By Media Selangor Team SHAH ALAM, Apr 25 — The Selangor government is considering a state-wide ban on the sale of electronic cigarettes (vapes) following growing concern over its public health and social impact. State executive councillor for public health and environment Jamaliah Jamaluddin...

PUTRAJAYA, April 18 — The use of single-use plastic bags in forest reserves, national/state parks, marine parks, geoheritage sites, geosites and certain business premises nationwide is now prohibited as a proactive measure to reduce plastic pollution in the country.

REUTERS, Feb 14 — TikTok returned to the US app stores of Apple and Google on Thursday, as President Donald Trump delayed its ban until April 5 and assured the companies they would not be fined for distributing or maintaining the Chinese app.

KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 30 — Malaysia has unequivocally condemned the recent legislation passed by the Israeli Knesset to ban the operations of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) in Jerusalem, Gaza and the West Bank.

BUONES AIRES, Sept 20 — A court in Brazil on Thursday fined tech billionaire Elon Musk's companies after some users in the country were able to briefly access the social media platform X, the German news agency (dpa) reported.

RIO DE JANEIRO, Sept 3 — A Brazilian Supreme Court panel has upheld the ban of Elon Musk's social media platform X amid the judiciary's long-running dispute with the billionaire.

WASHINGTON, April 24 — The US Senate voted late Tuesday to send legislation to President Joe Biden that would require Chinese owner ByteDance to divest the popular short video app's US assets within about nine months or face a ban.

SEREMBAN, April 23 — The ban on consuming mussels from Port Dickson waters is still in force for the safety of consumers, said Negeri Sembilan Department of Fisheries (DOF) director Kasim Tawe.

KAJANG, Feb  6 — Heavy vehicles are prohibited from using the roads for four days in conjunction with Chinese New Year, which will be celebrated this Saturday, also coinciding with the start of school holidays.

SHAH ALAM, Dec 31 — Beginning tomorrow, the public will not be allowed to fish in parks under the Petaling Jaya City Council’s (MBPJ) administration, barring Taman Bandaran Kelana Jaya.

MELAKA, Dec 9 — The Agriculture and Food Security Ministry (KPKM) has assured that the supply of onion will not be affected following a ban on onion export by the Indian government yesterday.

z`NEW DELHI, Dec 8 — India has banned the export of onions until March next year to boost domestic supplies and contain consumer inflation.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 5 — Kuala Lumpur City Hall (DBKL) said there is no lifting of the freeze on the issuance of new licences for the sale of liquor at sundry shops, convenience stores and Chinese medicine halls in the city.

NEW DELHI, Nov 19 — Prominent Islamic organisations have highlighted the risks to exports by Indian companies if proper halal standards are not maintained following a ban on halal products by the northern state of Uttar Pradesh.

TOKYO, Aug 25 — Japan started releasing treated radioactive water from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear power plant into the Pacific Ocean on Thursday, a polarising move that prompted China to announce an immediate blanket ban on all aquatic products from Japan.

PUTRAJAYA, Aug 22 — The Civil Aviation Authority of Malaysia (CAAM) has reminded the people to not fly drones without authorisation in areas designated for the National Day 2023 celebration in Putrajaya, from Aug 21 to 31.

KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — The Badminton World Federation (BWF) have temporarily banned the ‘spin serve’ in all BWF-sanctioned international tournaments effective immediately until May 29.

SYDNEY, March 17 — New Zealand will ban TikTok on devices with access to the parliamentary network because of cybersecurity concerns, a government official said on Friday.

KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 7 — The government has been urged to ban the sale of alcohol after 10 pm in all 24-hour premises, said Ramesh Rao Krishnan Naidu, the special officer in charge of Indian affairs to Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi.

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 21 — Enforcement personnel of the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya Health Department has begun using body cameras for cracking down on smoking-related offences since December 12.