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Posts published in “Day: June 5, 2017

Bangladesh sixth largest buyer of cosmetics in the Muslim world

by Nawaz Farhin in dhaka tribune, June 5, 2017 Bangladeshis spent a whopping $2.5 billion dollars on cosmetics in 2016 alone, according to a recent report the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report 2016-17. Bangladesh is the sixth largest buyer of cosmetics in the Muslim world, the report states. They measured halal pharmaceuticals and cosmetics indicators to evaluate countries health and development of their halal pharmaceuticals and cosmetics ecosystem. This indicator is part of…

Will China’s technology bubble that helps local firms last?

by Craig Addison in the South China Morning Post,June 5, 2017 the author is a news editor at the daily China’s technology sector is in a bubble – but not the kind that erases huge fortunes when it bursts. This bubble, imposed by the Chinese authorities in Beijing in the form of the censored, closed internet also known as the Great Firewall, has stymied efforts by the world’s second-largest economy to create truly innovative breakthroughs.…

New militant leader operating under alias ‘Ayub Bachchu’ fled before Savar raid, police say

by Senior Correspondent in bdnews24.com, May 5, 2017 A man, pseudo-named ‘Ayub Bachchu’, is trying to reorganise the revived faction of the Jama’atul Mujahideen Bangladesh or Neo-JMB amid crackdowns on terror groups throughout Bangladesh, police say. Police’s Counter-Terrorism and Transnational Crime (CTTC) unit chief Monirul Islam told a press conference on Sunday that ‘Bachchu’ took over as Neo-JMB chief after their leader Moinul Islam Musa was believed to be killed in a raid in Sylhet.…

Bangladesh sixth largest buyer of cosmetics in the Muslim world

by Nawaz Farhin in dhaka tribune, June 5, 2017 Bangladeshis spent a whopping $2.5 billion dollars on cosmetics in 2016 alone, according to a recent report the State of the Global Islamic Economy Report 2016-17. Bangladesh is the sixth largest buyer of cosmetics in the Muslim world, the report states. They measured halal pharmaceuticals and cosmetics indicators to evaluate countries health and development of their halal pharmaceuticals and cosmetics ecosystem. This indicator is part of…

US businessman pleads guilty to exporting prohibited items to Pakistan

by Anwar Iqbal in Dawn, June 5th, 2017 WASHINGTON: A US businessman has pleaded guilty to exporting products without a licence to atomic and space agencies in Pakistan, violating US federal laws. Imran Khan, 43, faces up to 20 years in prison. US Attorney for the District of Connecticut Deirdre Daly said that Khan, a resident of North Haven, waived his right to indictment and pleaded guilty on Saturday in a Hartford federal court to…

Explosion rocks petrochemical plant in China

Reuters report, June 5, 2017 An explosion rocked a petrochemical plant in the eastern Chinese province of Shandong early on Monday, but the cause and extent of damage was unknown, the state-run news agency Xinhua reported. The blast occurred at 1 am and triggered fires at the loading area of Linyi Jinyu Petrochemical Co in the Linyi Lingang Economic Development Zone, it said. Deadly accidents are relatively common at industrial plants in China and anger…