Bangladesh
Some Walmart garment orders from Bangladesh on hold due to U.S. tariff threat: Reuters
Shoppers at the Walmart Supercenter in Burbank during Walmart’s multi-week Annual Deals Shopping Event in Burbank Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024. Allen J. Schaben | Los Angeles Times | Getty Images Suppliers to Walmart have delayed or put on hold some orders from garment manufacturers in Bangladesh, according to three factory owners and correspondence from a […]
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Fund managers are pouring money into emerging markets. Here’s where investors see opportunities
Volatility has gripped global equity markets this year — and according to some asset managers, now could be the perfect time to rethink emerging markets. Developing economies were hit particularly hard by U.S. President Donald Trump’s so-called “reciprocal tariffs” plans when he unveiled them in April, with Sri Lanka, Cambodia and Vietnam slapped with tariffs […]
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The most common travel scams in 9 global cities
The travel industry is one of the sectors most susceptible to fraud, with scams rising 18% during the summer peak season and 28% in the winter peak season in 2024, according to a new report. The report, published last Tuesday by the Mastercard Economics Institute, showed that fraud related to travel agency and tour company […]
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Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina flees, army says interim government to be formed
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina addresses the media at a vandalized metro station in Mirpur, after the anti-quota protests. – | Afp | Getty Images Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina resigned and fled the country on Monday after hundreds of people were killed in a crackdown on demonstrations that began as protests against job quotas and swelled into a movement demanding her ouster. Jubilant crowds […]
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Bangladesh army enforces curfew as students-led protests spiral
Anti-quota protests in Dhaka on July 18, 2024. Bangladesh students vowed on July 18 to continue nationwide protests against civil service hiring rules, rebuffing an olive branch from Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina who pledged justice for seven killed in the demonstrations. – | Afp | Getty Images Bangladesh soldiers patrolled the deserted streets of the […]
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From Miami to Melbourne, a peaceful revolution is underway to fend off a silent and invisible killer
Firefighters operate on the zone of a forest hearth in the hills in Quilpue comune, Valparaiso location, Chile on February 3, 2024. Javier Torres | Afp | Getty Visuals A quiet revolution is underway to handle a commonly underestimated local climate problem: excessive warmth. Neighborhood authorities have appointed several chief warmth officers (CHOs) in cities […]
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Baltimore port bridge collapse: World ocean carriers declare ɽrive majeure,' leaving U.S. organizations on hook for urgent cargo pickup
Ocean carriers are declaring “pressure majeure” owing to the Baltimore port bridge crisis, telling logistics firms and U.S. shippers like vendors that once cargo is dropped off at alternate ports, it turns into their accountability to decide on up. In an warn to shoppers Tuesday, CMA CGM wrote, “People (containers) on the water will be […]
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Trade leaders urge governments all around the entire world to be part of Red Sea armed forces effort
A ship transits the Suez Canal towards the Purple Sea on January 10, 2024 in Ismailia, Egypt. Sayed Hassan | Getty Visuals Trade associations representing sectors across the world wide overall economy have joined an open letter urging extra governments around the globe to be a part of Purple Sea maritime protection attempts. The letter, […]
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She's obtained just one of the entire world's 'worst' passports but nevertheless managed to visit a lot more than 100 nations
Maliha Fairooz claimed her to start with memory of traveling was from Bangladesh to London when she was 4 decades old. “Most youngsters, when they are on an plane, they’re crying and throwing tantrums,” she stated. “But not me — I was so energized. I try to remember traveling by the clouds, wanting down at […]
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Bangladesh urges G-20 to force businesses generating gain from Ukraine war to compensate poor nations
Bangladesh’s overseas minister explained corporations producing “runaway income” from the war in Ukraine ought to compensate affected, considerably less developed nations. “In this war, some companies are generating runaway financial gain… strength providers and the defense providers,” AK Abdul Momen informed CNBC’s Tanvir Gill on the sidelines of the G-20 foreign ministers summit in New Delhi. […]
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