Cambodia to hike minimum wage for garment workers

PHNOM PENH, Oct 06 (AFP): Cambodia hiked the monthly minimum wage for garment workers on Friday by $12 from the current $170 following an pre-election promise by premier Hun Sen.The country's $7.0 billion apparel industry is fuelled by more than 740,000 garment workers, who strongman Hun Sen attempted to woo...

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Saaduddin Ahmed, Deputy Managing Director of NRB Bank Limited,

Saaduddin Ahmed, Deputy Managing Director of NRB Bank Limited, handing over a cheque for Tk 0.5 million to Md. Kamal Hossain, Prison Directorate, Bangladesh Jail, at the bank’s Corporate Head Office recently for sponsorship of a book titled 'Tin Hazar Tipanno Din (3053 Days)' on the prison life of Father...

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Ecuador signs deals to raise oil output

QUITO, Oct 06 (Xinhua): Ecuadorian authorities signed investment contracts worth about 1.6 billion US dollars on Friday with private companies to develop six oil fields in the country's northeastern provinces, local newspaper El Comercio reported.Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno was present at the signing ceremony held in the coastal city of...

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