Volume 4 Number 133 Mon. October 06, 2003       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 Foreign Relations Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Suppliments Archives Business   Cement industry beset by market saturation Companies can hardly utilise 50pc of production capacities Local cement industry is beset by market saturation with the grinding plants incurring huge losses for poor sales and non-utilisation of their installed capacities.   Freight forwarders collecting extra charges unlawfully CCCI complains to commerce minister Chittagong Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCCI) has accused a section of freight forwarders of unlawfully realising various charges from the exporters and importers and urged the authorities concerned   Thai Grand Fair begins Thursday A four-day Thai Grand Fair, first of its kind in Bangladesh, begins in Dhaka on Thursday showcasing a wide array of products and services from Thailand.   France pressed to redress decades of economic errors The French deficit problems that came to a head last week underscore problems facing several major European economies, but Paris is being pressed to fix sundry errors that span several decades.   S'pore aims for bigger slice of global education market Singapore is stepping up efforts to grab a bigger slice of the multi-billion dollar international education market by luring elite foreign schools and positioning itself as a "global schoolhouse.   Canada aims to export AIDS drugs to developing world Canada has sought to be an example to other industrialized nations by altering its legislation to allow for generic AIDS drugs to be exported to developing nations.   European firms urged to boost business in China Market positions held by European companies in China are too small for the firms to fully benefit from strong economic growth forecast there this year and next, analysts say.     Advertisement