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Extra security to cost ships $100,000 per trip thru risky sea routes

Enhanced security measures taken for safe voyage through pirate-infested waters is costing Bangladeshi shipping companies around $100,000 extra per trip, which will add to freight charge and eventually pass on to consumers, ship owners have said. Ocean-going ship operators are having to spend the additional amount for obtaining war risk insurance, deploying armed guards and ....

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M&A transactions amounted to at least $2.5b in 18 years

Bangladesh registered at least $2.5 billion in funding from investors for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) of firms since 2005, according to a recent study, which says there is room for growth in terms of M&A in Bangladesh although the volume is modest in comparison with regional counterparts. ....

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Tobacco industry interference to undermine the development and implementation of graphic health warnings in Bangladesh

Background In Bangladesh, the 2013 Amendment of the Tobacco Control Act made graphic health warnings (GHWs) on the upper 50% of all tobacco packs obligatory. However, at the time of writing (May 2022), GHWs are still being printed on the lower 50% of packs. This paper seeks to explore how the tobacco industry undermined the development and implementation of GHWs in Bangladesh, a country known for a high level of tobacco industry interference (TII) that has rarely been examined in the peer-reviewed literature.

Methods Analysis of print and electronic media articles and documents.

Results Cigarette companies actively opposed GHWs, while bidi companies did not. The primary strategy used to influence the formulation and delay the implementation of GHWs was direct lobbying by the Bangladesh Cigarette Manufacturers’ Association and British American Tobacco Bangladesh. Their arguments stressed the economic benefits of tobacco to Bangladesh and sought to create confusion about ....

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