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News Hour Carrie Lam’s swearing-in as Hong Kong’s new leader on Saturday marks the culmination of the lifelong civil servant’s career as she inherits a divided city fearful of China’s encroaching influence. Lam, 59, was widely...

News Hour: Two television hosts attacked by U.S. President Donald Trump questioned the Republican leader’s mental health on Friday and accused him of trying to exert pressure on them over unfavorable coverage. Trump drew a barrage...

News Hour: The government is going to launch ‘Women ICT Frontier Initiative (WIFI)’, a flagship program of the UN Asian and Pacific Training Center for ICT for Development (UN-APCICT) in Bangladesh, to create 30,000 women entrepreneurs...

News Hour: Donald Trump’s temporary ban on people from six predominantly Muslim countries and all refugees entering the United States is finally scheduled to take effect later on Thursday, but in a scaled-back form that still...

News Hour: A mob of more than 100 people in India’s Jharkhand lynched a 45-year-old Muslim trader on the suspicion of carrying beef in his car on Thursday afternoon, reports Hindustan Times. The incident happened on a...

News Hour: Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has been featured distinctively in a book unveiled in the USA on Tuesday as one of the 18 current women national leaders of the world, reports BSS. The prime minister’s...

News Hour: Chinese Nobel Peace Prize winning rights activist Liu Xiaobo has been released from prison on medical parole and is being treated in hospital for late-stage liver cancer, his lawyer said on Monday. Liu, 61,...

News Hour: Rescue workers searched on Monday for as many as 16 people believed to be missing after a tourist boat sank the previous day in a reservoir in north-central Colombia, killing six people. The cause...

News Hour: Muslims across Bangladesh are celebrating the Eid-ul-Fitr, their biggest religious festival, after a month of fasting. Millions raised their hands to pray for peace and prosperity after Eid congregations – or jamaats, as they...

News Hour: A total of 410 congregations of holy Eid-ul-Fitr would be held in the capital this year, reports BSS. Of those, 230 congregations will be held in Dhaka South City Corporation (BSCC) and 180 in...