosques and prayer halls. Terengganu’s Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MAIDAM) on Thursday (Mar 2) announced Sultan Mizan’s orders, saying that the state ruler was upset that there were some politicians who had…
Following Serbian President Aleksandar Vučis’ apparent backtracking on plans to sign a proposal to normalize relations between Serbia and Belgrade, Kosovo Prime Minister Albin Kurti spoke to Parliament on Thursday of his frustration despite the fact that the EU remains positive. During his speech, he said that Vucic disagreed with the content of the proposal and pointed to the fact that Kosovo was ready to sign, while Serbia was not. “The proposal is accepted only with the signature of both parties. The refusal to sign indicates that there is no agreement on the content,” Kurti said, referring to the high-level meeting…
INDIA. New Delhi: The Embassy of Bosnia and Herzegovina recently hosted a panel discussion on the Bosnian poet Mehmedalija Mak Dizdar’s seminal work of poetry, ‘Kameni spavač’ aka ‘Stone Sleeper’ at the Bikaner House. The panellists included the Honorable Ambassador of Bosnia, H.E. Mr. Muhamed Čengić, noted writer and literary historian Rakhshanda Jalil, poet, and short story writer Sayed Azhar Hashmi Sabqat, and translator Pramod Shah Nafees, who has translated ‘Stone Sleeper’ into Hindi as ‘Khak Mein Suratein.’ The discussion was moderated by the journalist and critic Murtaza Ali Khan. Mak Dizdar’s most famous book, Stone Sleeper, is full of beautiful and haunting poems. These poems were inspired by tombstones and their…
Former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin has vowed to stay with the party. — Picture by Miera Zulyana Follow us on Instagram, subscribe to our Telegram channel and browser alerts for the latest news you need to know. Friday, 27 Jan 2023 10:36 AM MYT KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 27 — Former Umno Youth chief Khairy Jamaluddin is ready to face any disciplinary action from the party, even as he faces the possibility of being sacked for crossing its top leadership. He has vowed to stay with Umno, The Star reported today ahead of the Malay nationalist party’s supreme council meeting…
Eight members of the secondary school’s PTA asserted that there were discrepancies between the ministry’s explanations and what they had been told by SMK Infant Jesus Convent’s principal Ande Noor Munawarah Bachok. — Picture courtesy of Google Maps Follow us on Instagram, subscribe to our Telegram channel and browser alerts for the latest news you need to know. Thursday, 26 Jan 2023 9:56 AM MYT KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 26 — Despite its explanation, the Education Ministry continued to come under fire from some parents of the SMK Infant Jesus Convent in Johor over a workshop for students who will be…
Passers-by spotted the bag containing the body parts and alerted the police.PETALING JAYA: A black suitcase containing body parts was found along Km 477 of the North-South Expressway, close to the Rawang Selatan exit. Some body parts were also found by the side of the road. Sungai Buloh police chief Shafa’aton Abu Bakar told Berita Harian that passers-by spotted the bag at about 11.45am and informed the police. “We found body parts (the torso) on the roadside and we also found a suitcase next to it. “Our checks found that the bag contained other body parts.” Shafa’aton said the head…
Tan Yee Khan (in wheelchair), Yew Cheng Hoe, Tan Aik Huang and Billy Ng with the royal couple. (Istana Negara pic)KUALA LUMPUR: Two lovely unscripted moments at Istana Negara last Friday captured the spirit of a convivial interaction between the King and Queen and four badminton greats. The first freeze-frame moment occurred when Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Abdullah Sultan Ahmad Shah pushed former doubles specialist Tan Yee Khan in a wheelchair. Sporting a big smile, he spontaneously led Yee Khan to a photography session with three other heroes of the victorious 1967 Thomas Cup team. “It was something I could…
Malaysia will never see the likes of Harun Idris again. (Twitter pic)PETALING JAYA: National hero Harun Idris was hugely responsible for Malaysia and Selangor having any kind of golden age in football. Those who knew Harun well described him as a master of the most human elements of football, who sought to bring the nation together over a mutual love for football. Harun, a former menteri besar of Selangor, died in 2003 at the age of 78, but his character traits as a mentor, a generous man, a disciplinarian and a trailblazer crops up every time a football great talks…
SINGAPORE, Jan 13 (Reuters) – Malaysia’s largest state pension fund, the Employees Provident Fund (EPF), is looking to sell local education assets worth more than 500 million ringgit ($115 million), two sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters. EPF, which is also one of the world’s biggest pension funds with total assets of 1.01 trillion ringgit, is looking to sell assets held by its Malaysian education real estate investment trust, Alpha REIT, which it is winding up, the sources added. A sale could come as early as the first quarter of this year, the sources said, declining to be…
PETALING JAYA: Umno Supreme Council member Razlan Rafii and Suhaizan Kaiat, the former speaker for the Johor assembly were among notable personalities sworn in as political secretaries to ministers today. Razlan and Suhaizan will be aides to rural and regional development minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and domestic trade and cost of living minister Salahuddin Ayub respectively. Ghazali Hajiji the son of Sabah chief minister Hajiji Noor was appointed as the political secretary to Armizan Ali, the minister for Sabah and Sarawak affairs and special functions. Napsiah Khamis, the former Johor PKR Wanita chief, was made an aide to health minister…