Bangladesh's First Press News Agency
ISTANBUL, May 9 (Xinhua) — A Turkish prosecutor on Tuesday asked for 40 times aggravated life sentences plus 1,540 to 2,370 years in jail for the attacker on a nightclub in Istanbul on first day of this year, who gunned down 39 people in a shooting spree, local media reported. Abdulkadir Masharipov, a Uzbek national, […]
Read MoreSEOUL, May 9 (Xinhua) — Conservative and centrist rivals of Moon Jae-in, a candidate of the liberal Minjoo Party, said they would accept the result of South Korean presidential election in an apparent concession to Moon. With 9 percent of votes counted as of 10:30 p.m. local time (1330 GMT), Moon garnered 37.5 percent support. […]
Read MoreCOLOMBO, May 9 (Xinhua) — A group of Sri Lankan refugees returned from south India on Tuesday, the Ministry of Prison Reforms, Rehabilitation and Resettlement said. A spokesman for Minister D.M Swaminathan said that 16 Sri Lankan refugees returned and were greeted by officials at the main international airport outside Colombo. The spokesperson said that […]
Read MoreBANGKOK, May 9 (Xinhua) — Blasts at a downtown discount store in southernmost Thailand on Tuesday injured more than 30 people, police said. Two bombs were separately detonated in early afternoon Tuesday at the parking lot of Big C discount store and at a spot inside the store in Pattani province, about 1,050 kilometers south […]
Read MoreNEW DELHI, May 9 (Xinhua) — India’s top court Tuesday sentenced defiant judge of Calcutta high court Justice Chinnaswamy Swaminathan Karnan to six months in jail for its contempt, officials said. A seven-judge bench, headed by Chief Justice J S Khehar, said its order needs to be executed forthwith. “He has to be seen as […]
Read MorePARIS, May 9 (Xinhua) — Two men carried out a robbery in a daylight at a watch retailor in Paris, making off with luxury watches worth between 800,000 euros and 900,000 euros (981,000 U.S. dollars), a local local newspaper reported on Tuesday. Wearing a grey suit, a face-uncovered man entered the shop at around 11:10 […]
Read MoreRAMALLAH, May 9 (Xinhua) — Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas announced Tuesday he is ready to meet Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu under the U.S. sponsorship for peace making. Abbas made the remarks in a joint news conference with his German counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Abbas told reporters he reiterated […]
Read MoreSEOUL, May 9 (Xinhua) — Moon Jae-in of the liberal Minjoo Party led media exit polls in South Korea’s presidential election by a large margin, an official survey from three local broadcasters showed Tuesday. Moon came closer to becoming the country’s 19th president with 41.4 percent support, beating conservative and centrist rivals by a wide […]
Read MoreDHAKA, May 9 (NsNewsWire) — Samsung Mobile Bangladesh handed over its latest addition to its flagship smartphone device, the preordered Galaxy S8 and S8+ to its customers. Upon preordering, Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+ customers received one free Samsung accessory gift between the Samsung Wireless Speaker Bottle and theSamsung Dex Station. The Galaxy S8 and […]
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