DIFE tele helpline for RMG workers fails to pay off
The bulk of the complaints received by a telephone helpline that offers support for readymade garment (RMG) workers are related to wage payment and job termination, sources said. They also said that the procedures for settlement of grievances are very slow and the settlement rate is poor, proving ineffectiveness of...
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JSW Steel to invest Rs 50b to boost manufacturing capacity
India's JSW Steel plans to pump in over Rs 50 billion to strengthen its downstream manufacturing capacity and is also keen to pursue stressed downstream assets that will come up for bidding in the next round, reports PTI.JSW Steel, which announced a capex investment programme of nearly Rs 450 billion...
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US shale firms offer $100m to aid Texas, New Mexico
More than a dozen top US energy companies have pledged $100 million toward easing stresses on health care, education and civic infrastructure from the shale oil and gas boom in West Texas and New Mexico, the group said on Sunday, reports Reuters.Chevron, EOG Resources, Exxon Mobil and Royal Dutch Shell...
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Sugar workers in Iran strike over wages
TEHRAN, Nov 18 (AFP): Workers at Iran's oldest sugar cane company went on strike on Saturday over unpaid wages, calling for the troubled factory to be nationalised, the semi-official news agency ILNA reported.ILNA published a photo of a rally by workers from the Haft Tapeh company in Shush, southwestern Iran,...
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Md Ahsan-uz Zaman inaugurating agent banking centre at Shonahata Bazar
Md Ahsan-uz Zaman, Managing Director and CEO of Midland Bank Limited (MDB), inaugurating an agent banking centre at Shonahata Bazar under No. 1 Nimgasi Union in Dhunot, Bogura, on Saturday
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Mohammad Nawaz, SBAC Bank inaugurating the 66th branch
Mohammad Nawaz, Director of the South Bangla Agriculture & Commerce (SBAC) Bank Ltd., inaugurating the 66th branch of the bank at Abdullahpur in South Keraniganj, Dhaka, on Sunday, with Md Golam Faruque, Managing Director and CEO of the bank, in the chair
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