Volume 4 Number 229 Thu. January 15, 2004       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Business   Restructuring board of directors 8 banks fail to comply with BB guidelines Instructed by the central bank, 22 private banks last year downsized their boards keeping maximum 13 directors but eight others failed to restructure their boards due to legal and other complexities.   Relieve local trade of 'tax on tax' MCCI urges commerce ministry Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce and Industry yesterday sought commerce ministry's initiative to relieve local trade and industry of 'tax on tax,' which it felt caused an overall negative growth in the   Baira goes to polls today Bangladesh Association of International Recruiting Agencies (Baira) goes to polls today for electing a 27-member executive committee for 2004-06.   Pvt sector infrastructure guidelines placed to PM The draft of "Private Sector Infrastructure Guidelines" facilitating private investment in the country's infrastructure development was submitted to the prime minister at her office yesterday.   PM for expansion of trade with Qatar Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday emphasised expansion of bilateral trade and economic co-operation between Bangladesh and Qatar for the benefit of the two nations.   Court summons top officials of Tripti Industries A court yesterday asked chairman, managing director and directors of Tripti Industries Limited to appear before it on March 30 following a case filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).   Tk 287.66cr default loan realised in 7 months Some 6,352 cases were settled and default loan amounting to Tk 287.66 crore realised since Artha Rin Adalat Act 2003 came into effect.   HSBC receives several awards in 2003 The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited has achieved FinanceAsia Achievement Awards 2003 with five regional titles -- Best Trade Finance Bank, Best Sub-Custodian, Best Cash Management Bank,   BA electronic ticketing in Bangladesh completes 1yr British Airways recently celebrated the first anniversary of electronic ticketing in Bangladesh.   Saudi Airlines hajj passengers can collect boarding passes from city office Hajj passengers of Saudi Arabian Airlines can now collect their boarding passes for both inbound and outbound flights from the airlines' city office at Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka.   GP awards top corporate customers GrameenPhone Ltd (GP) has awarded its top corporate customers.   ICAB delegation to attend 52nd SAFA Assembly A six-member delegation of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh (ICAB) headed by its president Akhtar Sohel Kasem will attend the 52nd Assembly of South Asian Federation of Accountants   JBIC governor to attend ICC-B confce Kyosuke Shinozawa, governor of Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), will attend the two-day international business conference on 'Global economic governance and challenges of multilateralism'   New chairman, vice-chairman of Global Ins Md Anwarul Haque and Md Sirajul Islam Bharasha have been elected chairman and vice chairman of Global Insurance Company Ltd at a board meeting recently, says a press release.   Mini WTO ministerial planned on sidelines of Davos economic forum Up to 30 trade and economy ministers may take advantage of a major forum in Switzerland this month to hold a mini-ministerial of sorts to discuss the latest round of WTO talks, officials said Tuesday.   Washington makes trade concessions at summit The United States reached out to its neighbours on free trade and battling corruption, smoothing tense relations with Latin American leaders as the 34-nation Summit of the Americas ended Tuesday.     Advertisement