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Search and rescue

SMART team leaves for Nepal, to focus on last known area of missing Malaysians

11-member team will be in disaster area for 10 days

Malaysia’s SMART awaits green light from Nepal govt

Team is ready for deployment at a moment’s notice, to aid in search and rescue operations as well as to locate and bring home Malaysia who are still uncontactable

Anwar orders SMART deployment to flood-hit Nepal, announces US$1mil aid

Malaysian rescuers will assist search and rescue efforts while authorities work to trace dozens of Malaysians who remain uncontactable

Every hour matters: Wife clings to hope for Malaysian missing in Nepal disaster

Muhammad Nasir Abdul Talib, 68, was last traced to a café in the Rasuagadi area about an hour before flash floods struck near the Nepal-Tibet border

Wisma Putra to meet families of 49 missing Malaysians tomorrow

Families urge stronger Nepal-China coordination, daily updates and deployment of Malaysian SAR personnel

◉ Popular

Cleared for layoffs? AirAsia to retrench 20% of workforce in major cost-cutting move

This allegedly involves cabin services, cargo and logistics, engineering and maintenance, as well as the commercial division, according to Scoop’s source

Schools may close if air quality worsens, five areas hit unhealthy levels: DOE

The department said the areas recorded unhealthy API readings, warns of RM1mil fine for open burning offenders

No, Malays could not fly: Scholars call out pseudohistory

UPSI and DBP academics urge discipline in handling history after Prof Solehah’s claims of Malays teaching China ‘flying kung fu’