Day: August 7, 2024

KUALA LUMPUR, The resilience and perseverance shown by Malaysian athletes at the 2024 Paris Olympics has served as an inspiration for the Malaysian External Trade Development Corporation (Matrade) to boost the status of export at the global stage. Matrade chairman Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican said he would like to see the same fighting spirit, resilience and perseverance shown by athletes being adopted in Matrade, especially in achieving the mandate of the targetted export value of RM1.73 trillion products and services by 2025. Reezal Merican said to achieve the target, everyone in Matrade, at all 49 offices throughout the

SEREMBAN, A goatherd pleaded not guilty in the Sessions Court today to two charges of capturing and caging a panther last March. The accused, Mohd Firdaus Mohd Lani, 40, entered his plea after the charges were read to him before Judge Mohamad Kamil Nizam. According to the first charge, he was found keeping a panther (Panthera pardus) in a small cage, causing the animal to suffer, at a rubber plantation in Batu Kikir, Kuala Pilah, around 4 pm on March 27. He was charged under Section 86(1)(c) of the Wildlife Conservation Act 2010 (Act 716), which carries a fine of

KUALA LUMPUR, The High Court was today told that an inter-parte injunction application by former Nenggiri assemblyman Mohd Azizi Abu Naim to stop the Election Commission (EC) from conducting the by-election for the state seat in Kelantan, is a non-starter as it has been rendered academic and nugatory. Senior federal counsel Ahmad Hanir Hambaly representing the EC said this is because the EC has instructed for the by-election to commence for the seat of Nenggiri. ‘The EC had announced that the nomination for Nenggiri by-election on Aug 3 and the polling on Aug 17,’ he said adding that the EC

PARIS, Malaysian track cyclists Datuk Mohd Azizulhasni Awang and Muhammad Shah Firdaus Sahrom made a strong start to their campaign at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games by advancing to the first round (1/32) of the men’s sprint event today. In the action at the Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines National Velodrome, Mohd Azizulhasni, nicknamed The Pocket Rocketman, delivered a powerful ride to finish 10th with a time of 9.402 seconds (s) in the qualifying round earlier. The Terengganu-born rider set a new national record in the event, surpassing his previous record of 9.523s set at the Asian Cycling Championships (ACC) in Nilai last year.

PASIR MAS, The government has approved RM8.2 million for 11 idle land development projects for agricultural purposes in Kelantan this year. Kelantan Menteri Besar Datuk Mohd Nassuruddin Daud said that the projects are a collaboration between the state government and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security. “According to records from the Department of Agriculture from 2006 to 2023, Kelantan developed and utilised 3,332.92 hectares of idle land, with a total allocation of over RM26 million,” he told reporters after launching the Kelantan Agriculture Expo 2024 at Dataran Bandar Baharu Pasir Mas here today. Meanwhile, Mohd Nassuruddin urged Kelantan farmers