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Bangladesh garment factory owners demand fashion retailers help shoulder costs amid economic slowdown and mandated wage hike

November 14, 2023 -

The wage increase of 56 percent is the first notable wage increase for the industry's workers in five years and raises wages to 12,500 Bangladeshi takas a month ($113) beginning on Dec. 1. (Related: Dark side of glam: Models expose sexual harassment, dangerous working conditions in fashion industry.)

This wage increase was agreed upon by a panel of factory owners, garment factory union leaders and government officials after the government turned down the initial ...

Bangladesh power grid COLLAPSES, leaving 140 million people without power

October 09, 2022 -

Nearly the entire country, the AFP News Agency reported, suffered a blackout due to the collapse. Officials from the state-run Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) said a power transmission failure in the eastern part of the country tripped power plants nationwide, cutting off power to the entire country, including the capital city of Dhaka.

BPDB official Shameem Hasan announced that engineers are investigating "glitches" in the power system. There have ...

Bangladeshi woman gives birth to a baby and twins, all within a span of 1 month

November 30, 2019 -

According to experts, the woman had a rare condition called uterus didelphys, which meant she had two uteruses instead of one. Even more amazing: She carried babies in both wombs, which contributed to her early labor pains.

Despite going through two instances of premature births in a span of a month, the new mother and her three children are reportedly in good health.

Arifa Sultana Iti and her husband Sumon Biswas live in the village of Shyamlagachhi in Sharsha, ...

Former leaders of Pakistan, Bangladesh say U.S. Deep State led COUPS to oust them for not supporting Ukraine war efforts

August 21, 2024 -

At least two former leaders of major South Asian countries have come forward in recent days to accuse U.S. authorities of committing covert regime change operations in the two aforementioned countries.

Former Prime Minister Imran Khan of Pakistan, who is rotting away in prison "on a perverse conviction that proves Khan's assertion," to quote Great Game India, and former Prime Minister Sheik Hasina of Bangladesh, who fled to India following a violent coup that ...

Biden sends $15 million to Bangladesh despite its links to terrorist organizations and history of corruption and human rights abuses

February 21, 2024 -

The $15 million comes from the Enabling Environment for Climate Resiliency Activity program, a government program for enhancing climate resilience.

Bangladesh, a majority-Muslim South Asian nation, has been tagged by the State Department's Overseas Security Advisory Council (OSAC) as a significant source of anti-Western terrorist group activity.

In OSAC's 2019 report, Bangladesh was noted for having historic ties with several very dangerous ...

140M People left without electricity in Bangladesh after national grid failure

October 05, 2022 -

Shameem Hasan, spokesman for the Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB), confirmed the grid collapse to Al Jazeera. He added that apart from some areas in the country's northwest, "the rest of the country is without power." According to Hasan's estimate, about 75 to 80 percent of Bangladesh is affected by the power failure.

BPDB officials said power transmission failed somewhere in the eastern part of Bangladesh, causing electricity supply ...

A Google-funded ‘fact check’ team appears to be a handful of potentially non-existent Indians in an impoverished town near Bangladesh

June 08, 2022 - Last week Instagram notified me that a viral post I had published was "fact checked" by a group called ‘The Healthy Indian Project’. My mother is from Bombay, and I did lose 40lbs last year, but I didn’t think they had created an entire unit just for me. So, I decided to find out who this group is. My findings are bemusing.

(Article by Raheem Kassam republished from RaheemKassam.Substack.com)

The Healthy Indian Project (‘THIP’) appears to have started as a fitness and lifestyle ...

Head of Haiti’s interim government calls for reparations at the United Nations

2 months ago -

TPC Chairman Edgard Leblanc Fils used his time speaking before the UNGA to appeal for "global solidarity," claiming that, as the world's first independent Black nation, Haiti "is today the greatest victim of a historical injustice, which has not only delayed our development but saddled our people with a burden." (Related: Around 5% of Haiti's entire population has migrated to the U.S. since 2020.)

