Trump tariffs won’t lead supply chains back to U.S., companies will go low-tariff globe-hopping: CNBC survey
Most companies say high costs will keep them from moving manufacturing back to the U.S., according to a new CNBC Supply Chain survey.
Nationwide protests in Pakistan against corporate farming and new canals
By Amjad Mahmood/Dawn Lahore, April 14 – Nationwide protests were held against corporate farming, construction of six canals, lack of wheat support price, and privatisation of Pakistan Agricultural Storage and Services Corporation on Sunday. The protests were organised by the Pakistan Kissan Rabita Committee (PKRC)...
Meghna Alam: All about Bangladeshi model arrested for “threatening diplomatic ties”
Was in a relationship with a Saudi Arabian diplomat who had made threatening calls
Chinese team’s drone show dazzles Dhaka sky on Pahela Baishakh
A six-member Chinese expert team worked on the show from February, with 13 Chinese drone specialists piloting the display
Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi celebrates Pahela Baishakh with daylong cultural festivities
New Delhi April 15 lThe Bangladesh High Commission in New Delhi celebrated Pahela Baishakh, the Bengali New Year, on Apri 14 with a vibrant daylong programme featuring cultural performances and a traditional ‘Pitha Utshab’. The High Commissioner-designate Riaz Hamidullah presided over the proceedings which brought...
SriLankan Airlines cabin crew operating 12-hour+ flights without rest seats
During the work-to-rule action, flight attendants adhered rigidly to their official schedules and only responded to Crew Center communications within their formally assigned on-call hours.
US has no capacity to impose its will on the rest of the world: Ranil Wickremesinghe
Colombo, April 11 (Daily Mirror) – The U.S. does not have the economic capacity to impose its will on the rest of the world, former President Ranil Wickremesinghe said today. He said the following in his statement: In 1950 the U.S. had 50% of the...
Dr. Abhayathilaka Devagiri regrets growing indifference to Sinhala and Tamil New Year rituals
By Shailendree Wickrama Adittiya/The Morning Colombo, April 11 – The Sinhala and Tamil New Year is a time of celebration and togetherness, and, for many of us, the one time of the year where we truly engage with our culture. It is a time when...
Manipur: Kuki-Zo members hold sit-in at Thangjing Hill, block Meitei pilgrims
Hundreds of participants gathered at the hill, arriving in vehicles from various locations to hold a sit-in protest, officials reported
Donkey meat exports to China from Gwadar port in Balochistan
Islamabad, April 14 (Business Recorder) -Federal Minister Rana Tanveer Hussain has announced that Pakistan’s exports will increase through the commercial export of donkey meat to China from Gwadar farms. The minister met with a high-level Chinese delegation led by Zaho Fei, Vice President of China’s...
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