Msian Leading Exponent Odissi Dancer To Perform In Seven Indian Cities In May

By Shakir Husain NEW DELHI, April 30 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia’s leading exponent of the Odissi Indian classical dance Ramli Ibrahim will perform in seven Indian cities in May. His first performance of the tour will be in Bhubaneswar in the state of Odisha on May 4, followed by shows in…

BNM’s Consent Needed To Transfer Foreign Funds – Witness

KUALA LUMPUR, 30 April (NNN-BERNAMA) — The manager of Ambank’s Jalan Raja Chulan branch, R. Uma Devi (pix) told the High Court here Tuesday that consent from Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) is needed to transfer foreign funds exceeding RM50,000 into a bank in this country. Uma Devi, 40, who is…

Political Consultant Received RM2.5 Mln Cheque From Najib For Intelligence And Political Defence

KUALA LUMPUR, April 30 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A political consultant told the High Court here Tuesday that he received a RM2.5 million cheque from former Prime Minister Najib Razak for the purpose of intelligence and political defence. Habibul Rahman Kadir Shah, 62, the owner of HKS Consultant said he received the…

Proposal To Revive Narathiwat-Kelantan Train Service Strengthens Trade Ties

NARATHIWAT, April 30 (NNN-BERNAMA) – The Narathiwat Provincial Chamber of Commerce has proposed that the governments of Thailand and Malaysia revive the Narathiwat-Kelantan train route to strengthen bilateral trade ties between the two nations. Its president Kitti Wangthammang said the train service along the Thai-Malaysia border had the potential to…

Dr Mahathir Receives Courtesy Call From Sheikha Moza

PUTRAJAYA, April 30 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad (left) Tuesday received a courtesy call from the Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation For Education, Science and Community Development (QF) and Education Above All (EAA), Sheikha Moza Nasser (right) at his office in Perdana Putra here. They met for about…

Jokowi Leads Prabowo By 9.6 Mln Votes

By Mohd Shukri Ishak JAKARTA, April 29 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Indonesian President Joko Widodo who is defending his post in the 2019 Presidential Election is now comfortably ahead of his nearest challenger, Prabowo Subianto by 9.6 million votes after the counting of votes reached 50.5 per cent. Political observers saw the…

‘The Sleeping Beauty’ To Keep Fans Awake At KL’s Asian World Premiere

KUALA LUMPUR, April 29 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia-based The Dance Company (TDC) has inked an agreement with the St Petersburg Theatre Russian Ballet to jointly organise the Asian World Premiere for the classic, original title ‘The Sleeping Beauty’. This will be the legendary Russian Ballet’s first ever performance in Malaysia, and…

KLIA Installs High-Precision FODDS Detection System

SEPANG (Selangor, Malaysia) April 29 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) has launched the operation of the high-precision foreign object debris detection system (FODDS) for its runaway. The FODDS project is a tripartite collaborative efforts involving Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB), Japan’s Hitachi Kokusai Electric Co Ltd (HiKE)…

Charting New Course With Belt And Road Initiative

By Mohd Haikal Mohd Isa BEIJING, April 29 (NNN-BERNAMA) — When the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) was first proposed by Chinese President Xi Jinping (right), sceptics viewed it as yet another geopolitical ploy by Beijing to project its growing military and political power on the world stage. Six years…

ECRL Negotiations By Previous Government Not Transparent – Dr Mahathir

BEIJING, April 29 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The negotiations on the construction of the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) by the previous Barisan Nasional (National Front) government were not transparent and were conducted without any detailed study, Malaysian Prime Minister Dr Mahathir Mohamad said Sunday. “It was the former Prime Minister (Najib…