November2017

Afghanistan to block the messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram

by News Hour Correspondent - Nov 5, 2017

News Hour: Afghanistan’s telecoms regulator wrote to internet service providers this week ordering them to block the messaging services WhatsApp and Telegram but it was not immediately clear whether they had complied. Use of social media...
Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc called off merger talks to create a stronger U.S. wireless company to rival market leaders

by News Hour Correspondent - Nov 5, 2017

News Hour: Sprint Corp and T-Mobile US Inc said on Saturday they have called off merger talks to create a stronger U.S. wireless company to rival market leaders, leaving No. 4 provider Sprint to engineer a...
US unemployment fell rate to its lowest level in nearly 17 years in October

by News Hour Correspondent - Nov 5, 2017

News Hour: US unemployment rate fell to its lowest level in nearly 17 years in October, according to data released on Friday, which President Donald Trump said was proof his policies were bearing fruit. Job creation...
BSPI students invented advanced headlight controlling and safety technology for automobile

by Mehrab Masayeed Habib - Nov 5, 2017

News Hour: Department of Automobile Technology in Bangladesh Sweden Polytechnic Institute has invented an advanced headlight controlling and safety technology that can reduce accident during night driving condition. A research team of this institute has developed...
New permanent representative of El Salvador presents credentials

by News Hour Correspondent - Nov 5, 2017

News Hour The new Permanent Representative of El Salvador to the United Nations, Ruben Armando Escalante Hasbun, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General António Guterres today. Before his latest appointment, Mr. Escalante served with the Special...
Clean water, sanitation vast challenges as Bangladesh copes with 607,000 new refugees

by News Hour Correspondent - Nov 5, 2017

News Hour Since 25 August, over 607,000 Rohingya refugees have crossed the border into Bangladesh from Myanmar. Although the number of new arrivals is now slowing, people continue to arrive in the makeshift settlements of Cox’s...
USAID administrator Mark Green travels to Milwaukee for road to ges

by News Hour Correspondent - Nov 5, 2017

News Hour United States Agency for International Development (USAID) Administrator Mark Green will travel to Milwaukee, Wisconsin on November 6 to participate in Milwaukee Startup Week, as part of the Road to the Global Entrepreneurship Summit....
Thousands rally in Germany to protest over Cop23 climate deal

by News Hour Correspondent - Nov 5, 2017

News Hour Thousands of people have gathered in the German city of Bonn ahead of next week’s Cop23 conference, which ratifies the Paris climate deal. The protesters are calling for the measures set out in the...
Income of deprived people rose 9 percent due to integrated development interventions

by News Hour Correspondent - Nov 5, 2017

News Hour The per capita income of the underprivileged people living in the Haor areas has risen by 9 percent as a result of the work done by BRAC Integrated Development Programme. In addition to that,...
Manafort money laundering charge in Russia probe may face challenges

by News Hour Correspondent - Nov 5, 2017

News Hour: When the lawyer for the former campaign manager of President Donald Trump attacked the money laundering charge brought against his client as flimsy, some legal experts say he may have pinpointed a potential weakness...