March2017

News Hour: ALOHA Bangladesh organized its 10th National Level Abacus & Mental Arithmetic competition 2017 in Bangladesh on February 24th at Bashundhara International Convention City (BICC) in the capital. The day long competition, one of its...

News Hour: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in Somalia on an emergency visit aimed at drumming up support for an effort to avert a famine that could affect 6.2 million people. Guterres said the...

News Hour: There is something troubling about the recent five-day trip to Australia by Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, something beyond the charade of pomp, bravado and contrived pleasantries. The trip itself was heralded as historic,...

News Hour: Daimler has no plans to raise its minority stake in loss-making luxury carmaker Aston Martin, the German company’s Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said on Tuesday. “We had all opportunities to increase our stake in...

News Hour: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co said it would buy data storage provider Nimble Storage Inc for $1.09 billion in cash, to expand its presence in the fast-growing flash storage business. HPE Chief Executive Officer Meg...

News Hour: Snap Inc’s shares fell as much as 10.4 percent on Tuesday, opening at their lowest since a blockbuster market debut last week. Snap’s shares hit a low of $21.30 in early trading on Tuesday,...

News Hour: China plans to launch six to eight BeiDou-3 satellites in 2017, according to a senior designer of the satellite navigation system. It is part of a plan to put 35 BeiDou satellites into space...

News Hour: Australia’s central bank left interest rates at a record low of 1.50 percent on Tuesday while striking an upbeat tone on the economy following a rebound in growth at the end of last year....

News Hour: Three women at the same nursing home on Monday celebrated living more than 100 years with cake, songs and flowers while sharing their secrets of long life with friends, family and neighbors. The three...

News Hour: Large parts of Damascus have survived almost six years of conflict in Syria relatively unscarred, but shortages of fuel and electricity, spiraling prices and a lack of jobs mean the lives of its residents...