September2016
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LEGO’s building mission to revive U.S. growth
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: LEGO A/S reported a decline in revenue growth and profits for the first half of 2016, but only because the Danish toymaker needed time to add production capacity to meet increased demand for its... -
Hurricane Newton swirled toward Mexico’s resorts
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: Hurricane Newton swirled toward Mexico’s popular northwestern resorts of Los Cabos on Monday, prompting authorities to close schools and airports two years after a powerful storm pummeled the region, reports BSS. The US National... -
Vietnam carriers bought 40 airplanes worth $6.5 billion from Airbus
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: Vietnam carriers bought 40 airplanes worth $6.5 billion from France’s Airbus on Tuesday, as President Francois Hollande visited the communist nation to drum up business ties, reports BSS. Low-cost private airline VietJet, known for... -
One person killed in ongoing attack on charity in central Kabul
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: At least one person has been killed in an ongoing attack on a charity in central Kabul, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, after a wave of explosions hit the Afghan capital, reports BSS.... -
4 year old girl killed after bomb detonated outside a school in Thailand
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: A four-year-old girl was among two people killed after a bomb hidden in a motorcycle was detonated outside a school in Thailand’s insurgency-plagued south, authorities said on Tuesday, reports BSS. The device, packed in... -
Buddhist hardliners booed former UN chief Kofi Annan in Myanmar
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: Hundreds of Buddhist hardliners booed former UN chief Kofi Annan as he arrived in Myanmar’s troubled Rakhine state on Tuesday to probe religious conflict that has displaced tens of thousands of Muslim Rohingya, reports... -
Donald Trump landed ahead of Hillary Clinton in a new poll
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump landed just ahead of Democrat Hillary Clinton in a new national poll released on Tuesday, which showed the real estate mogul chiseling away at his opponent’s former lead, reports... -
Second batch of GP Accelerator starts journey in Bangladesh
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: Bangladesh’s leading telecommunications service provider Grameenphone today received the second batch of GP Accelerator in the presence of Begum Tarana Halim, MP, State Minister for Ministry of Posts, Telecommunication & ICT. The GP Accelerator... -
Huawei’s Seeds for the Future-2016 program kicks off in Bangladesh
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: Huawei, a leading global information and communication technology (ICT) solutions provider, today kicks off its annual talent development program ‘Seeds for the Future- 2016’ at the company’s Customer Solution Innovation and Integration Experience Center... -
Wooden sculpture of London goes up in flames to mark Great Fire anniversary
Sep 6, 2016News Hour: Flames once again licked the historic buildings of Britain’s capital as a wooden replica of 17th century London went up in smoke to mark the 350th anniversary of the Great Fire of London. The Great Fire...