M’sian students back from overseas complete quarantine and go home

NILAI, April 17 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The quarantine process imposed on 30 Malaysians who returned here from Spain, United Kingdom and Indonesia on April 2 has ended and they were allowed to go home today. These students were quarantined for 14 days at the Higher Education Leadership Academy (AKEPT) in Bandar Enstek here before making…

May 5 hearing of IRB’s request on Najib’s case

KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The High Court here has set a new date to hear the Inland Revenue Board’s (IRB) application for a summary judgment against former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak over payment of RM1.69 billion in income tax. Najib’s counsel Muhammad Farhan Muhammad Shafee said the hearing had…

S.Korea reports new Covid-19 cases fall below 30 for 5th straight day

Gratitude to medical personnel Namsan Seoul Tower is cast in blue light as part of the Blue Light Campaign launched on April 16, 2020, to express gratitude for South Korean medical personnel for fighting the novel coronavirus. Seoul’s metropolitan government, which provided the photo, said key landmarks in the capital…

Covid-19: Most prone to infection are those from ages 55-64, says Health DG

PUTRAJAYA, April 16 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The COVID-19 infection rate per 100,000 population in Malaysia is highest among those in the 55-59 and 60-64 age groups, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said that initial statistics showed there were two age groups in the community with the highest number…

80 houses, 30 shop lots damaged during storm in Ipoh

IPOH, April 16 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Some 80 houses and 30 shop lots in the Pasir Pinji area here were damaged during a thunderstorm this evening.  Pasir Pinji state assemblyman Howard Lee Chuan How said many of the properties’ roofs were damaged by strong winds in the 4 pm incident.  “However, we have…

Malaysia’s capital market expected to remain resilient

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The domestic capital market is expected to remain resilient and orderly, underpinned by Malaysia’s strong macroeconomic fundamentals, ample domestic liquidity, and supportive capital market infrastructure.  The capital market will continue to support Malaysian economic growth in 2020 through the financing of business expansion and infrastructure,…

Earthquake of 5.6 magnitude hits North Maluku sea

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 (NNN-BERNAMA) — An earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale hit north of the Maluku Sea, 85 kilometres west of Ternate, Indonesia, at 5.03 a.m. today. According to the Malaysian Meteorological Department, the earthquake occurred at 1.0 degrees north and 126.7 degrees east, at a depth of…

Global coronavirus cases reach 2,008,850

ANKARA, April 16 (NNN-ANKARA) — The number of global coronavirus cases surpassed 2 million Wednesday, reaching 2,008,850 by early Thursday morning, reported Anadoly news agency, citing the statistics from U.S.-based Johns Hopkins University. The U.S. remains the country with the most infections — over 609,600. It also has the highest…

China TV names Malaysia’s Dr Noor Hisham among world’s top doctors handling COVID-19 outbreak

KUALA LUMPUR, April 16 (NNN-BERNAMA) – China Global TV Network (CGTN) has listed Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah as one of the world’s top three doctors ‘born’ from public health officials in handling the COVID-19 outbreak, alongside America’s Dr Anthony Fauci and New Zealand’s Dr Ashley Bloomfield. On its website Tuesday,…

Uniphore ensures its AI voice tech rise to challenges amid the lockdowns

Co-Founder and President of Uniphore APAC, Ravi Saraogi KUALA LUMPUR, April 15 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The unprecedented number of calls to call centres in this period of partial or full lockdowns worldwide have raised several challenges and for companies providing support systems to these centres, the last few weeks certainly have…