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Bangladesh apparel exporters concerned by Indian allegation

Special Correspondent Bangladesh’s apparel exporters have been concerned with the allegation that Indian business house was importihttps://www.weeklyholiday.net/files/index_php/author/weeklyholiday-admin/page/ng readymade garments from bangladesh by availing of the south asian free trade area (safta) benefit. on july 13, india’s directorate of revenue intelligence arrested dinesh maheshwari, executive director and chief financial officer of future enterprises ltd, for flouting […]

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Outbreak of dengue: More effective measures needed While the capital city in particular and the nation in general is grappling with the worst outbreak of dengue fever in epidemic form, with hospitals packed with patients as the disease spreads speedily, round-the-clock panic has kept people on tenterhooks as “severe dengue is a leading cause of […]

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LEAD, PESTICIDES IN MILK Food contamination: Offenders must be punished A M K Chowdhury According to a news report titled “Wage war on food adulteration”dated May 13, 2019, the High Court urged the prime minister to declare a war on food adulteration, and directed the government to immediately remove from the market the 52 food […]

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The revenge of Sukhi Lala

Jawed Naqvi THE flag of Jammu & Kashmir, which was taken down from the Srinagar Secretariat over the weekend, carried the symbol of a plough. The Congress party’s election symbol in 1952 under Jawaharlal Nehru was two bullocks in harness — do baelon ki jodi. In a monsoon-fed agricultural economy, both symbols represented the productive […]