February2017

News Hour: Grameenphone Ltd. reported revenue of BDT 114.9 billion for 2016, up 9.6% from last year. Subscription and traffic revenue (excluding interconnection) grew by 12.0% with growing contribution from data. Data revenue grew by 69.7%...

News Hour: Russia’s Black Sea naval command on Wednesday denied an allegation by Kiev that a Ukrainian AN-26 military cargo plane had been shot over the sea, Tass news agency cited the command as saying, reports...

News Hour: Microsoft Bangladesh is initiating coding for local school children to teach students the basics of computer programming. As a part of ­this initiative, Microsoft Bangladesh will organize a two-hour workshop titled ‘Coding for Kids’...

News Hour: Automakers reported mixed U.S. auto sales for January, with General Motors Co posting a 3.8 percent decline while crosstown rival Ford Motor Co topped analysts forecasts in strong truck sales. Ford’s F-Series pickup truck...

News Hour: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Government of Myanmar have agreed to partner up in promoting public-private partnerships (PPP) in the transport sector. ADB will provide strategic and transaction advisory services to support...

News Hour: Volkswagen AG has agreed to pay at least $1.22 billion to fix or buy back nearly 80,000 polluting U.S. 3.0 liter diesel engine vehicles to settle claims it fitted illegal emissions-cheating software to the...

News Hour: U.S. factory activity accelerated to more than a two-year high in January amid sustained increases in new orders and raw material costs, pointing to a recovery in manufacturing as domestic demand strengthens and the...

News Hour: Iran’s defense minister said on Wednesday it had tested a new missile but this did not breach the Islamic Republic’s nuclear accord with world powers or a U.N. Security Council resolution endorsing the pact....

News Hour: IOM Egypt has helped the Syria Al Ghad community-based foundation to renovate and expand a medical center which provides free and low-cost medical services for Syrian refugees and host communities. The center has been...

News Hour: Facebook Inc is creating an app for television set-top boxes, including Apple Inc’s Apple TV, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. The world’s biggest online social network is also...