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QUESTIONS 1. The partnership between the APO Group and SECAM, what significance does it bring to the African countries and what ways will Africans benefit from it. APO Group recently partnered with SECAM, the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa, and Madagascar, the governing body of the Catholic Church in…

As the new school year nears, superintendents are rushing to find qualified applicants to fill positions, mirroring a recent trend.

Thousands of Bangladesh tea workers strike against wageNearly 150,000 workers at more than 200 Bangladeshi tea plantations went on strike Saturday to demand a 150 percent rise to their dollar-a-day wages, which researchers say are among the lowest in the world.For the latest headlines, follow our Google News channel online or via the app.Most tea

Over the decades, an elite obsession with getting the state out of the way has left a majority of Indians without the power to claim any real economic freedom

Nearly 150,000 workers at more than 200 Bangladeshi tea plantations went on strike Saturday to demand a 150 percent rise to their dollar-a-day wages, which researchers say are among the lowest in the world.

The average wage of a tea worker in Bangladesh is about 120 taka a day ($1.25), which is among the lowest wage in the world, according to researchers.

Researchers say their wages are among the lowest in the world. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Plantation owners have offered an increase of 14 taka a day, after an 18 taka rise last year and M. Shah Alom, chairman of the Bangladesh Tea Association, said operators were "going through difficult times with profit declining in recent times."

Nearly 150,000 workers at more than 200 Bangladeshi tea plantations went on strike Saturday to demand a 150 percent rise to their dollar-a-day wages, which

One worker said that was barely enough to buy food, let alone other necessities