Land near ECRL stations not given free to Chinese company, says Malaysia’s finance minister

PUTRAJAYA, April 23 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia’s Finance Minister Lim Guan Eng has dismissed allegations that 4,500 acres of land along the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) will be given for free to China Communications Construction Company Ltd (CCCC). Lim was responding to blogger Raja Petra Kamarudin’s claims that for the…

Malaysia’s defence minister says Sri Lanka’s terror attack an act of cowardice

KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysian Defence Minister, Mohamad Sabu has described the Sunday Easter terror attacks in Sri Lanka that left 290 people dead, as an act of cowardice against innocent people and called for such violence to be totally eradicated. Mohamad, said if the world failed to act…

Sudan receives US$3 bln from Saudi Arabia and UAE

KHARTOUM, April 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have pledged support for Sudan following the ouster of its leader Omar al-Bashir who had ruled the country for 30 years. On Sunday, the two countries announced a financial boost of three billion dollars to Sudan to support…

Five Indian nationals among 290 killed in Sri Lanka blasts

NEW DELHI, April 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Five Indian nationals were among the 290 people in killed in the bomb blasts that targeted churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Sunday. The names of five Indians were mentioned in the tweets by Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj and the Indian High Commission…

Update Najib’s Trial Day 6: Political party UMNO Johor admits receiving RM300,000 in cheque from Najib

KUALA LUMPUR, April 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Abu Talib Alias, the secretary of UMNO Johor Bahru, the southern division of the UMNO political party, today told the court that he had received a cheque worth RM300,000 from the party president in 2015. The 10th witness at the ongoing trial of former…

After Beatles, Korean band BTS scores third No 1 album in Billboard in single year

Concept of new BTS album This photo, provided by Big Hit Entertainment on April 1, 2019, shows the concept image of K-pop band BTS’ new album titled “Map of the Soul: Persona.” Photo courtesy of Yonhap SEOUL, April 22 (NNN-BERNAMA-YONHAP)  — K-pop boy band BTS has scored its third No.…

Update: Death toll from Sri Lanka’s Sunday terror attacks rises to 290

COLOMBO, April 22 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The death toll from Sunday’s terror attacks in Sri Lanka has risen to 290 by Monday morning with 500 injured, Police Spokesman Ruwan Gunasekara said. Sri Lanka’s Daily Mirror reported Gunasekara saying 24 suspects were also already in CID custody. He said the bodies of…

Leading figures from Sudan’s previous regime in prison, properties confiscated

KHARTOUM, April 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The head of Sudanese Military Transitional Council (MTC) Abdel Fattah Burhan on Sunday confirmed that the country’s deposed president Omar al-Bashir and the leading figures of his regime were all in prison, Anadolu Agency reported. “All the leading figures of the former regime, including al-Bashir and…

Sabah sets sights on Jiangxi to propel industrialisation

KOTA KINABALU (Sabah, Malaysia) April 22 (NNN-BERNAMA) — The Chief Minister of Malaysian state, Sabah, Mohd Shafie Apdal has set his sights on Jiangxi Province in China to propel industrialisation in the state. Moments upon arriving in Nanchang City on Saturday, Mohd Shafie paid a courtesy call on the Governor of Jiangxi,…

Russian scientists plan two Arctic expeditions before 2020

MOSCOW, April 19 (NNN-BERNAMA-TASS) — Russian scientists plan to make two expeditions to the Arctic region aboard the vessels operated by the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS) this year. The research will focus on the impact of various processes underway in the Arctic on the climate, RAS President Alexander Sergeev…