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Growths in Export, Remittance
BoP surplus reaches $360m in Jul-Jan
Despite slow foreign direct investment (FDI) and foreign aid, the country's overall balance of payment (BoP) surplus reached $360million in the first seven months of the current fiscal, thanks to continued

Joint venture firm to assemble TVS motorcycles
TVS Auto Bangladesh Ltd, a joint venture between India's TVS & Sons Ltd, and Bangladesh's Rian Motors Ltd, will assemble and market TVS motor cycles in the local market.

Corporate profit: Justifiable necessity versus undesirable obscenity
Recent developments in our country have maligned the image of private sector companies and corporations to a great extent.

BASIS software show concludes today
The BASIS SoftExpo2007 is heading towards its final momentum with a considerable turnout as the five-day IT and IT-enabled services fair comes to a close today.

India allocates more credit for farm sector
The government has decided to allocate more funds for extending credit to agriculture in order to raise its contribution to about four per cent to the GDP.

Law to protect consumers' rights demanded
Speakers at a roundtable here yesterday urged the government to enact a comprehensive law for protecting consumers' rights.

Iran plans to stop pricing oil in dollars
Giant petroleum producer Iran plans to stop pricing its oil in dollars, the state-run television quoted the central bank governor as saying on Friday.

Decision on Vodafone's purchase of Hutch delayed
India has delayed the approval of British telecoms giant Vodafone's multi-billion-dollar deal to buy Hutchison Essar while it decides whether the Indian cellular company's shareholding structure meets

Etihad adds new flight to Dhaka-Abu Dhabi route
Etihad Airways, the national carrier of the United Arab Emirates, has added another flight to its Dhaka-Abu Dhabi route.

ROK-US FTA talks resume after deadline extended
US and South Korean officials on Saturday resumed talks on a long-sought free trade deal after agreeing to extend a deadline in a bid to secure agreement after 10 months of tough bargaining.

Pubali Bank declares 75pc stock dividend
Pubali Bank Ltd has declared a 75 percent stock dividend (three bonus shares for every four ordinary shares) for its shareholders for the year 2006.

WTO powers to seek agriculture trade breakthrough in April
Ministers from four key trading powers in the WTO will meet in New Delhi in mid-April to try to broker a deal in global talks on opening up farm trade, diplomats said Friday.

WTO rules against US online gambling
A World Trade Organisation panel said Friday that the United States had failed to comply with a previous ruling ordering it to open up the multi-billion dollar cross-border internet gambling industry.

China strongly dissatisfied on US trade sanction
The Chinese government expresses strong dissatisfaction about the US decision to impose penalty tariffs against the imports of Chinese coated free sheet paper, Wang Xinpei, spokesman for China's Ministry

Prime Bank declares 30pc stock dividend
Prime Bank Ltd has declared a 30 percent stock dividend for its shareholders, says a press release. The dividend was announced at the 12th annual general meeting (AGM) of the bank on Thursday inDhaka.

Mutual Trust Bank recommends 20pc cash, 5pc stock dividends
Mutual Trust Bank Ltd has recommended a 20 percent cash dividend and a 5 percent stock dividend for its shareholders for the year 2006.