Volume 5 Number 71 Thu. August 05, 2004       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Business   Interest rate cut to help middle class buy flats Rehab suggests low-instalment loan scheme Developers yesterday proposed an ambitious 30-year housing loan scheme through which they say middle class group will be able to buy flats in instalments equivalent to the amount they pay for monthlyhouse Rehab to host 1st overseas housing fair in NY 29 local developers to participate in Aug 19-23 event Hoping to rope in potential customers from non-rmsident Bangladeshis living in the US, local developers will showcase their prod}cts in a five-day housing fair in New York beginning from August 19.   EPB, exporters meet to assess flood impact Move to devise bailout strategy Amid fears of export slide, the Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) yesterday started memting exporters as part of its to-prong steps to assess the pos{ible impact of the devastating flood on this fiscal year's   Dhaka-Delhi meet next week to settle standardisation row Officials of Bangladesh and India will meet in Dhaka next week to resolve the issue of certification by BIS (Bureau of Indian Standard) for entry of Bangladeshi goods into Indian market.   Transcom Electronics becomes GP dealer GrameenPhone Limited (GP) has made a dealership agreement with Transcom Electronics Limited.   WTO envoys agree textiles ‘crisis' meet for October World Trade Organisation envoys agreed Tuesday to talks on ways to ease what may poor countries see as a looming crisis when rich states end their textile import quotas from the start of next year.   China replaces Japan as India's top regional trade partner China has replaced Japan as India's top trading partner in the region, Indian Junior Trade Minister E.V.K.S. Elangovan said Tuesday.     Advertisement