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Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur Recognised As First Five-Star Malaysian Heritage Cuisine Hotel

Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur Recognised As First Five-Star Malaysian Heritage Cuisine Hotel

A round of applause, fam! Shangri-La Kuala Lumpur has officially been recognised as Malaysia’s first five-star hotel certified as a Malaysian Heritage Cuisine Hotel. This prestigious honour was conferred by Jabatan Warisan Negara, in collaboration...

49th Bon Odori 2025 Is Coming To Sunway City Kuala Lumpur This Weekend

49th Bon Odori 2025 Is Coming To Sunway City Kuala Lumpur This Weekend

Get ready to dance, feast, and celebrate under the festival night lights because the 49th Bon Odori 2025 is coming to Sunway City Kuala Lumpur with not one, but two lively days of celebration this weekend! Originally starting out as a small affair...

Malaysian Veterinarians Face Burnout, Staff Shortages: White Paper

Malaysian Veterinarians Face Burnout, Staff Shortages: White Paper

KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 — Malaysian veterinarians are at a critical juncture, grappling with significant operational constraints, a public understanding gap, and widespread issues of stress and burnout. These are among the key findings of the...

Malaysian tourism ministry holds Hotel Data Refinement Session in Sarawak

Malaysian tourism ministry holds Hotel Data Refinement Session in Sarawak

The Malaysian Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture (MOTAC), through its agency Tourism Malaysia, organised the Hotel Data Refinement Session with hospitality professionals in Sarawak. This event was held in conjunction with the Presentation of...

JDT talent boosts Harimau Malaya performance, says FAM

JDT talent boosts Harimau Malaya performance, says FAM

KUALA LUMPUR: The depth of talent within Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) has proven invaluable for the national men’s football team, Harimau Malaya, according to Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) deputy president Datuk Mohd Yusoff Mahadi. The club’s...

JDT’s Wealth Of Talent A Boon For Harimau Malaya - Mohd Yusoff

JDT’s Wealth Of Talent A Boon For Harimau Malaya - Mohd Yusoff

KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 (Bernama) -- The wealth of talent in the Johor Darul Ta’zim (JDT) team has been a blessing for the national men’s football team on the international stage. JDT’s pool of talented local, naturalised and heritage players has...

DOSM sees M’sia population peaking at 42 mln in 2059, Chinese community shrinking under 15 pct, gender imbalance worsening

DOSM sees M’sia population peaking at 42 mln in 2059, Chinese community shrinking under 15 pct, gender imbalance worsening

Between 2030 and 2060, Malaysia’s average annual population growth rate is expected to moderate to 0.5 per cent, peaking in 2059 before starting to decline. – Malay Mail photo KUALA LUMPUR (July 11): Malaysia’s population is projected to grow...

Trump Nominates Hooters-Loving Nick “Alpha Male” Adams As Next US Ambassador To Malaysia

Trump Nominates Hooters-Loving Nick “Alpha Male” Adams As Next US Ambassador To Malaysia

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. American President Donald Trump has nominated Nick Adams, an Australian-American conservative commentator and former Sydney councillor to serve...

Terengganu PMR 2025 Treats Visitors To A Spread Of Ethnic Delicacies

Terengganu PMR 2025 Treats Visitors To A Spread Of Ethnic Delicacies

By Lucia Terey Anak Johan KUALA TERENGGANU, July 11 (Bernama) -- Visitors to the MADANI Rakyat Programme (PMR) 2025 in Terengganu are savouring a unique taste of Malaysia’s culinary heritage, with traditional ethnic delicacies from Sabah, Sarawak...

Supermarket tourism offers an insight into local culture

Supermarket tourism offers an insight into local culture

Whenever I travel, I make my way to a colourful local museum that is free and interesting: the supermarket. Window shopping in a grocery store, walking through the stacked shelves and long aisles, is one of the best ways to learn about the people...

Indonesian couple jailed 6 months for illegal entry into Malaysia

Indonesian couple jailed 6 months for illegal entry into Malaysia

SIBU: An Indonesian couple has been sentenced to six months in prison by the Sessions Court here after admitting to entering Malaysia without valid travel documents. Judge Musyiri Peet delivered the verdict for 39-year-old Heriadi and his...

First Malaysian woman with disability joins haj medical team

First Malaysian woman with disability joins haj medical team

First Malaysian woman with disability joins haj medical team Published on: Friday, July 11, 2025 Published on: Fri, Jul 11, 2025 Text Size: Dark Mode: Off Fatimah (front, second left) with the other Malaysian hajj operations team members. KOTA...

35 undocumented migrants held in Inanam, Luyang immigration sweep

35 undocumented migrants held in Inanam, Luyang immigration sweep

35 undocumented migrants held in Inanam, Luyang immigration sweep Published on: Friday, July 11, 2025 Published on: Fri, Jul 11, 2025 Text Size: Dark Mode: Off Some of the detainees. KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Immigration Department detained 35...

The Economy Of Genocide: Time For The Malaysian Government To Act, Say NGOs

The Economy Of Genocide: Time For The Malaysian Government To Act, Say NGOs

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. On 30 June 2025, the Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the occupied Palestinian Territory (OPT) released a report which...

Malaysia’s Population To Peak At 42.38 Mln By 2059

Malaysia’s Population To Peak At 42.38 Mln By 2059

PUTRAJAYA, July 11 (Bernama) -- Malaysia’s population is expected to reach its highest point of 42.38 million in 2059, before gradually declining to 42.37 million in 2060, 42.08 million in 2065 and 41.43 million by 2070, according to the...

Malaysian Parents Face RM350,000 Medical Degree Bills As Middle-Class Lose Subsidies

Malaysian Parents Face RM350,000 Medical Degree Bills As Middle-Class Lose Subsidies

Subscribe to our FREE Newsletter, or Telegram and WhatsApp channels for the latest stories and updates. A mother’s blunt assessment of Malaysia’s education system has resonated with thousands of parents: straight A’s no longer guarantee an...

Who is Nick Adams? From a Sydney council to Trump’s plum pick, the Hooters fan could be next US ambassador to Malaysia

Who is Nick Adams? From a Sydney council to Trump’s plum pick, the Hooters fan could be next US ambassador to Malaysia

“Nicholas Adams, of Florida, to be ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Malaysia,” the White House announced this week.There were those who had never heard of Australian-born Nick Adams. And then there...

Malaysia strengthens ASEAN-China ties as dialogue coordinator for 2024-2027

Malaysia strengthens ASEAN-China ties as dialogue coordinator for 2024-2027

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has reiterated its dedication as the Country Coordinator for ASEAN-China Dialogue Relations for the 2024-2027 term, Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan announced. The commitment was reinforced during discussions with...

Trump’s ambassadors to Malaysia and Singapore: Real estate logic in diplomatic clothing — Phar Kim Beng and Luthfy Hamzah 

Trump’s ambassadors to Malaysia and Singapore: Real estate logic in diplomatic clothing — Phar Kim Beng and Luthfy Hamzah 

JULY 11 — The nomination of two unconventional candidates by President Donald Trump as ambassadors to Malaysia and Singapore has stirred waves of speculation across diplomatic circles in Washington, Kuala Lumpur, and Singapore. To many, the...

Indonesian couple jailed for illegal entry into Malaysia, man also accused of murder in Sibu

Indonesian couple jailed for illegal entry into Malaysia, man also accused of murder in Sibu

SIBU, July 11 — An Indonesian couple was sentenced to six months’ imprisonment by the Sessions Court here today after pleading guilty to entering Malaysia illegally. Judge Musyiri Peet handed down the sentence to 39-year-old Heriadi and his...

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