Malaysia News

NEW YORK - Crude oil, petroleum products and natural gas futures prices soared on Monday morning on the New York Mercantile Exchange, as Hurricane Katrina whipped through the key oil and producing and ...

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN: Malaysia and Brunei need more time to solve the territorial dispute in oil and mineral-rich Limbang division in the northernmost part of Sarawak.

In celebration of the National Day of Malaysia, Dusit Hotel Nikko in cooperation with Malaysia Airlines and Tourism Malaysia will be having the "Malaysia Truly Asia: Food and Arts Festival'' until Aug.2.7

Former Commission on Elections commissioner Virgilio Garcillano is most likely in Malaysia, not in ... Discuss this article on our message boards Resourceful minority goes door to door The proimpeachment group in the House should prepare itself for the defeat of the impeachment complaint against President Arroyo this week, Rep.4.2

Bostonweb Academy Sdn Bhd could seek a listing on the Mesdaq Market next year, given the growing demand for Bostonweb's services and injection of funds from Amanah Ventures Sdn Bhd, its managing director Nizam ...1.3

Petronas, Petronas Carigali Sdn Bhd, Sarawak Shell Bhd recently closed a Gas Sales Agreement with Malaysia LNG Sdn Bhd for the supply of up to 400.40 trillion Btu of gas to the MLNG plant until the year 2020.

China and India are, to the United States today, what Germany and America were to Britain a hundred years ago.2.9

Racial discrimination in Kuala Lumpur is not quite what the Western Press makes it out to be.

Malaysia on Monday urged an international insurance body to remove the Malacca Strait from a list of waterways deemed dangerous, saying ships are safe from terror attacks and piracy is contained.2.7

Geo Fusion Sdn Bhd, which has secured four projects valued at US$750 million in West Java, Indonesia, is targeting to be listed by next year.

Southeast Asia's leading discount carrier AirAsia has warned that surging oil prices could force a ... Malaysia-based AirAsia was the first regional carrier to offer discount fares, and has spawned a host of imitators.2.9

Kota Kinabalu: Mayor Datuk Iliyas Ibrahim credited architects for playing a key role in the growth ... Iliyas said when he was appointed Mayor, he made it his main objective to turn KK into one of the cleanest, beautiful and safest cities in Malaysia.4.2

Malaysian Idol wildcard winner Adam Alli of Sri Aman, Sarawak, last night lost his chance to carry on in the weekly Spectacular round.4

KATHMANDU, Aug. 28: His Majesty King Gyanendra Bir Bikram Shah Dev has said that the Hindu Sanatan Dharma has always been propagating peace and universal brotherhood creating appropriate environment for ...2.7

"Our focus for the next 12 months will be to ensure the merger goes smoothly and everything is ... Malaysian Palm Oil Association chairman Datuk Sabri Ahmad had earlier said 500,000 tonnes of palm oil would be needed yearly for bio-fuel as bio-diesel was seen as the solution to the escalating price of fossil fuel.4

SOUTHERN Bank Bhd, which was actively buying back its shares last week, were traded 6 sen lower ... Pan Malaysia Corp Bhd was traded higher on Bursa Malaysia Bhd last week, boosted by its move to buy about 93 per cent of its shares.4

KUALA LUMPUR: Newly-elected Gerakan deputy president Tan Sri Dr Koh Tsu Koon, who is the anointed successor, will discuss his future as Penang Chief Minister with the central committee members.4

Baheyya is Egyptian, pillories President Hosni Mubarak and heaps scorn on his regime daily.2.1

METRO Ikram Sdn Bhd, a company controlled by Tan Sri Halim Saad, is believed to have raised as ... Likewise the company is also in talks with several parties to secure a massive property development job valued at nearly US$2 billion in Turkey Halim, formerly the controlling shareholder of the UEM group via Renong Bhd (once Malaysia's most ...4

Qantas has not let its money-losing investment in Jetstar Asia dampen its enthusiasm for setting up other low-cost airlines in the region.4

Malaysia's former premier and Proton adviser Mahathir Mohamad has played down reports of a rift with the national carmaker after he returned seven of Proton's vehicles.4.8

A bloody insurgency in Muslim southern Thailand is a struggle for the independence of its ethnic ... Pattani belongs to the Malays, just like Malaysia," he said of violence whose origins were something of a mystery until recently.

TAN Wei-Min is a young man who certainly knows where he is going. At 30, he is already a vice-president in Citigroup's Citicards Cross Sell Services , and is proud of what he has achieved so far.4

GIRISH Karnad is many things - playwright, actor, filmmaker, director and cultural administrator - though he would pick the first in that list as the most definitive.1.3

The eight, including star-studded Pahang and big-spenders Selangor, have failed to remit EPF contributions for their players and staff to the tune of almost RM4.3mil as of June this year.4

The first thing Merdeka Man Krishna Rajagopal did in Penang yesterday was to have the island's ... He said the flight was sponsored by Ericsson Malaysia.4

LAHORE: Kuala Lumpur Chamber of Commerce and Industry is planning to hold a single country exhibition in December in collaboration with the Lahore Chamber of Commerce and Industry .2.7

MALAYSIA'S biggest petrochemicals company, Titan Chemicals Corp Bhd, expects a venture to produce butadiene to improve content mix and start contributing to profit from 2007.4

The Association of Southern Baptist Colleges and Schools has awarded the Charles D. Johnson Outstanding Educator Award to Campbell University Chancellor Norman A. Wiggins.1.3

Kudat: The high level of poverty on Banggi island may soon be resolved under the 9th Malaysia Plan, considering that several development programmes have already been implemented in the area.4

Malaysian Rating Corporation Bhd has assigned a rating of AAAIS to Assar Chemicals Sdn Bhd's proposed issuance of RM150 million Serial Sukuk Musyarakah Facility.

James Brown, the 'Godfather of Soul', will be performing at the Kuala Lumpur Hilton on Sept 19.4

Kota Kinabalu: A two-day Tri-national Workshop hosted by the Sabah Fisheries Department here, Friday, resolved to support the implementation of five activities to achieve the outcome of the Sulu-Sulawesi ...4

Federal workers eating lunch this month on Otero Mesa spotted two endangered aplomado falcons, the first sighting of the rare birds in years and another weapon in a battle by state officials and ...2.9

PETALING JAYA: Fear no longer works when it comes to curbing smoking, according to a consumer group.4