A NEW Tamil school in Sri Alam, Masai, Johor, which was supposed to have started operating in 2019 is expected to begin classes after Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Malaysia Nanban reported.

       The completed building was slated for an opening ceremony in September 2018.

       However, some last minute delays coupled with a toppled retaining wall caused the postponement.

       > Two major Sri Lankan newspapers have stopped their print editions after running into shortages, Malaysia Nanban reported.

       The island nation of 22 million people is facing a severe economic crisis never seen before in the 74 years since it gained independence from the Great Britain in 1948.

       The English language daily The Island and the Sinhalese newspaper Divaina announced that they will stop their print edition in face of the unprecedented economic situation which has led to shortages.

       Many other national newspapers have also employed drastic cost-cutting measures.

       Meanwhile schools in the country have postponed exams for three million students after failing to buy ink and papers.

       People have also been waiting in brutally long queues for petrol and kerosene for home use. Four have reportedly died waiting in line in just the past week.

       ● The above article is compiled from the vernacular newspapers (Bahasa Malaysia, Chinese and Tamil dailies). As such, stories are grouped according to the respective language/medium. Where a paragraph begins with this ' >'sign, it denotes a separate news item.