July2016

Singer Jay Sean celebrates world emoji day with the launch of bollyjis!

by News Hour Correspondent - Jul 18, 2016

News Hour: Celebrating World Emoji Day on the 17th July 2016, Jay Sean announces the launch of his range of Asian inspired emojis called Bollyjis!, reports Bollyspice. While the Crying-With-Laughter-Face, Shy-Monkey, and Unamused...
World Bank, ADB signs loan agreement with Fiji for recovery of Cyclone Winston

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 18, 2016

News Hour: The Government of Fiji today signed a US$50 million loan agreement with the World Bank to support their continued recovery needs from Tropical Cyclone Winston and enhance the country’s efforts to...
Upcoming Bollywood film Happy Bhag Jayegi releases on aug 19

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 18, 2016

News Hour: Born to just another regular, normal, ordinary Amritsari family, Harpreet Kaur aka Happy is meant for things that are irregular, abnormal and extra-ordinary, reports Bollyspice. Fire-brand, self-dependent and sharp-tongued, Happy is...
Labour mobility could generate an additional $10 billion for pacific islanders by 2040

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 18, 2016

News Hour: The full potential of labour mobility between Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific region remains largely untapped, according to a new report launched today by the World Bank and the Australian...
Asian growth steady despite weak global prospects, Brexit

by Mridha Shihab Mahmud - Jul 18, 2016

News Hour: Growth in Asia and the Pacific’s developing economies for 2016 and 2017 will remain solid as firm performances from South Asia, East Asia and Southeast Asia help offset softness from the...
Australian fastest in Rubik’s cube championship, but European title goes to Germany

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jul 18, 2016

News Hour: Germany’s Phillip Weyer became the European champion in speedcubing, or solving a Rubik’s cube puzzle, in Prague on Sunday, reaching an average time of 7.88 seconds. Weyer in fact clocked just...
U.N. tombstone listing celebrated as rare joint success in Balkans

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jul 18, 2016

News Hour: A World Heritage listing for 70,000 medieval tombstones spread across four countries that emerged from Yugoslavia’s bloody break up in the 1990s was praised on Monday as a rare example of...
Le Corbusier buildings named world heritage sites

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jul 18, 2016

News Hour: Seventeen buildings designed by Swiss-French architecture pioneer Le Corbusier have become UNESCO world heritage sites, the Swiss government said on Sunday, opening up the chance of more funding for conservation. The...
Iraq’s marshes, once drained by Saddam, named world heritage site

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jul 18, 2016

News Hour: A wetland in southeast Iraq, thought to be the biblical Garden of Eden and almost completely drained during Saddam Hussein’s rule, has become a UNESCO world heritage site, Iraqi authorities said...
No peace of mind in South Sudan

by Rafiuzzaman Sifat - Jul 18, 2016

News Hour: As South Sudan this month marks its fifth anniversary as an independent nation, peace and stability remain elusive. Recent violence threatens the ceasefire agreement signed last year. Peace of mind is...