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Enact law immediately to protect consumer rights
DCCI roundtable urges govt
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday urged the government to enact the proposed Consumers Rights Protection Act immediately.
Only a proper law can protect the consumer rights, the experts observed.

 
FBCCI Election
Candidates reach consensus
Excepting 24 candidates from the chamber and the association groups, the rest of the candidates yesterday withdrew their nominations for the FBCCI election as both the groups have reached a consensuson
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Post-MFA Trading Regime.
€ 10m EC package to support quality management system
A financing agreement signed yesterday for Bangladesh Quality Support Programme will fetch 10 million euros equivalent to Tk 76.
 
Trade cell to be set up to settle problems with import from India
The commerce ministry will set up a trade cell to address the problems related to import from India, as visiting Indian traders raised the issue.
 
Indian Wipro eyes Bangladesh, Lanka
Wipro Infotech, the Indian Information Technology arm of New York Stock Exchange listed Wipro Limited, plans to foray into Bangladesh and Sri Lanka to tap the growing telecoms and banking markets in the
 
EU loses banana war with Latin America at WTO
The European Union has lost a World Trade Organisation dispute with nine Latin American countries over its planned new tariffs on banana imports, according to a WTO ruling released Monday.
 
Talks with Tata may resume next week
Negotiations with Indian Tata Group on its proposed US$ 2.5 billion investment in Bangladesh is expected to resume next week.
 
Oil prices slip from highs
Oil prices slipped on Tuesday from highs touched after the death of Saudi Arabia's King Fahd, but nagging fears about the stability of Middle Eastern supplies cushioned the fall.
 
New ADB country director for Bangladesh
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) yesterday named Hua Du as the new country director for the Bank's Bangladesh Resident Mission.
Du, a citizen of China, joined the Manila-based ADB in early 1994.

 
Islami Bank to raise authorised capital
Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL) has decided to raise its authorised capital from Tk 3,000 million to Tk 5,000 million.
 
Saifur leaves for Jakarta to join meet on MDGs
Finance and Planning Minister M Saifur Rahman left Dhaka for Indonesian capital Jakarta Monday night to join the two-day regional ministerial meeting on United Nation's Millenium Development Goals (MDGs).
 
HSBC Asia Pacific head of int'l now in Dhaka
Brian Fredrick, HSBC Asia Pacific's head of International, arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a three-day visit to Bangladesh.
 
United Ins earns Tk 11.23m pre-tax profit
United Insurance Company has earned a pre-tax profit of Tk 11.23 million in the first half of this year.
The Board Meeting of the company was told this in Dhaka recently, says a press release.

 
StanChart launches Graduate Account
Standard Chartered Bank on Sunday launched a new savings account titled Graduate Account for graduate and post-graduate students.
 
Gillette launches 'Gold Rush' offer
Gillette Bangladesh Pvt Ltd has launched a special consumer offer titled 'Gold Rush', says a press release.
 
One Bank launches credit card
One Bank Limited has launched its Credit Cards in association with Mastercard International.
 

 
   
 
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