Volume 4 Number 103 Sat. September 06, 2003    
 
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Lending curb on NCBs to hurt industrialisation: BoI
The lending restrictions on the nationalised commercial banks (NCBs) will hurt industrialisation in Bangladesh, said a proposal of the Board of Investment (BoI).
 
Restriction on NCB credits to diversify lending
Janata Bank MD tells The Daily Star
Managing Director of Janata Bank Murshid Kuli Khan believes the memorandum of understandings (MoUs) signed by the nationalised commercial banks (NCBs) with the Bangladesh Bank (BB) will enforce the banks
 
Towards greater financial transparency
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) has done a great job by adopting International Accounting Standard No.17: Accounting for leases (IAS 17) recently.
 
US threatens to pursue own agenda if WTO talks fail
The United States threatened Thursday to go it alone by seeking one-on-one trade pacts if the world fails to overcome a logjam and secure a free-trade deal by January 1, 2005.
 
ASEAN close to single market
Southeast Asian trade ministers this week wrapped up talks in the Cambodian capital a step closer to forging a single market and confident poor nations will be heard in upcoming WTO talks.
 
Bush defends economic policy
President George W Bush Thursday launched a vigorous defense of his economic policies, firing back at Democrats who say his tax cuts failed to spur job growth and have bloated the budget deficit.
 
EU defends farm subsidies ahead of Cancun talks

European Commissioner for Trade Pascal Lamy yesterday defended the EU's agricultural subsidies ahead of next week's World Trade Organization (WTO) ministerial talks in Cancun, Mexico.

 
No APEC consensus on regional forex flexibility

Finance ministers from 21 Asia Pacific economies were unable yesterday to reach consensus on pushing flexible regional exchange rate policies, a snag unlikely to sit well with Washington, an APEC forum

 
Farm reform lies at the heart of world trade battle
Trade ministers meeting for a likely bruising clash of views at next week's summit in Mexico certainly agree on one thing -- without progress on farm reform, the current round of world free trade talks
 

 
 
   
 
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