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Draw 15-yr plan for nat'l development
PM asks entrepreneurs at DCCI business award giving ceremony
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia yesterday asked the businesses to take steps to formulate a 15-year plan for national development as Dhaka chamber plans to elevate Banglad-esh to the status of middle income
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WB calls for tariff cut
Local businesses disagree with the view
When the World Bank strongly calls for tariff reduction on imports, local business leaders question its justification as the WTO members have agreed not to ask for tax cut for LDC countries.
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Long-term housing policy needed
Speakers say at Rehab meet
A long-term housing policy is needed for systematic development of real estate to offer housing solution, speakers at a meeting in Dhaka said yesterday.
 
Pak entrepreneurs keen to invest in packaging industry
The visiting Pakistani business-people yesterday expressed interests to invest not only in textile sector, but also in packaging industry in Bangladesh.
 
Opec has no plan to change output
Ministers say
Opec oil exporters will not consider a change in output at next month's meeting unless crude prices fall rapidly, even though supply is outstripping demand, ministers from the group said.
 
Bad news for S’pore if WTO talks fail
The failure of global trade talks next month will be bad news for countries like Singapore that thrive in an environment free of barriers to trade in goods and services, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
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MD of Citigroup Global Markets Asia due today
Jeremy Amias, managing director of Citigroup Global Markets Asia Ltd and head of Fixed Income for the Asia Pacific Region, arrives in Dhaka today on a one-day visit, says a press release.
 
Boeing wins major orders in China, Dubai
The Boeing aircraft company scored major sales victories in China and Dubai on Sunday by winning orders worth $13.7 billion (11.6 billion euros).
 
Cracks appear in Asia-Pacific unity on WTO trade talks
After pointing a collective finger of blame at Europe over farm subsidies, cracks were emerging Sunday in the show of unity by Asia-Pacific leaders on free trade.
 
HSBC wins Saudi investment banking licence
Saudi Arabia awarded HSBC Holdings Ltd an investment banking licence Saturday, the first to be granted by market regulators in the global oil giant to a foreign bank, officials said.
 

 
   
 
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