"We demand recognition of the moral and historic debt and implementation of ...

ICE agents arrest two illegal immigrants suspected of heinous sexual offenses

September 24, 2024 -

Two illegal immigrants suspected of heinous sexual offenses were arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents on consecutive days in Nantucket Island.On Sept. 10, ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) apprehended a 28-year-old Salvadoran national named Bryan Daniel Aldana-Arevalo. The suspect had been arraigned on July 26 in Nantucket District Court on charges including one count of rape of a child with a 10-year ...

Ukraine incursion into Kursk marks the first time a nuclear power like Russia faces an invasion by another country

September 15, 2024 -

Ukraine's raid on Kursk marks the first time that a known nuclear power has faced invasion and occupation by another country.

For many years, nuclear-escalation theory has believed that countries with atomic weapons were mostly exempt from attack because an aggressor could trigger another world war. Even relatively small states like Iran, Israel, Libya and North Korea have pursued nuclear arms to help discourage attacks by their larger and better-armed adversaries....

ICE Boston arrests three illegal immigrants suspected as child predators

May 14, 2024 -

According to the information from ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations (ERO) agents at the Boston field office, the suspects came from Guatemala, Bangladesh and the Dominican Republic.

The first arrest occurred on April 15, when deportation officers in Providence, Rhode Island, arrested a 37-year-old Dominican male. This individual had illegally entered the United States before being arrested on charges of child molestation and sexual assault last November. He ...

Buyers beware: Turmeric products are often contaminated with lead

April 16, 2024 -

Lead used to be a contaminant in turmeric, the unique spice that gives curry its beautiful golden color. Researchers traced the contamination to Bangladesh, and their report detailed how lead-adulterated turmeric was slowly poisoning people who used the spice. (h/t to Vox.com)

Lead is a neurotoxin and it can cause premature deaths and lifelong negative side effects. Experts warn that "there is no safe level of lead exposure" and data suggests that any ...

Turmeric from Bangladesh sometimes contains lead-laced chemical compounds, study finds

March 01, 2021 -

Turmeric producers add lead for color

Previous studies implicated turmeric as a potential source of lead exposure. Manufacturers are said to add lead chromate, a yellow pigment commonly used to color toys and furniture, during the polishing of turmeric. The researchers examined the practice of adding yellow pigments and assessed the factors affecting this practice across Bangladesh's supply chain.

To that end, they identified and visited the nine leading districts ...

AI-generated deepfakes are beginning to sway public opinion all over the world

March 19, 2024 -

Creating fake photos, videos or audio clips used to require considerable resources in terms of time, technical expertise and finances. But the advent of AI has drastically lowered these barriers, providing anyone with malicious intent and a smartphone with the power to manipulate public opinion.

The sophistication of AI-generated content makes it more challenging to discern fact from fiction, making it harder to combat misinformation.

The implications of AI deepfakes ...

Biden’s “fiscally responsible” budget plan for fiscal 2025 requires borrowing $16 TRILLION over the next decade

March 19, 2024 -

The president claims his spending plan will trim deficits by $3 trillion over the next decade. But in reality, according to the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, "the level of borrowing under the president's budget would be unprecedented outside a war or national emergency." (Related: Biden's budget request for fiscal 2025 includes $12 billion for student loan forgiveness.)

Biden seeks to spend $7.3 trillion, an 18 percent increase over two years. For perspective, ...

Dedollarization efforts continue as India pushes Gulf crude exporters to accept payment in rupees

March 10, 2024 -

The move stems from fears that India's rising energy demand could have the effect of weakening the rupee further. This is because refiners in India have to sell rupees and buy American dollars for settling crude payments. India currently depends on imports to supply more than 85% of its crude needs, which means that the country is essentially at the mercy of foreign exchange conversions to American dollars.

India is also hoping to leverage its crude consumption increase ...