October2016

News Hour: Iraqi paramilitary forces launched an operation on Saturday to cut the Islamic State group’s supply lines between its Mosul bastion and neighboring Syria, opening a new front in the nearly two-week-old offensive. Forces from...

News Hour: Vietnam’s health ministry on Sunday reported a microcephaly case that it says is likely to be the country’s first linked to the mosquito-borne Zika virus. The case, a four-month old baby whose mother was...

News Hour: A powerful 6.6 magnitude earthquake struck central Italy on early Sunday, panicking jittery residents and destroying historic buildings for the third time in just over two months. Fabrizio Curcio, head of the national civil...

News Hour: Dominika Cibulkova put on a serving masterclass to secure the biggest victory of her career when the Slovakian stormed to a 6-3 6-4 triumph over world number one Angelique Kerber to claim the WTA...

News Hour: Juergen Klopp criticised Liverpool’s opening 15 minutes as “childish” but his men then made beating Crystal Palace seem like mere child’s play with Philippe Coutinho their master puppeteer on Saturday. After the 4-2 victory...

News Hour: Teenage sensation Mehedi Hasan took six wickets as Bangladesh secured their first ever test win over England with an 108-run victory on Sunday. Youngster Mehedi Hasan Miraz continued his prolific form with the ball...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Mongolia today signed a $3 million grant to pilot community-based approaches to disaster risk management in parts of Dornod, Gobi-Altai, Khuvsgul and Sukbaatar aimags to...

News Hour: BRAC launched a competition today to find solutions to the growing challenges faced by people living in cities across Bangladesh. The Mayor of Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC), Mr Annisul Huq, launched the Urban...

News Hour: England’s Cricket Team have taken time out of their sporting tour to highlight British efforts to stop horrific acid attacks against Bangladesh’s most vulnerable girls and women. Off the back of their win of...

News Hour: Micronutrient deficiency is a major public health problem in Bangladesh. Among all micronutrients, vitamin A deficiency affects an alarming percentage, despite ongoing supplementation programs. To address this problem, the USAID-AIN (Aquaculture for Income and...