Kenya wins seat at UNSC

UNITED NATIONS, June 19 (NNN) — Kenya has been elected a non-permanent member of the UN Security Council, defeating Djibouti for a seat designated for African countries, a news release from United Nations said Friday. UN Member States chose the country in a second round of voting on Thursday in…

Aug 4 set for Nora Anne’s inquest management

File photo of Irish teenager Nora Anne Quoririn, 15, who was reported missing and later found dead near a rainforest resort that her family had checked into in Negeri Sembilan on August 4, last year. SEREMBAN, June 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Coroner’s Court here has set Aug 4 as the date for inquest…

KK Mart to expand in India, develop e-commerce platform for consumers

KOLKATA, INDIA, June 19 — Volunteers of the KK Mart branch in Kolkata, India extending helping hand to those vulnerable group in the country by giving away hundreds of food packages to feed those in need during this challenging times of COVID-19. Many people in India who rely on daily…

Malaysia Airlines extends economy fare options

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia Airlines Bhd (MAB) has extended its enhanced Economy Class flexible fare options across its entire network except for Malaysia to Japan and Japan to Malaysia, Jeddah and Madinah, beginning June 22, 2020.  The unique fare options — Lite, Basic, Flex was previously limited to domestic, ASEAN…

Islamic capital market starts to be busy again

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia’s Islamic capital market is starting to see a flurry of activities in the sukuk and equity capital market and is expected to be busy from June to August this year. CIMB Islamic Bank Bhd senior managing director and deputy chief executive officer Mohamad Safri Shahul Hamid said the capital…

Sabah Foundation files RM872 million claim against Musa Aman

File photo of former Chief Minister of Sabah Tan Sri Musa Aman (centre). Photo courtesy of BERNAMA. KOTA KINABALU, June 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Sabah Foundation has filed a claim against former Chief Minister of Sabah Tan Sri Musa Aman to recover RM872 million belonging to the foundation which is alleged to have…

Police bust online gambling syndicate, detain 42 Chinese nationals

KUALA LUMPUR, June 19 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Police have arrested 42 Chinese nationals including two women in raids on several units of a condominium in Jalan Tun Razak here which were used for conducting online gambling activities. Photo courtesy of PDRM Kuala Lumpur police chief Datuk Seri Mazlan Lazim said the suspects,…

Bank guard shoots dead man who held woman hostage in robbery bid

KOTA TINGGI, June 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) —  An armed man who took a woman hostage during an attempted robbery at a bank at Felda Ayer Tawar 5 here was shot dead by a security guard today. Johor CID chief SAC Md Yusof Ahmad said in the 2.04 pm incident, the 19-year-old man had entered the bank and put…

Malaysian Malay literary world mourns passing of Malim Ghozali

By Norshazlina Nor Azman KUALA LUMPUR, June 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The country lost a gem in the Malay literary world with the passing of Dr Mohamed Ghazali Abdul Rashid or better known as Malim Ghozali PK today. The late Malim Ghozali PK, 71, breathed his last at 11.20 am at the Serdang Hospital…

Malaysia reports recovery of another 127 COVID-19 patients

PUTRAJAYA, June 18 (NNN-BERNAMA) — A further 127 COVID-19 patients in Malaysia have recovered and were discharged today, the third consecutive day of three-digit recoveries, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said this brought the cumulative figure for recoveries to 8,000, or 93.8 per cent of the total number…