February2017

News Hour: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, today announced the appointment of internationally acclaimed author Neil Gaiman as a global Goodwill Ambassador. The announcement comes after three years of close cooperation between Gaiman and UNHCR to...

News Hour: The Executive Director of the World Food Programme (WFP), Ertharin Cousin, and the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, are very concerned that critical shortages in food assistance are affecting some 2 million...

News Hour: Bishwa Shahitto Kendra (BSK) and Grameenphone awarded 1,082 students in Rajshahi in recognition of the caliber that they displayed in the year-long book reading competition. The award ceremony was inaugurated by Sharif Md. Masud,...

News Hour: BRAC is going to scale up its investment in mobile app Maya Apa to ensure quality information and counselling service delivery for a greater number of people. Besides, BRAC’s urban development programme will implement...

News Hour: On 14 and 16 February, IOM organized two charter flights to help two groups totaling 334 migrants to return home to Nigeria and Senegal from Libya. On 14 February, 162 migrants, including 101 women,...

News Hour: Triple world champion Lewis Hamilton has clarified comments about not wanting to share data with Formula One team mates and says he has “zero problems” with new Mercedes arrival Valtteri Bottas. Hamilton told a...

News Hour: England’s Ben Stokes fetched a staggering $2.17 million in the Indian Premier League’s (IPL) player auction on Monday, with the Rising Pune Supergiants splashing out in a frenzied bidding war to land the explosive...

News Hour: Neymar, Barcelona and Santos will stand trial on fraud and corruption charges over the transfer of the Brazilian forward after their appeals were turned down by Spain’s High Court on Monday, reports Reuters. Neymar’s...

News Hour: Mercedes team bosses and shareholders Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda have agreed new contracts to the end of 2020, the Formula One world champions said on Monday. The date aligns the two Austrians’ contracts...

News Hour: Three former US national team gymnasts detailed sexual abuse allegations against former national team doctor Lawrence Nassar in a report Sunday on CBS television’s 60 Minutes, says BSS. Jamie Dantzscher, a member of the...