March2017
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Huawei puts a photography studio in your pocket with the launch of new P10 and P10+
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: At the Mobile World Congress held in Barcelona, Huawei Consumer Business Group has announced the launch of the new HUAWEI P10 and P10+, co-engineered with Leica, which bring professional studio-like effects to enhance portrait... -
Microinsurance for 5 million microfinance clients
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: BRAC has partnered with Guardian Life Insurance Limited to offer our first microinsurance product – credit shield insurance to our 5 million microfinance clients. The product is targeted towards the lower-income population of Bangladesh... -
Iran seeks permanent foothold in Syria, Netanyahu says
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would meet Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Thursday to voice opposition to what the Israeli leader charged were Iran’s attempts to establish a permanent military foothold... -
Huawei hosts Global Digital Transformation Forum at MWC17
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: In the recent concluded Mobile World Congress 2017, over 600 decision-makers, thought leaders and strategists from governments, telecom operators, international bodies and research firms come together to pin down what Digital Transformation will mean for... -
Fight against poverty at risk by threats to women’s rights
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: Women across the globe are facing new threats which risk dismantling decades of hard-won rights and derailing the effort to end extreme poverty, Oxfam warns today. Ahead of International Women’s Day next week, the... -
White House asks Congress to probe if Obama ordered wiretap
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: The White House asked the U.S. Congress on Sunday to examine whether the Obama administration abused its investigative authority during the 2016 campaign, as part of an ongoing congressional probe into Russia’s influence on... -
Erdogan compares German behavior with Nazi period
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan accused Germany on Sunday of “fascist actions” reminiscent of Nazi times in a growing row over the cancellation of political rallies aimed at drumming up support for him among the... -
40,000 displaced from Mosul in a week as Iraqi forces near old city
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: More than 40,000 people have been displaced in the last week from the Iraqi city of Mosul, where U.S.-backed forces launched a fresh push towards the Islamic State-held old city center on Sunday and... -
Abinta Kabir Foundation launched in Bangladesh
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: A memorial program to commemorate the life of Abinta Kabir – a victim of the Holey Artisan tragedy in July 2016 – was held yesterday in a hotel in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Organized by Abinta’s family,... -
exceptional progress by Bangladesh discussed in UK Parliament
Mar 5, 2017News Hour: Bangladesh’ remarkable progress over the last 40 years in reducing poverty and improving lives can offer valuable lessons for achieving inclusive and sustainable development globally. Said Dr Mushtaque Chowdhury, Vice-Chair of BRAC, at an...
