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Bangladesh PM rejects further pay hike after garment worker protests
Bangladesh PM rejects further pay hike after garment worker protests
Economy
by  AFP

Bangladesh's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has rejected any further pay hikes for protesting garment workers demanding a nearly tripled wage increase, after violent clashes with police and factories were ransacked. The protests have left at least three workers dead and more than 70 factories ransacked since last week, according to police.

Building coal-fired power plants 'irresponsible': US climate envoy
Building coal-fired power plants 'irresponsible': US climate envoy
Economy
by  AFP

Building and funding coal power plants is "irresponsible," US climate envoy John Kerry said Friday, calling "greed" the biggest impediment to climate action. Speaking in Singapore, the former US chief diplomat said it was now "irresponsible to be funding or building a coal-fired power plant anywhere in the world."