Trade in services demands policy attention

The country's trade in services, though lags far behind merchandise trade, is growing gradually. The Service sector accounts for 50 per cent of the country's Gross Domestic Product (GDP), but its contribution to overall international trade is a measly 5.0 per cent only. There is, however, no direct correlation between...

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Human rights defenders need to be defended as much as they defend our rights

They are ordinary people - mothers, fathers, sisters, sons, daughters, brothers, friends. But for me they are extraordinary people - the ones who have the courage to stand up for everyone else's rights. They are the human rights defenders.Last year, according to reliable sources, 321 of them were killed, in...

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