December2016
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Indian man’s story about cycling across eight countries for four months to reach his Swedish wife is going viral
Dec 11, 2016News Hour: The year was 1975. At that time, 19-year old Swedish resident Charlotte Von Sledvin was studying in London. While, Dr Pradyumna Kumar Mahanandia from India had just started making a name for himself as a... -
Gambia’s president-elect says loser Jammeh cannot reject polls
Dec 11, 2016News Hour: Gambia’s President-elect Adama Barrow said on Saturday the country’s outgoing leader Yahya Jammeh had no authority to reject the results of Dec.1. polls, while the United Nations and African Union piled pressure on Jammeh... -
Nobel Prize winner sees a “ray of hope” for Sudan, Syria
Dec 10, 2016Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos said an accord to end a 52-year civil war with Marxist rebels was a “ray of hope” for solving conflicts from Syria to South Sudan as he collected the Nobel Peace... -
India’s demonetization drive hitting budget preparations
Dec 10, 2016News Hour: Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s surprise decision to scrap high-value banknotes has upset preparations for next year’s budget because of the resulting disruption to growth, revenues and asset sales, two government sources said. Modi scrapped... -
Fugitive Indian tycoon Mallya cries foul over Twitter hack
Dec 10, 2016News Hour: Fugitive Indian businessman Vijay Mallya said on Friday that his Twitter account had been penetrated by a hacking group called Legion, which posted links to what it alleged were details of Mallya’s bank accounts,... -
IGP of Bangladesh inaugurates state of the art warehouse in Habiganj
Dec 10, 2016News Hour: As a part of a responsible business operation in Bangladesh, A H Khan & Co. Ltd. a business partner and supplier of British American tobacco Bangladesh, built an environment-friendly world class warehouse at Shayestaganj in Habiganj,... -
Dhaka University wins second Sweden-Bangladesh Nobel Memorial Quiz 2016
Dec 10, 2016News Hour: Dhaka University has won the Grand Finale of the Sweden-Bangladesh Nobel Memorial Quiz 2016 held today in Dhaka. Triumphing over three competing teams in the final, Team Pratishwik, comprising of Shamim Sohani Rimon, Wahik... -
Another strong earthquake rocked the Solomon Islands
Dec 10, 2016News Hour: The Pacific is again on high alert for Tsunami waves after another strong earthquake rocked the Solomon Islands on Saturday. A strong 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck approximately 100 kilometres west of Peka Island in the... -
9 people died after an under-construction building collapsed in southern India
Dec 10, 2016News Hour: Nine people died after an under-construction building collapsed in southern India but a four-year-old boy and his mother were pulled alive from the rubble, police said on Saturday. The seven-storey building where labourers and... -
45,300 people evacuated in several places due to Indonesia earthquake
Dec 10, 2016News Hour: Tens of thousands of people have been displaced after a devastating earthquake in Indonesia killed more than 100 people, an official said Saturday, leaving communities in ruins as aid trickled into the disaster-stricken province,...
