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PM sees positive progress in economy 
 

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wednesday categorically said that the country achieved positive progress in many areas of the national economy after the present government came to power.

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PM vows to ensure housing for all by 2015  

SAARC Seed Forum starts journey  

US delegation visits Benapole port  

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India and Bangladesh revisit FTA talks  

Sustainable banking pioneers plan to reach a billion by 2020  

Govt to introduce gene technology based crops for raising production: Matia  

Latif sees huge potential for RMG and textile sectors  

Private entrepreneurs urged to come forward for ICT development  

WHO to assist boosting pro-poor healthcare service  

ADB sees industrial sector limping for power-gas problems  

SEC relaxes credit facility for mutual funds  

ICT revolution keeps country's agriculture in leading position in South Asia  

Japan wants to see Bangladesh graduate from aid-dependence  

Italy eyes Bangladesh market for boosting textile machineries export  

7th int'l tourism fair begins March 11  

Govt to import 25,000 mt sunned rice from Myanmar  

Knitwear factory owners observe token strike demanding BKMEA election  

Shipyard owners get permission for forming association  

Dhaka talks pledge better future of banking industry  

PM for private initiatives to supplement govt efforts for free healthcare  

Corporate bodies should contribute to CSR: Mashiur Rahman  

Joy for creating ‘Nation Brand’ to overcome image crisis  

Six BKMEA directors resign en masse  

Spices cultivation gaining popularity in southern region  

Dipankar opens newly-built RCCI building  

Trading thru' Benapole port resumes after two days of suspension  

Cry for shares on oversubscribed stock market  

NBR to curb influx of non-PSI items’ import to increase revenue, protect local industries  

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Govt positive towards flourishing trade, industrial sector in Rajshahi region: Faruk Khan  

Int'l experts see brighter wheat farming prospects in Bangladesh  

Govt to set up 100-200MW offshore wind power plant  

Bumper production of aromatic rice achieved last season in Rangpur Zone  

Hilsha production target to exceed 3 lakh metric tons this year  

D-8 to manufacture common brand car for member countries: Dilip Barua  

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Eye-catching mango sprouting forecasts excellent production in Rajshahi region  

JS adopts new insurance bills  

Mehboob Chowdhury appointed CEO of CityCell  

All UPs to be under internet network by 2013  

7.20 lakh youths to receive training in three years: PM  

Bumper production of aromatic rice achieved in Rangpur zone  

Boosting tea-orange farming ushers in new economic era in north  

Web-based remittance delivery system launched  

Govt unveils ambitious telecom plans  

WB support sought to reopen closed jute mills  

Export-import through Akhaura land port suspended  

Bangladeshi company to invest US$ 1m in Ctg EPZ  

ECNEC approves six projects involving Tk 1359 crore  

Dipu Moni seeks Iranian cooperation in investment, energy, tourism  

Japanese investors express interest to invest in Bangladesh  

Huge flowering, experts predict bumper mango yields if climate remains favourable  

Govt urged to adopt Clean Dev Mechanism for sustainable growth  

Six projects likely to get approval in ECNEC meeting  

Increased investment in Adamjee EPZ  

Etihad Airways reschedules flights to and from Dhaka  

Azad hopes media to help govt. make middle-income country  

Japan keen to invest in Bangladesh  

Tanners get six more months to relocate outside city  

Tripura minister favours imports from Bangladesh to meet requirement of Seven Sisters  

Ministry move prompts ship-breakers to go on strike  

No trading at Benapole port for 3 days  

Geography makes Bangladesh transit country in this continent: Muhith  

Bangladesh RMG manufactures get $1.8 million export orders  

Bangladesh emerging as software exporter in world market  

Dhaka for strengthening multidimensional economic ties with Seoul: Dipu Moni  

Pay tax to get better govt service, says PM  

Rice mills can save husk worth Tk 4 billion annually  

4 lakh new taxpayers by June: NBR chairman  

Bangladesh-India Jt Trade Fair opens today  

Tk12,000 local-made laptop to hit market by June  

Govt seeks donors’ help to electrify rural areas  

Publishers happy with sales at Ekushey Book Fair  

ADP downsized 6.6pct, number of projects pushed up  

IMF warns Bangladesh to watch out for inflation  

Govt makes new rule to stop import of toxic ship  

Farmers exceed farming target, bumper pulse production likely in N-region  

'Govt very much sincere towards farmers' welfare'  

