Nation

STR recipients hope for more aid in Budget

PETALING JAYA: Sumbangan Tunai Rahmah (STR) recipients are hoping for higher cash aid and an expansion of food categories under Sumbangan Asas Rahmah (Sara) in the upcoming Budget 2027.

Swimming

Pool of reality

DOUBLE Thailand SEA Games champion Khiew Hoe Yean may be the only one with a realistic shot at winning an Asian Games swimming medal but he does not want to put unnecessary pressure on himself.

Other Sports

Adam fights for more than himself in Nagoya

SEA Games silver medallist Adam Akasyah (pic) may be the only Malaysian representative in the Asian Games ju-jitsu competition but he is literally fighting for his entire community.

Other Sports

Late blow for Malaysia as Noraizat ruled out before opener

MALAYSIA's sepak takraw team have been dealt a late blow after tekong Noraizat Nordin was ruled out of the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games with an injury suffered just a day before their opening match at the Paloma Mizuho Arena.

Nation

Loke offers to resign

KUALA LUMPUR: DAP secretary-general Anthony Loke has offered to submit his resignation to Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim "at the soonest time possible" as the party's response to the conditional pardon granted to former premier Datuk Seri Najib Razak. 

Nation

Anwar flags off 20,000 at sarong run around Kuala Lumpur city centre

KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysia Sarong Music Run 2026 attracted about 20,000 participants.

The Star Says

Relief from the heat, but use power wisely

THE hot weather has been hard enough for many Malaysians – add the haze and many of us have had little choice but to stay indoors, with air conditioners and fans running full blast for longer than usual.

On The Line

An election that began with a violation

IN over three decades covering Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) congresses, I have never witnessed proceedings as unprecedented as those before Thursday's elections.

Focus

English, but Malaysianised

The words may be English, but Malaysians have given some of them distinctly local meanings and uses. Malaysian English remains a key part of our everyday life – and it is evolving with the young.

Cycling

Modern Adventure hope to climb high in LTdL debut with De Bod

PETALING JAYA: American outfit Modern Adventure Pro Cycling may be the newest addition to the 30th edition of Le Tour de Langkawi (LTdL) from Sept 27-Oct 4 but they have a few tricks up their sleeves.

Nation

Power to grant pardons within the law, says Azalina

PETALING JAYA: The constitutional power to grant pardons should not be seen as placing an individual above the law, says Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said.

Badminton

No fear as youngest shuttler Zi Yu eager to make her mark at Asiad

MALAYSIA'S youngest athlete Low Zi Yu (pic) will be out to gain priceless experience when she gets her first taste of action as the women's team take on Hong Kong for a place in the quarter-finals at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games today.

Football

Assistant coach Ishak takes temporary charge of injury-hit KL 

PETALING JAYA: Kuala Lumpur's assistant coach Ishak Kunju faces a tough challenge of dealing with an injury-plagued side as he takes temporary charge for their FA Cup quarter-final first-leg clash against Brunei today.

Nation

Prisons Dept to issue SOP soon

KUALA LUMPUR: The Prisons Department is expected to issue standard operating procedures (SOP) for the implementation of Datuk Seri Najib Razak's house arrest in the near future, says Attorney General Tan Sri Mohd Dusuki Mokhtar.

Nation

Contractor loses over RM144,000 in crypto scam

KUALA TERENGGANU: A cons­truction contractor lost over RM144,780 after being duped by a syndicate offering a non-existent cryptocurrency investment scheme.

Nation

Rescued hiker seeks forgiveness

KOTA KINABALU: An injured Croatian hiker rescued from an unauthorised route on Mount Kinabalu has denied deliberately trespassing into the park.

Nation

Never too early to spot risks and intervene, say doctors

PETALING JAYA: Parents should not wait until their children develop Type 2 diabetes before taking action, with doctors calling for earlier identification of young people at risk of the disease.

Nation

Johor targets 40,000-tonne white shrimp output next year

JOHOR BARU: White shrimp farming has the potential to drive the growth of Johor's aquaculture sector by increasing annual production to between 38,000 and 40,000 tonnes next year, says Md Israk Abdullah.

Nation

A kitchen worth a thousand meals

KUALA LUMPUR: Food brought Malay­sians together as 64 chefs from different communities worked shoulder to shoulder to prepare meals for vulnerable groups.

Nation

Hoping for clearer skies ahead

PETALING JAYA: A cloud-seeding operation to mitigate the haze in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur was carried out to improve air quality in the affected areas.