Labor Leaders Arrested Over Bangladesh Protests The New York Times | MUMBAI — Police in Bangladesh have arrested three garment-industry labor leaders and 18 other people on charges that they organized and participated in violent protests last month. | International advocacy groups like Human Rights Watch and the International Labor Rights Forum have criticize...
Wheat almost steady; bumper crop offsets exports The Times Of India MUMBAI: India's wheat futures were almost steady on Monday afternoon as bumper output and stocks offset market talk of increasing exports to Asian neighbours as a drought forced Russia to temporarily halt shipments, analysts and trade said. The September wheat contract on the National Commodity and ...
Bangladesh's exports to India go up The Times Of India DHAKA: Bangladesh registered a ten percent rise in its exports to India, a latest report shows. | Exports to the largest neighbour India were $302 million in 2009-10 when better trade ties were discussed at the level of the prime ministers in January...
NTPC signs MoU with Bangladesh Power The Hindu | Special Correspondent | To set up power plants with an investment of Rs. 13,200 crore | NEW DELHI: NTPC on Monday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) to set up thermal power projects of 1,32...
NTPC in Bangla deal The Telegraph India New Delhi, Aug 30: State-run power producer NTPC today entered into a preliminary agreement with the Bangladesh Power Development Board for two thermal power plants in Chittagong and Khulna to meet power shortage in Dhaka. | 'An MoU has been signed t...
NTPC signs pact with Bangladesh to set up 2 power projects Deccan Herald New Delhi, Aug 30 (PTI) Monday, August 30, 2010 --> | State-run NTPC today said it may join hands with Bangladesh Power Development Board to establish two thermal power projects at Chittagong and Khulna for mitigating the power shortages in the neigh...
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Indian Microlender Raises $350 Million in Offering The New York Times | MUMBAI, India — The first microfinance company to sell stock to the public in India got a strong endorsement from investors on Monday when its shares closed up 10 percent o...
Labor Leaders Arrested Over Bangladesh Protests The New York Times | MUMBAI — Police in Bangladesh have arrested three garment-industry labor leaders and 18 other people on charges that they organized and participated in violent protests las...
SA purrs over inclusion in HSBC's Civets acronym Business Report | By Ethel Hazelhurst | Submit your comment | Branding is important when selling a product or a concept. So South Africa should benefit from its appearance in a group of cou...
Ramiz Raja: Pakistan's Mohammad Amir will pay the price for quick-fix mentality The Daily Telegraph In Pakistan, cricket serves as a bond across religious, ethnic and political divides. Youth desperately wants to watch cricket with passion, wants the stars to do well but now an entire generation has been left rudderless and hopeless by the acts of ...
NTPC to form JV for Bangladesh power project Indian Express | NTPC Ltd on Monday signed a preliminary agreement with Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) for developing the power sector in the neighbouring country. | NTPC may consider setting up a 1,320 megawatts coal-based power plant in Bangladesh in a...
"Allow 'calibrated export' of cotton instead of free exports" The Hindu | R. Vimal Kumar | To allow raw cotton exports at the start of cotton season | is an unwise | move, says | Raja Shanmugam, CAB member | Tirupur: The Central government should have allowed only 'calibrated export' of cotton instead of its decision to ...
Textile exporters ride out of slowdown The Times Of India NEW DELHI: Textile exporters, who had been facing soft demand in key markets of the US and Europe as the developed economies struggled to shrug off a severe economic downturn, are once again seeing order flow that could lead to a turnaround in fortun...
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Dolphin sanctuary suffers from funds crunch Deccan Herald Patna, Aug 21 (IANS): Saturday, August 21, 2010 --> | Lack of funds for India's only dolphin sanctuary in Bihar is badly affecting conservation of the endangered Ganges river dolphin, which is the national aquatic animal. | The Vikramshila Gangetic Dolphin Sanctuary is spread over 50 km along the Ganga river in Bhagalpur district. | "No central gra...
