More 2000 journalists to get assistance amid COVID-19: Hasan
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DHAKA, April 25, 2021 (BSS)- Information and Broadcasting Minister Dr Hasan Mahmud today said that the government has taken a decision to provide assistance to 2,000 more journalists as part of its financial assistance to the newsmen to help them tide over their problems amid the Coronavirus crisis.
The minister, also the chairman of Bangladesh Journalist Welfare Trust, informed this to reporters after an emergency meeting of the trust at the meeting room of his ministry at Secretariat in the capital.
Information Secretary and also trustee board vice chairman Khaja Mia addressed the meeting through online.
UK TRADING UPDATE SUMMARY: AVI Japan Disappointed By Fourth Quarter
Thu, 14th Jan 2021 21:55
(Alliance News) - The following is a round-up of updates by London-listed companies, issued on Thursday and not separately reported by Alliance News:
AVI Japan Opportunity Trust PLC - invests in portfolio of 20 to 30 Japanese stocks - Says small-cap companies in Japan have been largely ignored by stock market investors. For the quarter ended December 31, the MSCI Japan Small Cap Index, in GBP, returned 2.2% while its larger counterpart, MSCI Japan, returned 9.0%. Says own return of 1.0% disappointing considering the very strong earnings recovery reported by portfolio companies. This quarter s earnings season showed the resilience of our companies, with weighted sales and profits of our portfolio falling year-on-year by 4.5% and 6.8%, compared to the companies in the MSCI Japan Small Cap Index whose sales and profits fell 4.5% and 20%. More importantly is that our companies have shown