The Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry is to keep rotating its enforcement officers in terms of their place of deployment nationwide for more effective monitoring and enforcement, Minister Datuk Hasan Malek said today.

Two men were sent to the gallows by the High Court here today after they were found guilty of drug trafficking.

The Malaysian economy will pick up pace and grow further in the second half of this year following the moderate performance in the first quarter, says a leading banker.

The world hydroelectric industry's decision to meet in a Malaysian state where dams have uprooted rainforests and native peoples is drawing bitter fire from environmental and tribal groups.

The natural resources and environment ministry will set up a special team with the respective state governments to look into the destruction of forests and hill slopes in the country.

Syarikat Bekalan Air Selangor Sdn Bhd (Syabas) said in a statement today, that a number of areas in Gombak and Kuala Lumpur experienced water disruption and lower pressure due to a critical dip in levels at its main reservoirs, since yesterday.

The Kedah government planned to build affordable houses for people in the rural areas, including through the planned village scheme, said Menteri Besar Datuk Mukhriz Mahathir.

Ardously fighting strong currents, a blind student spent more than two hours swimming five kilometres across the Penang Straits, fulfilling a dream to cross the straits.

The bodies of two unidentified men - believed to have drowned - were found floating in separate incidents here today.

Two bills would be tabled at the Sarawak State Legislative Assembly sitting which begins on Monday, Speaker Datuk Amar Mohamad Asfia Awang Nassar said today.