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Garments export to US declines

report in The Daily Star, June 10, 2023Garment exports to the US, the single largest export destination of Bangladesh, declined by 17.88 percent year on year in January-April period. During this period last year, Bangladesh exported goods worth $3.28 billion to the US, but this year it was $2.7 billion, according to data from the Office of Textiles and Apparel (OTEXA) of the US Department of Commerce. In 2022, Bangladesh earned $9.72 billion from garment…

700,000 Jobs Lost Since Late Regime Change in Afghanistan: UN Envoy

By Nizamuddin Rezahi in Khaama Press, Mar 1, 2023Ramiz Alakbarov, the Deputy Special Representative of UNAMA on Tuesday in a press conference said that Afghanistan’s gross income has declined by 35 percent, and nearly 700,000 people have lost their jobs over the past 18 months. Mr. Alakbarov added that 65 percent of the people need humanitarian aid, and millions are on the verge of catastrophic starvation in Afghanistan. A high-ranking UN official in Afghanistan has…

Books sale down significantly in Badghis: Bookstore owners

report in The Frontier Post, Jan 27, 2023QALA-I-NAW (Pajhwok): Books sale has declined significantly in northwestern Badghis province recently, according to bookstores owners on Thursday. The books sale market was in terrible situation in the past as well while expert believed not reading books may have dire consequences for the society and it could push the society towards backwardness. Aminullah, a bookseller of Qala-i-Naw city said, he has been associated with the bookselling business from…