absenteeism

Wong Kah Woh said the Ministry of Education has planned intervention strategies by strengthening existing programmes.

The trend of skipping tertiary education for early employment or higher salaries now includes skipping SPM or upper secondary education.

Various efforts to attract students to school, the phenomena of school dropout and learning deficits remain inadequately addressed.

The Royal Malaysian Police says about 11,000 of its 122,000 officers -- nearly 10 percent -- are overweight, causing rising health-related absenteeism and costing millions of dollars.

Tharmaseelan feels that a happy workforce will help prevent absenteeism at the workplace.

Anthony Albanese says social media firms would be required to destroy personal data used to verify ages of users.

Local institutions were the primary supporters of Bursa Malaysia for the fifth consecutive week.

High Court judge says the Home Ministry's seizure of the Pride watches was made without a warrant and was invalid.

Laos pledges to prosecute those responsible for the incident which has killed six tourists.

PM Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim meets with South Korean President Yoon Suek Yeol at the Yongsan Presidential Office.

Max Verstappen faces an even bigger, and more thrilling, battle to stretch the run to five in a row next year.

Families living in the targeted areas began fleeing their homes after nightfall.

Trump, who fiercely prizes loyalty, has long relied on family members for political advice, but which relative has his ear is known to vary.

Dr Mohd Afzanizam Abdul Rashid says that US President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet selections are drawing significant attention.

Hezbollah movement fires heavy rocket barrages at Israel and Israeli military says houses had been destroyed or set alight near Tel Aviv.