Smuggling syndicates threaten domestic shaving blade industry
Organised smuggling syndicates are orchestrating a massive evasion of state revenue that threatens to dismantle Bangladesh's domestic shaving blade industry, placing thousands of jobs at risk, reports BSS. Following the departure of a major multinational distributor, these criminal networks have flooded the market with contraband, forcing compliant manufacturers to endure...
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Minister for Health and Family Welfare Sardar Md Shakhawat Hossain visiting
Minister for Health and Family Welfare Sardar Md Shakhawat Hossain visiting a stall after inaugurating the "Asia Pharma Expo-2026" at the Bangladesh Friendship Exhibition Centre at Purbachal in the city on Sunday. — PID Photo
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Five Apple anecdotes as iPhone maker marks 50 years
PARIS, Mar 29 (AFP): iPhone maker Apple celebrates its 50th anniversary on April 1 having marked pop culture and the tech industry like few other firms since its beginnings in 1976.Here are five things you may not know about the history of the California giant.Designer Rob Janoff said that Apple...
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Pakistan poverty surges to 43.5pc
KARACHI, Mar 29 (Express Tribune): Poverty in Pakistan has surged to 43.5 per cent, according to the Social Policy and Development Centre (SPDC), indicating a far graver situation than official estimates by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics (PBS) and the Planning Commission, which place poverty at 28.9 per cent.In its...
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Summer flight approvals moderated after IndiGo disruption in December
Airlines will be operating lesser number of flights in the current summer schedule as the civil aviation authorities decided to be 'little more moderate" in approving the number of services in the backdrop of IndiGo's massive operational disruptions last December, reports Internet.A highly-placed source said the civil aviation ministry and...
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