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( source News Straits Times ) DHAKA:   Across southern Asia, more than four million people have been hit by major floods due to monsoon floods that destroyed homes and structures, drowning entire villages and forcing people to crouch on the roof in hopes of saving. The monsoon season usually June to September brings heavy rains, floods that are crucial for South Asia's agrarian economy. But in recent years, the monsoon season has brought more hurricanes and catastrophic floods, resulting in the internal displacement of millions of people in low-lying areas, especially in Bangladesh. Last year, at least 600 people were killed and more than 25 million were affected by the floods due to the monsoon rains that hit Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Nepal, according to the UN. And in 2017, more than 1,000 people died in floods across South Asia. The heaviest rainfall this year is in north-eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and Nepal, according to the Sout...

(Source BH ONLINE ) KUALA LUMPUR: UiTM FC debut Super League plans to undergo centralized training at the university's Seri Iskandar campus following the government's "progress" for contact sports.  The government yesterday announced that teams can conduct contact training from July 15 while team competitions can be held from August 15. UiTM team manager Mustaza Ahmad said his team hopes to undergo training for seven to 10 days before M-Lleague returns. "We need to regain our momentum. We plan to go to UiTM Seri Iskandar to stay and practice there." He said UiTM wanted to play some friendly matches for their coach, Frank Bernhardt to evaluate the players. Despite suggestions to add new players, Mustaza said Bernhardt wanted to stick to the team composition after the M-League was suspended on March 16 due to Covid-19. "We wanted to take on about nine President's Cup players (for the team) but Bernhardt said no and only wanted ...

(Source from malaysiakini.com ) KUALA LUMPUR:  The motion to change the Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat tomorrow is a constitutional process that has always been practiced before. Lawyer Datuk Salehuddin Saidin, however, said that the situation of the Speaker's change tomorrow is the first time in history not in the period after the General Election (GE). "In our country, there has never been a change of Speaker in the middle, not after  the GE. Usually, the change of Speaker occurs when the election and the House (People) reconvene, but this is in the middle when ... only two years old government has changed with the new government of the National Alliance (PN) already has a motion to change the Speaker. "This is a constitutional process that allows the appointment of a Speaker, even the rules of the Dewan Rakyat provide for a newly appointed Speaker and how to set aside the Speaker (who is) serving. "I do not see this as a strange thing, as ...

(Singer Fish Leong and Namewee) Malaysian singers Fish Leong and Namewee were nominated for the Golden Melody Awards Taiwan. Malaysian fans may look forward to the Taiwan Gold Melody Award this year after Malaysian singers Fish Leong, Namewee, and Penny Tai managed to enter the list of candidates launched on Wednesday (July 15). Leong, who released The Sun Also Rises - his first album in seven years - in 2019, will run for Best Female Vocalist - Mandarin. The 42-year-old ballad queen will face several big names in the Mandopop field - G.E.M., Joanna Wang, Peggy Hsu, Faith Yang, and Waa Wei. This is the sixth nomination in the category for Leong and he has never won before. She divorced her husband for nine years, Taiwanese businessman Tony Chao, in 2019. Malaysian rapper Namewee, who released his latest album Calling Asia last December, was nominated for Best Male Vocalist - Mandarin. The 37-year-old will face big names like Wakin Chau, Chang Chen-yue...

  Kuala Lumpur: Seorang pelajar tingkatan tiga dari sebuah sekolah di Bandar Tun Razak di sini meninggal dunia beberapa saat sebelum menyambung semula hari pertama sesi persekolahan hari ini. Dalam kejadian itu, mangsa sedang mendengar taklimat oleh seorang guru mengenai Prosedur Operasi Standard (SOP) untuk sekolah, ketika pelajar itu tiba-tiba kehilangan kesedaran. Ibu mangsa yang ingin dikenali sebagai Nora, 51, berkata, dia terakhir bercakap dengan anaknya pada pukul 7 pagi sebelum mangsa pergi ke sekolah. "Anak saya berjalan ke sekolah dengan beberapa rakan kerana sekolah itu tidak jauh dari rumah kami "Kira-kira jam 7.50 pagi, saya menerima panggilan daripada seorang guru dari sekolah yang memberitahu bahawa anak saya sudah pingsan. Saya segera keluar," katanya. Mangsa dikejarkan ke Hospital Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (HUKM) dengan ambulans dan disahkan meninggal dunia sejurus tiba di hospital. Nora berkata anaknya, anak bongsu dari e...

