April2017

News Hour: The Dalai Lama has come face to face with an Indian soldier who guarded him almost 60 years ago as he fled from Tibet to exile in India. The Tibetan spiritual leader, 81, met...

News Hour: Shares in UK chip designer Imagination Technologies have plunged more than 60% after Apple said it would end a deal to use its products. The move by Apple, Imagination’s largest customer, means the loss...

News Hour: A row has erupted over Ecuador’s presidential elections after early results indicate a victory for the incumbent party’s candidate. With more than 98% of the votes counted, Lenin Moreno of the Socialist Party had...

News Hour: Bangladesh will take on Sri Lanka in the first T20i of the two-match series scheduled to be held tomorrow (Tuesday) at R. Premadasa International Cricket Stadium in Colombo. The match will kicks off at...

News Hour: US President Donald Trump has said the United States will “solve” the nuclear threat from North Korea, with or without China’s help. “If China is not going to solve North Korea, we will. That...

News Hour: The Ministry of Finance launched today the new Implementing Instructions for the revised value-added tax (VAT) Law, which were approved in January 2017. The revised instructions will make the tax collection procedures more transparent....

News Hour: Bangladesh government has moved to block social networking site Facebook for six hours starting from every midnight “for the betterment of students and youths”. The cabinet division has forwarded a letter to the Telecom...

News Hour: An Andy Warhol portrait of former Chinese leader Chairman Mao Zedong has sold for $12.6 million at a Hong Kong auction, less than the $15 million it was expected to fetch. The painting was...

News Hour: Actress Pamela Anderson was coy about a rumored romance with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, saying his being holed up in the Ecuadorian embassy in London made dating “a little bit difficult”. Speaking to a...

News Hour: Two-time NBA scoring champion Tracy McGrady, Kansas coach Bill Self and women’s star Rebecca Lobo headline the Class of 2017 for the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. The class also includes the late...