March 17, 2026
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Ticket to ride: Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad ramps up to near 24-hour service to handle Aidilfitri travel surge.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 — Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad (KTMB) is offering a record 251,752 seats across its Electric Train Service (ETS) and KTM Intercity services in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

March 17, 2026
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Anwar Ibrahim announces 50% toll discount for Hari Raya, says it will cost Putrajaya RM21 million.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 17 — The government will provide a 50% toll discount nationwide for two days in conjunction with Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim announced today.

March 16, 2026
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Hannah Yeoh says KL’s RM33m road maintenance budget not enough for daily one million vehicles.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — Federal Territories Minister Hannah Yeoh has said that the federal government’s RM33 million direct allocation for Kuala Lumpur’s road maintenance is inadequate to handle the city’s heavy traffic.

March 16, 2026
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Lim Guan Eng calls on Putrajaya to help Malaysian firms recover share of RM543b in illegal tariffs imposed by Donald Trump.

KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 — DAP adviser Lim Guan Eng today urged the government to assist Malaysian companies in reclaiming their share of an estimated US$166 billion (RM543 billion) in tariffs that the United States illegally collected since 2025.

March 16, 2026
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Teen Found Dead in Drain at Taman Menglembu Impiana

IPOH, March 16 — A 19-year-old man was found dead in a drain near a field along Jalan Menglembu Impiana 12, Taman Menglembu Impiana Adril, here yesterday.

March 15, 2026
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Trailer driver who tested positive for drugs remanded after NSE crash injures three

BUKIT MERTAJAM, March 15 — Police have detained a trailer lorry driver to assist in investigations into a four-vehicle crash at Kilometre 137.4 of the northbound North-South Expressway here yesterday.