Agriculture credit can help ensuring food security in country  

Experts for job creation outside Dhaka to stop influx of people  

Tobacco replaces boro paddy in Bandarban  

Bashundhara to launch new paper products  

Companies using unauthorized gas links face music  

Export-import thru’ Benapole port resumes  

Govt to increase OMS rice allocation as price jumps further  

Korean company GS Caltex to invest in Bangladesh gas project  

Export-import thru' Benapole land port suspended  

Agri-inputs cards doled out among Muktagacha farmers  

Export-import thru' Benapole port suspended  

TCB pedals back from Neplai pulse import for high price  

Supply of quality seeds may boost production of pulse, oilseed & onion  

Intercropping with sugarcane more profitable to farmers than sole-cropping  

PM for concerted efforts to cut poverty in Asia  

Poor people install multiple tech sanitation facility in Jamalpur  

Use of granule urea cuts paddy output cost by Tk 490 per bigha  

LGED records remarkable success in ADP implementation  

ADB pledges $1.2b aid to Bangladesh per annum for next 3 years  

JICA will provide $400m loan to Bangladesh for implementing 4 projects  

Plans underway to modernise, expand port, dock facilities in Ctg  

Simplification of procedures can attract more FDI: FICCI  

Bangladesh offered zero-tariff entry to Bhutan  

IMF lauds BB progress in automation, reforms in banking sector  

US Trade Show, 2010 kicks off on Feb 18  

Low price of potato creates concern for growers in Bogra  

IMF lauds BB progress in automation, reforms in banking sector  

PM to start distributing agri-input cards today at Netrakona  

President urges Pakistan to waive high import duty on jute goods  

Govt to formulate E-commerce Law to protect customers  

Japan offers Tk 3,000cr loan for 4 projects  

World Bank offers dev funding for education, communication sectors  

Farmers worried over fall in potato prices  

Feasibility study on for reopening of 2nd unit of closed Adamjee Jute Mills  

Massive plan for optimum use of marginal & fellow land  

FBCCI, TOBB sign accord to set up Turkish-Bangladesh Business Council  

Bangladesh-Turkey business cooperation can boost trade to $ 1 billion mark  

Energy state minister calls for proper utilization of limited energy  

Turkey to provide assistance for rail sector development  

Experts express concern over massive tobacco farming in northern districts  

Massive mango sprouting creates eye-catching looks in northern districts  

'PPP initiative for agriculture next fiscal'  

