September2017
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UN and World Bank announce initiative to ramp up finance for climate action
Sep 30, 2017News Hour United Nations Secretary General António Guterres and World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim today announced plans to accelerate the flow of finance for climate action through a new platform dedicated to identifying and... -
Macron trumps Trump with ‘Make Climate Great Again’ campaign
Sep 30, 2017News Hour French President Emmanuel Macron’s 30-million-euro “Make Climate Great Again” campaign has narrowed a list of candidate scientists from abroad from thousands to 90, nearly half from the US, a French official said Friday. Macron... -
Chance for Sri Lanka and Bangladesh to move up in Test rankings
Sep 30, 2017News Hour Sri Lanka get a chance to overtake Pakistan on the MRF Tyres ICC Test Team Rankings table during an upcoming two-match series in the United Arab Emirates starting on Thursday while South Africa could... -
Liverpool match ‘special’ for me, says Newcastle manager Benitez
Sep 30, 2017News Hour Rafa Benitez’s Newcastle United host Liverpool in Premier League on Sunday and the manager said playing against his former side will be a special and emotional experience. The Spaniard was in charge of the... -
England have strength in depth for Ashes
Sep 30, 2017News Hour Jonny Bairstow is confident that England have the batsmen to compete in the Ashes but admits they need to learn quickly as they plan for Australia not even knowing if star-allrounder Ben Stokes will... -
Dhaka Residential Model College student found dead
Sep 30, 2017News Hour: The body of Shamsul Alam Siam, 15, was found on Thursday and the post-mortem examination was conducted on Friday, Mirpur Police Station OC Nazrul Islam said. Siam’s father Harunur Rashid works in Bangladesh Bureau... -
2 Bangladeshis attacked in New York
Sep 30, 2017News Hour: One of the victims, 72-year-old Bangladesh freedom fighter Mohammad Shah Alam, is in intensive care at Elmhurst Hospital. The other victim has been identified as Khabir Uddin Bhuiyan, 58. He received medical care and... -
Padma Bridge becomes visible as first span installed
Sep 30, 2017News Hour: More than one and a half year after the main construction work began, a 150-metre beam weighing around 32 tonnes has been installed on Saturday between pillars 37 and 38 as Road Transport and... -
North Korea seen moving missiles from development center
Sep 30, 2017News Hour: Several North Korean missiles were recently spotted moved from a rocket facility in the capital Pyongyang, South Korea’s Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) reported late Friday amid speculation that the North was preparing to take... -
Tokyo’s Koike reaches deal with opposition party ahead of Japan poll
Sep 30, 2017News Hour: Popular Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike, whose fledgling conservative party poses a growing challenge to Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s ruling bloc, agreed on Saturday to cooperate in next month’s election with a small party based...
