Nation

KUALA LUMPUR: Nearly 500 metric tonne of waste materials for recycling were collected within four months in seven states in the country since the implementation of solid waste separation in September last year.

KUALA TERENGGANU: Terengganu has officially declared it is hit by a dengue outbreak.

MALACCA: Bogus health officers have been going around the state to conduct inspections for Aedes breeding grounds for a fee and to sell insecticide.

KUALA LUMPUR: 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) has denied claims by PKR secretary-general Rafizi Ramli that proceeds from the Bandar Malaysia Sdn Bhd Sukuk (BMSB Sukuk) may not have been properly utilised by the strategic development company.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said he was saddened by the lives lost in the suicide bombing in Istanbul.

KUANTAN: The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) is expected to charge two state civil servants with bribery in the bauxite-mining activities at the Sessions Court here tomorrow.

KUALA LUMPUR: The government will be tabling proposals to implement the parliamentary reforms in the next Cabinet meeting before being referred to the Dewan Rakyat Speaker, Tan Sri Pandikar Amin Mulia.

KUCHING: Rescuers recovered the body of a 16-year-old boy who went missing during a swimming outing with three of his friends on Monday at a beach near Sungai Dua in Santubong about 50km from here.

KOTA KINABALU: The Sabah Wildlife Department today denied reports that two Malayan sun bears found caged at the Tawau Hot Spring (THS) Mini Zoo, had been released into the wild.

PUTRAJAYA: A 27-year-old man, believed to be mentally-unsound, was picked up near the Palace of Justice here today, with two knives found in his possession.

PETALING JAYA: Out of 167,000 local security guards in Malaysia, only 27,000 have completed the compulsory Certified Security Guards (CSG) training from May 2014 to Dec 2015.

GEORGE TOWN: A 32-year-old Indonesian woman was arrested for allegedly shouting the word "bomb" at the Penang International Airport this morning.

KUALA LUMPUR: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak today paid a visit to Pas president Datuk Seri Abdul Hadi Awang at the National Heart Institute (IJN), where latter is currently undergoing a routine checkup.

KUALA TERENGGANU: Every US$1 drop in global Brent crude prices can amount to a year’s loss in salaries and allowances for civil servants in Terengganu.