Turkey-Bangladesh trade could hit $1b mark  

Govt lifts ban on raw jute export  

India-Bangladesh JGC meeting ends  

BGMEA to provide training for unemployed youths  

Fire damages Noapara Jute Mill in Jessore  

Nepal to amend foreign employment rules  

PM for making Bangladesh food-exporting country  

GP asked for clarification on financial statement  

BMCCI demands bilateral FTA with Malaysia  

Income tax and VAT nets should be expanded: Muhith  

Biman to resume flights on Dhaka-Delhi, Dhaka-Bangkok routes Feb 15 and 16  

Cabinet okays 5 power plants sans ECNEC approval  

Turkish entrepreneur for Bangladesh-Turkey Bridge  

Govt plans more steps to perk up ICT  

Dhaka keen to boost trade with Delhi  

FBCCI urges China to liberalize visa processing  

Govt eyes exploring new jute markets globally  

Zia Fertilizer Factory to be renamed  

EU gives Tk140cr for boosting export  

US business, tourist visas for Bangladeshis triple in 5 yrs  

Bangladesh to be mid-income state within 4 yrs: BB governor  

Ensuring power-gas supply major challenge for govt: Industries Minister  

Potato Boom in Naogaon: Growers worry over cold shortage space  

Master plan for Mongla Port modernization  

Use of leaf colour charts in current Boro season may save 1.5 lakh tons Urea  

Indefinite blockade on three CHT routes called off  

Substantial production of seed potato can help saving foreign currency: Experts  

Canadian trade delegation to visit Bangladesh  

BMDA provides irrigation to produce addl paddy worth Tk 326 crore in 13 N-dists  

Trade fair concludes, manufacturers bag Tk 30cr spot orders  

NOC charge to remain at old rate of Tk 1,500  

Indian envoy meets Muhith to talk implementation aspects of joint communiqué  

'Skilled human resources essential to reduce poverty'  

Bagerhat may fail to attain Boro production target  

Muhith vows to fight money laundering  

Lafarge cement plant in Bangladesh faces raw material crisis  

Setting up cuisine training institutes can meet UK's demand for 30,000 jobs  

Client service at Barisal ICB hampering due to manpower crisis  

Bangladesh, France to work together to promote cultural ties, economic cooperation  

Expanded programme in char areas after adaptation with climate change  

Boro plantation continues en-masse in N-region  

Shyampur Sugar Mill closed due to scarcity of sugarcane in Rangpur  

Govt may fail to attain projected 6pct GDP growth  

Central bank to be turned into paperless institution soon  

Bangladesh envoy calls for duty free access to US market  

6.14 lakh acres salinity-affected land to be brought under Boro cultivation in southern districts  

Meeting of Bangladesh-India joint group of customs held  

Govt on the move to set up deep sea port  

Barapukuria coalminers continue strike  

Steps taken to form Cox's Bazar Development Authority  

Moni urges Maldives to formalize manpower recruitment process  

Planning Minister seeks UN assistance for attaining MDGs by 2015  

Govt to take specific plan to raise fish production  

ECNEC okays 8 projects involving Tk1,532cr  

3-day Apparel Fabric and Accessories Exposition begins tomorrow in Ctg  

Strawberry farming ushers new hope for economic uplifts in N-region  

Barapukuria coal miners go on strike  

President urges Papua New Guinea to recruit more Bangladeshis  

Process underway to form Bangladesh-Bhutan joint chamber  

MCCI for installation of coal-based power plants  

Govt seeks investment in power & energy sector in BDF meet in Feb 14  

Use of effective natural resources needed for sustainable crop productivity of soil  

Prickly power perils in horizon  

PM calls for raising revenue income  

ADB awards 5 best performing projects in Bangladesh  

Govt urges all not to create confusion over move to amend labour law  

6.47 lakh mts of boro rice yield expected in Dinajpur  

SAU students take away cash, clothes from DITF stall  

India, Bangladesh to strike small enterprises deal  

Bangladesh exports crocs to Germany next month  

15,000 families overcome poverty thru’ vegetables cultivation  

Govt to review ongoing reform activities in power sector  

ADB signs agreement to mitigate climate change impacts  

Bumper potato production likely in 8 dists of Rangpur, Dinajpur zone  

Govt mulls reducing land price  

Muhith for raising revenue collection thru’ improving relations with tax payers  

Plan to introduce e-centre in all post offices in the country  

3 banks earned Tk40.61cr profits thru’ foreign branches: Muhith  

Mobile court fines two beverage companies  

Govt seeks another year for relocating tanneries outside capital  

PSI company Cotecna barred from import-inspection job by SC order  

Risks on rise for microfinance institutions: Experts  

Trade thru' Benapole port suspended  

Dock Sramik Oikya Parishad to lay siege to Ctg port Jan 31  

DITF extended for 7 more days  

Composite study needed on future of country’s plastic industry: Muhith  

USA policymakers should be pursued for duty free access of RMG products: Speakers  

