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GP hopes to reach two million subscribers mark this month
Company managing director talks to The Daily Star
GrameenPhone Limited, the country's leading cellphone provider, yesterday said its subscribers base nearly doubled to 1.95 million in a year.
 
Siemens sees huge FDI potential in Bangladesh
Outgoing MD of German company says
Outgoing Siemens Bangladesh Limited (SBL) Managing Director Peter E Albrich yesterday said Bangladesh holds huge potential for foreign investment despite some discouraging factors such as natural calamity.
 
State-run sugar mills plan refinery operations during non-crushing season
The state-owned sugar mills are going to start refinery operations aiming to reduce their losses by keeping the factories running during non-crushing season.
 
Myanmar provides transit for Bangladeshi, Indian export goods to China
Myanmar is providing trade access for India and Bangladesh to the third country of China, transiting their export goods to the latter with which Myanmar has direct border links.
 
Bank Asia opens new branch in old Dhaka
Bank Asia Limited opened a new branch on North South Road in Dhaka yesterday.
 
Govt to allow import of 1 lakh tonne salt this year
The government has decided to allow import of one lakh metric tonne of salt this year to meet the shortfall in local production due to floods.
 
GP rewards six channel partners of Dhaka, Barisal
GrameenPhone Ltd (GP) has rewarded its dealers of Dhaka and Barisal zones for their performances under the company's sales incentive programme "Going Beyond".
 
Unicom Cellular CityCell dealer
Unicom Cellular has signed an agreement with CityCell, a cellphone service provider in Bangladesh, to become its dealer.
 
ATDP, Square sign contract
ATDP (Agro-based Industries and Technology Development Project) and Square Group signed a contract yesterday to improve quality, production efficiency and marketing of Square consumer products.
 
Lever Brothers Bangladesh gets Unilever's award
Lever Brothers Bangladesh Limited has received Unilever's "Sustained Innovation Performer" award 2004

Among 150 operating companies of Unilever worldwide 13 companies were qualified for the award while

 
WTO authorises EU sanctions against US for anti-dumping law
The World Trade Organisation on Tuesday authorised the European Union and seven countries to slap millions of dollars' worth of sanctions against the United States in retaliation for a US anti-dumping
 
EU reassures China's competitors over end of textile quotas
EU Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy sought Tuesday to reassure textile-exporting developing countries who fear the end of EU textile import quotas in 2005 will open the floodgates from China, at their expense.
 
Poll spending, cellphone use boost Philippine economy
Election spending and higher use of cellular phones allowed the Philippine economy to grow by 6.2 percent in April-June despite the government's fragile fiscal position.
 

 
 
   
 
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