Bangladesh garment exports boom despite disasters Published July 09, 2013 AFP * In this photograph taken on June 23, 2010, Bangladeshi women sew clothes in a garment factory in Ashulia. Output from Bangladesh's accident-prone garment sector has increased in June, with demand from foreign retailers still growing despite the country's factory disaster in April. (AFP/File) DHAKA (AFP) – Output from Bangladesh's accident-prone garment sector increased in June, data showed Tuesday, with demand
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Similarly, foreign visitors are sometimes left aghast at how, in Malthusian terms, the capital of Bangladesh manages to survive. Yet this host city for the upcoming T20 Cricket World Cup has, some would say, not only survived but prospered in recent years. * * * * More On this topic * Jeans maker backs push on ethical factories * Jeans maker launches push on ethical factories * Rana Plaza collapse one year on * Death sentences deepen Bangladesh political hostility
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ways- taking deposits from various areas in different forms and lending that accumulated amount of money to the potential investors in other different forms. General Banking is the starting point of all the banking operating. General Banking department aids in taking deposits and simultaneously provides some ancillaries services. It provides those customers who come frequently and those customers who come one time in banking for enjoying ancillary services. In some general banking activities, there is
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STRUCTURE, ADMINISTRATION OF VAT IN BANGLADESH WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO EVASION CONTROL AND MEASUREMENT OF VAT POTENTIAL DR. RAFIQUL ISLAM First Secretary VAT : Policy National Board of Revenue Government of Bangladesh. (The author acknowledges special thanks to Mr. Saiful Islam Khan, Member (VAT), NBR for his constant guidance in preparing this article. Dr. Mahesh C. Purohit, Professor of National Institute of Public Finance and Policy, New Delhi, India was kind enough to comment on the initial
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experience | 10 | Influence in career plans | 10-11 | What would I do differently if I had to redo this internship | 11 | Appendix | 12-21 | Letter of Transmittal April 25, 2015 To Adnan Habib Lecturer North South University, Dhaka, Bangladesh. Subject: Submission of Internship Report Dear Sir, It is a great pleasure for me to have the opportunity to prepare my internship report which is prepared as a partial requirement of the Internship Course BUS 489 of BBA program under Department
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CQ Researcher Published by CQ Press, a division of Congressional Quarterly Inc. thecqresearcher.com Human Trafficking and Slavery Are the world’s nations doing enough to stamp it out? F rom the villages of Sudan to the factories, sweatshops and brothels of India and South Asia, slavery and human trafficking still flourish. Some 27 million people worldwide are held in some form of slavery, forced prostitution or bonded labor. Some humanitarian groups buy captives’ freedom,
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following the US invasion of Afghanistan not only saw a huge influx of Afghan refugees across the border into Pakistan but also witnessed a sudden spike in the frequency and scale of terrorist attacks in Pakistan. The cumulative impact of these developments adversely impacted the overall growth rate in all major sectors of the economy. Pakistan continues to pay a heavy price both in the economic and security terms due to this situation and a substantial portion of precious national resources both
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that many transactions bypass regulated financial institutions. The popular attractiveness of the hawala, or ‘hundi’, network has been increased by tight restrictions on currency transfers imposed by the government. Corruption is a major concern in Bangladesh and is responsible in part for the large role that the country plays in regional smuggling. Much of the smuggling is undertaken for purposes of tax avoidance, but arms and drugs are also smuggled through the country. Funds from these operations
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Home › Social Awareness › Facts About Sweatshops Facts About Sweatshops BY ENDMODERNSLAVERY - PUBLISHED: 11/24/2013 - SECTION: SOCIAL AWARENESS One of the most galling things about Western culture at the moment is the sense of entitlement. Many of us have government funding for support or hold down full-time jobs. The majority of Western countries have modern human rights laws and will help anybody who is in trouble or distress, within reason. The sense of entitlement leads many of us who have
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Evolution of Industrial Relations System in Bangladesh Dr Abdullah Al Faruque Dr. Abdullah Al Faruque is an Associate Professor and Chairman, Department of Law, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh. Dr. Faruque is a Commonwealth Scholar and holds a PhD from University of Dundee. He is a specialist in labour law, petroleum contracts and environmental regulation. An author of a book, Dr. Faruque has also written several articles in reputed law journals both in Bangladesh and abroad. Copyright © International
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