Bourses rejoice in budget incentives
Textile, cement stocks witness spectacular gains
The share markets have welcomed the incentives announced in the proposed budget for the 2003-04 fiscal with the Dhaka Stock Exchange General Index gaining 11 points to 799.53 points in the last two days.
Textiles seek garment-like incentives
Bangladesh Textile Mills Association (BTMA) severely criticised the 20 per cent corporate income tax for textile industries proposed in the budget.
Assess 'illegal trade prior to FTA with India'
Economists at a lecture yesterday called for intensive studies of the volume of illegal trade and hundi operation across the border prior to negotiating a free trade agreement with India
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Rev up SAARC chamber for regional uplift
Two-day meeting urges
Participants at a regional meeting yesterday put accent on increasing the activities of SAARC chamber of Commerce and Industries for economic development of South Asian countries.
10-month exports post $378m growth
Exports fetched US$ 5,255 million in the first 10 months of the current financial year, up by $378 million from last fiscal's same period.
Set up BSTI-proposed accreditation body
Speakers at BCI seminar urge govt
Speakers at a seminar yesterday urged the government to immediately set up the separate national accreditation body proposed by the Bangladesh Standard and Testing Institute (BSTI).
Americas split on free trade zone schedule
With trade representatives from the Americas split on when to achieve a hemispheric free trade zone -- a key US policy goal -- Central American negotiators prepare for an important round of trade talks
