NEW DELHI Cheap Men's Nike Air VaporMax 2.0 Tan Cream , May 29 (Xinhua) -- At least 23 people have been killed in lightning and rain-related incidents in the eastern Indian state of Bihar in the past 24 hours, officials said Monday.
While 18 people were killed due to lightning across eight districts, others died in a wall collapse incident triggered by a storm in the state's West Champaran district.
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The state government has announced a compensation of 400,000 rupees (6,000 U.S. dollars) for each of the affected families.
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DHAKA Cheap Women's Nike VaporMax Moc Flyknit Black , June 4 (Xinhua) -- The World Bank has approved 100 million U.S. dollars financing to support Bangladesh in diversifying exports in labor and skill intensive industries beyond the garment sector.
The Export Competitiveness for Jobs Project will improve competitiveness of existing and potential export-oriented industries such as leather, footwear, plastics and light engineering, where Bangladesh has demonstrated a competitive edge, said the Washington based lender in a statement received here Sunday.
"Bangladesh is the world's second largest garments exporter after China and it can boost growth by diversifying its exports, and repeat the garment sector success story in other sectors," said Qimiao Fan, World Bank Country Director for Bangladesh Cheap Nike Air VaporMax Moc 2 Sail Anthracite , Bhutan and Nepal.
"The project will help the economy to integrate further into the world trading system, and provide better jobs to Bangladeshi youth entering the labor market in the next decade, with a particular focus on improving female labor participation."
The project will help firms to access international markets and enhance their ability to comply with international standards through awareness building and matching grants.
The project will also support marketing and branding efforts to strengthen linkages to existing and new markets. It will also address the shortage of skills development, especially in industrial training for women, as well as in infrastructure and technology.
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"The project will encourage training to improve skills and labor productivity, and thus help generate better-paid jobs. The average wage growth for firms benefitting from the project could rise by an estimated 34 percent by the end of the project."
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Light manufacturing sub-sectors, which are labor intensive and employ women, have expanded employment by 4.3 percent annually since 2010. The project will build on this momentum, and help increase the number of firms directly exporting in targeted sectors by about 29 percent.
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BEIJING Cheap Men's Nike Air VaporMax Laceless Pure Platinum White , Jan. 8 (Xinhua) -- Following are the standings of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA) league after Wednesday's games (tabulated under games won, lost, winning percentage and points):