Category: General

KUALA LUMPUR, The retail price of diesel in Peninsular Malaysia will be reduced by five sen to RM3.30 per litre from tomorrow until Aug 14. The price of the fuel in Sabah, Sarawak and Labuan, however, remains at RM2.15 per litre during the same week. The Ministry of Finance (MOF) in a statement today said the revision to the retail price of diesel in Peninsular Malaysia to RM3.30 per litre is in line with the current moderating trend in the global crude oil market prices. ‘The Government will continue to monitor market developments and adjust the diesel’s retail price based

KUALA LUMPUR, Bursa Malaysia maintained its upward trajectory to end higher for the second consecutive day today, driven by a wave of investor optimism following the United States Federal Reserve’s (Fed) reassuring remarks to prevent an economic downturn, according to a dealer. Add to that, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) also took to the stage to reinforce the central bank’s commitment to monetary easing, following the global stock-market rout on Monday. At 5 pm, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) put on 17.48 points or 1.11 per cent to 1,591.87 compared with Tuesday’s close of 1,574.39. The market bellwether

PUTRAJAYA, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has accepted an apology from Meta Platforms Inc (Meta) for removing his recent posts related to the Palestinian issue, particularly on the assassination of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, from Facebook and Instagram. Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil, who is also Unity Government’s spokesman, said it was also hoped that such removal of a prime minister’s social media posts by Meta, would not recur. ‘He (Anwar) told me that his friends, including those in the Middle East, have read the news (about the posts removal), meaning that it has gone global. Yes, PM has accepted

PUTRAJAYA, The first version of the code of conduct for social media platforms will come into effect on Jan 1 next year, according to Communications Minister Fahmi Fadzil. He said engagement sessions with all social media platform stakeholders will be held soon to create the code of conduct, detailing all ethical requirements and responsibilities that all Internet messaging services and social media platform providers must adhere to. ‘They have several points that they want to share and we have told them that there will be an engagement session with all stakeholders. ‘The outcome of these engagement sessions will be taken

KANGAR, The Perlis State Legislative Assembly was told today that the state unemployment rate in the first quarter of 2024 is at 2.0 per cent or a total of 2,400 people based on statistics from the Department of Statistics Malaysia (DOSM). State Housing, Local Government, Human Resources Development, and Poverty Eradication Committee chairman Asrul Aimran Abd Jalil said it was the same number of Perlis job seekers registered on the Social Security Organisation’s (Perkeso) MYFutureJobs Portal from January to July 5. In that regard, he said Perkeso and the state government are trying to stimulate the labour market in Perlis