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KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): Starting today, a person going out to purchase food or daily necessities during the movement control order (MCO) may be accompanied by one family member staying in the same house, according to an updated regulation by the Ministry of Health.

SEBERANG PERAI (April 27): A group of 13 men were arrested at a “secretly opened hair salon” here today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Commercial buildings closed for weeks or even months to curb the Covid-19 pandemic could “fuel” Legionnaires' disease, Reuters reported yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 17): An unscheduled water supply interruption is currently being experienced in approximately 1,292 areas affecting 1.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 14): Malaysia Airlines Bhd will resume once-weekly service between Kuala Lumpur and Kuching, Miri and Kota Kinabalu starting this week, says Transport Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 11): While Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah agrees that the government should be planning on how to slowly return life to normal for Malaysians after the movement control order (MCO), he feels it should postpone allowing barbershops and hair salons to operate, Malaysiakini reported today.

PETALING JAYA (April 10): A number of services, including hair salons, hardware and electronics shops will now be allowed to operate under the movement control order (MCO) subject to strict conditions, Free Malaysia Today (FMT) reported today.

After having to work from home since the Movement Control Order (MCO) was implemented in Malaysia on March 18 owing to the COVID-19 outbreak, many could well be missing their offices after more than two weeks, especially when their home offices would most likely just be a makeshift desk placed in one corner of the house.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 2): British Airways (BA) is soon expected to announce that it will suspend around 36,000 staff, reported the BBC today.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 2): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Mohd Yassin has taken over from Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad as chairman of the board of directors of Khazanah Nasional Bhd effective immediately.