Vol. 5 Num 130 Sun. October 03, 2004    
 
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Garment barons continue lobbying for duty-free ride
Move on for bill in US Congress
As Bangladeshi garments witness continuous market loss in the US, local garment exporters continue lobbying to get duty-free access to the US market from next year.
 
Better human resources can boost Dhaka-Tokyo trade ties: Japan envoy
Japanese Ambassador to Bangladesh Matsushiro Horiguchi has expressed his optimism that Japan and Bangladesh could establish more economic links between them by developing the latter's human resources.
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Three-day cosmetics exposition ends
The three-day exhibition of cosmetics, toiletries and perfumeries -- COTOPEX-2004 -- concluded yesterday amid huge turnout of visitors at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel.
 
G7 calls for more debt relief for poorest nations
The Group of Seven industrial powers called Friday for more debt relief for the world's poorest nations, but stopped short of endorsing a specific plan for writing off debt.
 
IMF, WB seek to keep global recovery on track
IMF and World Bank policymakers meeting here Saturday seek to preserve a global recovery that risks losing momentum next year, dragged down by rising energy costs, lackluster activity in Europe and huge
 
Local shoe makers get $3.70lakh orders at German fair
Bangladesh's shoe manufacturers have received spot orders of around $3.70 lakh in the recently held GDS shoe fair in Düsseldorf, Germany.
 
Wartsila corporate client of GP
Wartsila Bangladesh Limited has signed an agreement with GrameenPhone Limited (GP) to become corporate client of the mobile phone company.
 
Trust Bank opens branch at Gulshan
The Trust Bank Limited opened its 15th branch at Gulshan here yesterday.

Chief of Army Staff and Chairman of the bank Lieutenant General Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury inaugurated the branch.

 
CSE, ATDP hold oral presentation on business plan
Agrobased Technology Develo-pment Project (ATDP) and Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) yesterday jointly organised an oral presentation on agro-based business plan in the process of "Regional Agro Business
 
Two new members of Citigroup board
Citigroup, the parent company of Citibank NA, recently announced that Anne Mulcahy, chairman and CEO of the Xerox Corporation, and Dr Judith Rodin, past president of the University of Pennsylvania, have
 
EBL clients can pay BTTB bills thru' internet banking
Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) accountholders will be able to pay their T&T telephone bills through internet banking.
 
StanChart awards winners of auto loan campaign
Standard Chartered Bank has awarded the winners of its auto loan campaign titled 'Vendor-Get-Member' at a function held in Dhaka recently.
 
More than $10b power assetsin Asia up for sale
More than $10 billion worth of power assets in Asia are up for sale and most are likely to be sold piecemeal to buyers within the region, bankers say.
 
Developing states want greater voice in IMF, WB leadership
Developing countries chastised the IMF and the World Bank Friday for what they said had been a failure to give them greater decision-making power in the two institutions and urged that the next WorldBank
 

 
   
 
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