July2017

News Hour: The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Global Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) are launching smallholder farmer financing programs with the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) to improve food security among vulnerable...

News Hour: The Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO) is pleased to announce that Huawei, the leading global information, and communications technology solution provider, has joined the organization as ICT Sector Member. This is membership category of the...

News Hour: Bangladesh face an uphill task as they will meet Jordan in the first match of the AFC U-23 group E qualifiers at the Faisal al Husseini International Stadium in Al Ram, Palestine on Wednesday....

News Hour: Artificial sweeteners like aspartame and stevioside are not associated with reduced BMI and may pose some risks, suggests a meta-analysis in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. Researchers identified 37 studies that looked at the...

News Hour: The new £10 note featuring an image of author Jane Austen is due to be unveiled late today (18 July) to mark the 200th anniversary of her death. This isn’t the only currency that...

News Hour: The world-renowned MAX Super Speciality Hospital Saket in New Delhi has launched special treatment packages for Bangladeshis who are suffering from different chronic liver diseases. An expert team from this hospital led by Dr....

News Hour: History, some of it intensely personal leant heavily on Christopher Nolan when he was making his wartime epic “Dunkirk”, which rolls out in cinemas across the world from Wednesday, reports BSS. The English-born director...

News Hour: The eighth person who attended a June 2016 meeting where Donald Trump Jr hoped to get damaging information on his father’s Democratic presidential rival was Ike Kaveladze, his lawyer said on Tuesday. Lawyer Scott...

News Hour: North Korea does not have the ability to strike the United States with “any degree of accuracy” and while its missiles have the range, they lack the necessary guidance capability, Vice Chairman of the...

News Hour: Key actors in the Global Compact for Migration process will convene on 18 and 19 July at the United Nations Office in Geneva to explore and better understand migrant vulnerabilities through IOM’s International Dialogue...