Day: October 4, 2024

Malaysia will give major consideration to the applications of Bangladeshi workers who lost the opportunity due to political developments in their country, says Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim. He said the Bangladeshi government had appealed to Malaysia on the possibility of increasing workers and professional intake from the country. “I will certainly give that major consideration, at least the first phase, subject to all conditions being met, can be taken as soon as possible,” he said in a joint press conference with Chief Advisor of Bangladesh’s Interim Government, Dr Muhammad Yunus, after a bilateral meeting here today. Anwar is

There was slight increase in the number of flood victims in Kedah and Perak but the flood situation in Selangor continued to improve, resulting in a drop in the number of flood victims at the Temporary Flood Relief centres (PPS). In KEDAH, the number of flood victims in the state increased by another four victims, bringing the number of flood victims to 218 people from 68 families as of 8 pm tonight compared to 214 people from 67 families in the evening. State Civil Defence Force Deputy Director Major (PA) Mohd Suhaimi Mohd Zain said all the victims were placed

Cooperation between Malaysia and other Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) countries is vital to attract, develop and maintain the flow of highly skilled and dynamic talents, Human Resources Minister Steven Sim said. Speaking at the ASEAN Skills Forum (ASF) yesterday, he said that since the mid-20th century, Malaysia received investments from high technology industries worldwide, such as Intel Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, Keysight Technologies, Agilent Technologies and Hitachi. ‘Today, Malaysia is host to global tech players such as Nvidia, Micron, Infineon, Geely, Rongsheng, Microsoft, Google, Bytedance and AWS with over RM30 billion in investments,’ he said in a quote by a