KUALA LUMPUR: Aug 1 (Bernama) — A men’s singles badminton match involving shuttlers from Israel and Nepal was inadvertently broadcast for less than five minutes on RTMKlik’s Olympic Channel 4 on Wednesday night. Broadcasting Department director-general Datuk Suhaimi Sulaiman, in a statement late tonight, however, said that Radio Televisyen Malaysia (RTM) promptly switched the live…
KUALA LUMPUR: Aug 1 (Bernama) — Any decisions or directions from the Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) to licensed Internet messaging and social media providers will be subject to legal provisions under the Communications and Multimedia Act (CMA) 1998 . The commission added that CMA 1998 provided strong safeguards to balance the need for…
KUALA LUMPUR: The ringgit opens higher against the US dollar today, continuing its 10-day rally as investors anticipate possible Federal Reserve (Fed) rate cuts in September. At 8 am, the ringgit marginally increased by 30 basis points to 4.5645/5725 against the greenback from Thursday’s close of 4.5675/5710. Bank Muamalat Malaysia Bhd chief economist Dr Mohd…
GUA MUSANG, Three main roads in this district will be temporarily closed tomorrow to facilitate the Nenggiri state by-election nomination process at Kompleks Perdana, Gua Musang District Council here. Kelantan police chief Datuk Muhamad Zaki Harun said the road closures from 7 am to 12 noon will involve Jalan Persiaran Raya from the Mahkota Junction…
KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Agricultural Marketing Authority (FAMA) has allocated RM10 million for the development and upgrading of 41Tamu Markets in Sabah this year. Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup said of the amount, RM7.6 million has been spent for the upgrade of 38 Tamu Markets. The upgrading work is…
KUALA LUMPUR: Meta Platforms Inc (Meta) removing Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim’s posts on the assassination of Hamas Political Bureau chief Ismail Haniyeh on Wednesday has been deemed an act of double standards. Dr Mazlan Ali, an Associate Professor at the Perdana Centre, Razak Faculty of Technology and Informatics, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, said Meta’s…