(Laluan sempadan rentas negara Malaysia-Singapura) Singapura dan Malaysia telah bersetuju untuk memulakan perjalanan rentas sempadan bagi pemegang pas jangka panjang dan pelancong untuk urusan penting atau rasmi, yang dijadualkan bermula pada 10 Ogos. Menteri Luar Malaysia Hishammuddin Hussein dan Menteri Luar Negeri Singapura Vivian Balakrishnan mengumumkan jalur hijau timbal balik dan pengaturan perjalanan berkala dalam satu kenyataan bersama semalam. Pelancong yang memenuhi syarat untuk lorong hijau yang dimaksudkan untuk mereka yang menjalankan perniagaan penting atau rasmi harus mematuhi langkah-langkah, termasuk mengambil ujian swab Covid-19 dan menyerahkan jadual perjalanan mereka. Pengaturan perjalanan berkala akan membolehkan penduduk Singapura dan Malaysia yang memegang pas imigresen jangka panjang untuk tujuan perniagaan dan kerja di negara lain untuk memasuki negara itu untuk bekerja. Setelah sekurang-kurangnya tiga bulan berturut-turut di negara merek...

Segala rancangan yang anda fikir telah dibatalkan atau ditangguhkan selama-lamanya. Saya teringat kerana kami mempunyai tiket untuk melihat konsert BabyMETAL di KL Live tetapi terpaksa membatalkannya kerana MCO. Bagaimana kita akan melihat rancangannya?! Oh, tidak mengapa, BabyMetal juga dibatalkan.   1.       Semasa merancang bencana, fikirkan lebih besar. Ada yang mungkin pernah mendengar dana bencana enam bulan yang sepatutnya anda miliki. Mungkin anda telah rajin mengenai dana, mungkin anda sedikit lemah. Walau apa pun cara dan terutama jika anda pemilik perniagaan, anda tidak pernah membayangkan yang terburuk adalah yang buruk. Sebagai contoh, sebahagian besar pendapatan saya berasal dari pekerjaan sendiri. Saya bekerja di kebanyakkan bandar dengan bercakap untuk kumpulan beratus-ratus hingga ribuan, hingga puluhan ribu mengenai kelebihan produk dalam brand tertentu. Tidak pernah dalam mimpi paling liar kita membayangkan dunia di mana orang tidak...

(Director-General of Health Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said, until 12 noon yesterday, 2 positive cases of Covid-19 were reported involving a cluster of engineering companies in Kuching.) PETALING JAYA: The Ministry of Health (MOH) said the new Covid-19 cluster was detected at an engineering company in Kuching. Director General of Health, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said, until 12 noon this afternoon, 2 positive cases of Covid-19 were reported involving this cluster. The first case of this cluster (case 8,694), was an employee of the company who received treatment at a medical center on July 9, 2020, when he suffered from respiratory symptoms. "He was found positive for Covid-19 on the same day," he said in his daily media statement today. Dr. Noor Hisham said, following that, investigations and close contact screening activities were carried out. He said, so far, 32 close patient contacts have been identified and screened. "They consist of 16 colleague...

(source News Straits Times) DHAKA:   Across southern Asia, more than four million people have been hit by major floods due to monsoon floods that destroyed homes and structures, drowning entire villages and forcing people to crouch on the roof in hopes of saving. The monsoon season usually June to September brings heavy rains, floods that are crucial for South Asia's agrarian economy. But in recent years, the monsoon season has brought more hurricanes and catastrophic floods, resulting in the internal displacement of millions of people in low-lying areas, especially in Bangladesh. Last year, at least 600 people were killed and more than 25 million were affected by the floods due to the monsoon rains that hit Bangladesh, India, Myanmar and Nepal, according to the UN. And in 2017, more than 1,000 people died in floods across South Asia. The heaviest rainfall this year is in north-eastern India, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Myanmar and Nepal, according to the Southeast Asia ...

