Volume 4 Number 174 Mon. November 17, 2003    
 
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First quarter sees $116.28m in aid
Bangladesh received a total of $116.28 million from development partners during the first three months of the current fiscal year, Finance Minister M Saifur Rahman told the parliament yesterday.
 
Ban polybag use in fertiliser packing
BJMA urges govt
Bangladesh Jute Mills Association (BJMA) yesterday demanded immediate cancellation of a cabinet decision that allowed uses of harmful polypropylene bags instead of environment friendly jute bags for fertiliser
 
Asian nations adopt Grameen Bank model
Bank expands its horizon over 30 countries
The success of Grameen Bank in reaching large numbers of poor clients with financial services and making significant impact on their economic lives has generated intense international interest on themicro-lender's
 
Dollar eases against taka on higher remittance flow
The US dollar eased slightly against the Bangladesh taka in thin inter-bank trade yesterday due to higher remittance inflow on the occasion of Eid festival, dealers said.
 
Asian Paints opens Colour World Outlet in Ctg
Asian Paints (Bangladesh) Limited opened its first Colour World Outlet in Chittagong yesterday.
 
Call money rate steady
The call money rate remained steady in thin inter-bank money market yesterday as the demand was lower from private sector, fund managers said.

The rate touched to its intra-high high at 7.

 
8 new Airbuses join Emirates
Eight A340-500 aircraft of Airbus, the world's longest-range passenger jet, joined Dubai-based Emirates recently.
 
BB auction
The 271st auction of the 28-day, 91-day, 182-day, 364-day, 2-year and 5-year treasury bills was held here yesterday.

A total of Tk 300.59 crore, Tk 121.50 crore, Tk 5.00 crore and Tk 117.

 
Lever Brothers awards top wholesalers
Lever Brothers Bangladesh Ltd awarded its top wholesalers on Saturday.
 
Asia needs to move towards EU-type integration: ADB
Asian countries should move towards creating their version of the European Union, with fast-growing China serving as an export market for poor countries along the Mekong River, according to a senior Asian
 
Japan may hit back at US steel tariffs
Japan is considering raising duties on at least five products in retaliation against import tariffs protecting the US steel industry, the daily Nihon Keizai Shimbun said on Sunday.
 
US-EU steel dispute may ignite fuse at WTO talks
The countdown to a WTO deadline next month to revive global trade talks could become a ticking time bomb as the date may coincide with a threat by the EU to hit the United States with billions of dollars
 
Thailand mulls revival of electric tram system
Thailand is considering the revival of an electric tram system used in Bangkok early last century to help solve the capital's perennial traffic woes, according to a Sunday report.
 

 
   
 
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