While you were sleeping
THE midnight hour marks the transition from one day to the next and the moment when the date changes. In Kual...
Sports excellence continues with 9th Asean Para Games
The Asean Para Games 2017, the Southeast Asian multi-sport event for the disabled, is taking place this year in Kua...
23 die in KL tahfiz school fire
AT least 21 pupils and two wardens died after a pre-dawn fire broke out at the Pusat Tahfiz Darul Quran Ittifaqiyah reli...
Rohingya in Klang kampung celebrate Aidiladha
IN Kg Johan Setia, Klang, lives 144 Rohingya families, who fled Myanmar. Yesterday, they received four cows to sacrifice...
Going back in time for this year's Merdeka celebrations
IT was like flipping the pages of a history book, beginning with the country’s independence on August 31, 1957. Ma...
Azizulhasni makes it 111 for Malaysia
MALAYSIA achieved their target 111 gold medals with two days to go before the end of the 29th Sea Games i...
Fracas at Nothing To Hide 2.0
PANDEMONIUM erupted during the Nothing To Hide 2.0 forum when flares were ignited, chairs were thrown and shoes flung on...
Life at the PKNS flats
UP to four generations have lived in the 270 flats in seven blocks which make up Flat PKNS in Jalan Tun Razak, Kuala Lum...
Elderly folk spend their golden years in abject poverty
THEIR faces bear witness to a long, harsh life. Their dilapidated homes appear as frail as their bodies, which continue...
How hard is it to live a hard life?
BETWEEN them, Suriani Aziera and her husband Mohd Fairus Yusof have six children and a household income of RM1,200...
Baraan: A Javanese tradition
THE hitting of the “kentong” (slit drum) marks the start of Baraan in Kampung Parit Begelan in Muar, Johor, calling for...
Women's Baraan in Parit Bugis, Johor
Baraan is a tradition practised in most parts of Johor in the first week of Hari Raya, especially in Batu Pahat. ...
Rolling up prayer mats Masjid Jamek-style
Masjid Jamek (now Masjid Jamek Sultan Abdul Samad) in the heart of Kuala Lumpur has a very quick and novel way of rollin...
Masjid Jamek by any other name...
MASJID Jamek is one of the oldest mosques in Kuala Lumpur. It is located at the confluence of Klang and Gombak...
Ramadan, time for reunion, prayer and reflection
RAMADAN, Islam’s holiest month, is not just about fasting and food. It is also a time for reunion, prayer and reflection...