The disappearance of popular Glee musical series actress, Naya Rivera unraveled after police found her body six days later. The 33-year-old woman went to the lake to spend time with her child before drowning. Recently, the police revealed the results of the autopsy that had been carried out on the body. In a statement, the Ventura County Health Examination Office confirmed the body found on July 13 belonged to Naya Rivera. The cause of death was due to accidental drowning. On the morning of July 13, his department received a report on the discovery of a woman's body in Lake Piru. The condition and characteristics of the body were suspected by Naya Rivera and the identity was confirmed correctly after the identification process. The body has also undergone x-ray and post mortem examination. The findings found that the condition of the body was consistent with the time the victim began to sink. No injuries or other illnesses were identified. In fact, there is no indication that the v...

Pandemik COVID-19 memberi tekanan yang besar kepada pelajar kolej, yang kebanyakannya bimbang akan peningkatan tekanan kewangan yang disebabkan oleh wabak tersebut dan kurangnya penjagaan kesihatan mental.  Tinjauan Healthy Minds Network yang baru terhadap lebih daripada 18,000 pelajar kolej di 14 kampus. Tinjauan yang dilakukan antara bulan Mac dan Mei tahun ini bekerjasama dengan Persatuan Kolej Kesihatan Amerika, memfokuskan pada sikap, keprihatinan, tingkah laku pencegahan, dan sokongan mereka terhadap kolej dan universiti yang berkaitan dengan COVID-19. Penemuan tinjauan ini dapat membantu memaklumkan keputusan para pemimpin kolej dan universiti yang berkeupayaan untuk melaksanakan program dan polisi untuk menyokong keperluan pelajar pada musim panas dan hingga semester musim gugur 2020, kata pakar kesihatan mental Sarah Ketchen Lipson, seorang penolong profesor undang-undang kesihatan, dasar, dan pengurusan di Boston University School of Public Health dan penyelidik utama kaj...

PETALING JAYA - A man accused of killing three cats by putting them in a washing machine at a laundromat in Kepong, Selangor has been remanded for four days. The Malaysian Veterinary Services Department (DVS) said the suspect would be remanded until Thursday (July 16) to facilitate the investigation into the incident on Sunday. "Cat carcasses have been sent to the Salak Tinggi Veterinary Laboratory for autopsy," the department said in a statement on Tuesday. His statement was released following the appearance of a video showing the suspect putting the three cats in the washing machine at 12.15am on Sunday. The video went viral on social media and drew angry comments. The statement said that the Selangor DVS enforcement officer arrested the suspect on Sunday. The Selangor Selayang Court has issued a four-day remand order, from July 13 to 16. DVS urges the public not to speculate on cases that could jeopardize its investigation. An investigation is und...

Naya Rivera menggunakan kekuatan yang terakhir untuk menyelamatkan anaknya yang berusia 4 tahun sebelum dia meninggal dunia, kata Sheriff County Ventura Bill Ayub pada Isnin. "Dia mengumpulkan cukup tenaga untuk membawa anaknya kembali ke kapal, tetapi tidak cukup untuk menyelamatkan dirinya," kata Ayub. Mayat yang ditemui Isnin pagi di Lake Piru telah dikenal pasti sebagai bekas pelakon "Glee", kata Pejabat Sheriff Ventura County semasa sidang akhbar. Rivera dan anaknya menyewa kapal ponton di Tasik Piru pada hari Rabu. Kanak-kanak itu memberitahu penyelamat bahawa dia dan ibunya telah pergi ke air untuk berenang, tetapi dia tidak kembali menaiki kapal. Dia memberitahu penyiasat dia kemudian menoleh ke belakang dan melihatnya hilang di bawah permukaan air, kata Ayub. Anaknya ditemui tertidur di kapal ponton sewa setelah terlambat untuk pulang. Satu jaket keselamatan ditemui di atas kapal dan budak lelaki itu memakai yang lain. Rivera, 33, dianggap...

The term burnout is commonly used in the context of fatigue at work but the latest findings from Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) reveal that symptoms can also occur to a person if unable to perform normal daily routines. UKM Clinical Psychology and Behavioral Health Program Lecturer, Dr Shazli Ezzat Ghazali said, his party detected the symptoms of burnout through the negative effects of the environment experienced by students of institutions of higher learning (IPT). He said the special study was conducted on 159 respondents who were trapped on campus during the Movement Control Order (PKP) using tools developed according to the suitability of the situation. "Studies show that students experience four characteristics that contribute to the symptoms such as pessimism (bad suspicion) towards residential colleges or institutions of higher learning, fatigue due to activities or tasks arranged, insufficient feelings and problems experienced during the PKP period. The results show ...