Road show in Singapore for wooing investment in power-energy sector  

Lankan company to invest US$ 5m in Karnaphuli EPZ  

Indian restaurant in UK declared healthiest by BBC  

Farmers getting higher yield using 'guti' urea  

IAEA ready for assisting food preservation in Bangladesh  

Poverty, rural dev issues major challenges in CIRDAP member countries: Ashraful  

Sewing plays vital role in eradicating poverty, bringing self-reliance for womenfolk  

British Company to invest US$ 5 million in Dhaka EPZ  

Bangladesh, Turkey want to push bilateral trade to $one billion this year  

Road show in Singapore for wooing investment in power-energy sector  

Govt seeks Indian investment in Bangladesh  

ICB hands over Tk 1.35 crore to govt as cash dividend  

Govt imports 14.75 lakh tones of diesel for boro plantation  

Month-long tourism festival begins Jan 30  

Good ties with India to propel investment  

Restructuring of management needs to revamp jute industry  

Dhaka Int’l Plastic Fair-2010 begins Monday  

Malaysia to relocate textile, furniture industries to Bangladesh  

Large-scale parija paddy farming can add 9MT additional rice annually: Experts  

Country's 15th Land port at Ramgarh would start functioning soon  

50,000 flats to be constructed in city for low, mid-income people  

Country's 15th Land port at Ramgarh would start functioning soon  

Laptop fair in city draws huge crowd  

Shrimps worth Tk 300cr set for export  

RHD implements Tk 50 crore development projects in Rangpur  

S Asia can grow faster if all countries agree to grow together  

Monetary policy well-equipped to attain growth target: Experts  

Govt takes various steps for development of tourism: Quader  

Plan to make Bangladesh Biman time-befitting: Qauder  

New int'l airport to be constructed outside Dhaka: Quader  

Govt urged to take steps to increase wages of tea workers  

Open-market sale of rice begins  

Mobile court raids BAT headquarters in city  

JB to distribute interest-free loan among farmers  

Textiles sector to play role in creating jobs: Azad  

BB Governor apprehends higher inflation  

BGMEA, BKMEA and BTMA demand uninterrupted gas supply  

Substantial credit-flow towards agriculture can help attaining food security  

Bangladesh should follow trade and investment oriented policies: Speaker  

ConocoPhillips informed about Bangladesh's 'new position' on maritime boundary  

Bangladeshi expats send record remittance  

Bangladesh will come out of LDC list by 2021: Muhith  

Substantial credit-flow towards agriculture can help attaining food security  

Malaysia promises to assist in developing sea ports  

Sunil B Mittal calls on Finance Minister  

BoI chief for building regional seaport for SAARC countries  

S Asian chamber leaders urged to tap business potentials  

BTCL reduces call charges for 55 countries  

Airtel's initial $300m investment to give boost to Bangladesh economy  

Govt eyes huge investment in 2011  

Bahrain introduces Grameen type bank  

United Airways to spread wings to Manchester, Birmingham  

Ctg seaport runs with 2,121 posts remaining vacant  

Annis takes over as SAARC chamber President  

Fuel oil traders of Sylhet threaten nonstop strike from Jan 24  

Boro seedbeds damaged due to cold, fog in Magura  

SMEs & farmers to get Tk 45 cr ASA loans in Gaibandha  

Sharecroppers facing harassment in getting crop loans from state-owned banks  

EPB eyes Tk30cr export orders  

Poverty forces southern fishermen to catch jatka defying ban  

IPO lottery of DBH First Mutual Fund held  

Libya to recruit more workers from Bangladesh: Mosharraf  

Ship Breaking policy to be announced soon: Barua  

RAKUB disburses Taka 546.53-crore agri-loan in Rajshahi division  

Business leaders see PM’s India visit as successful  

350 tons processed fish gutted in Ctg factory fire  

Chinese trade delegation due in city today  

DSE crosses 4800-point mark at weekend closing  

Govt takes measures to make Mongla port vibrant  

President asks Brazil to increase imports from Bangladesh  

HK investors to expand their investment in AEPZ  

26 public companies to list on bourses  

BG to build industrial village in Keraniganj  

Govt to slash interest rates of savings certificates  

Measures adopted to make Mongla port active  

Govt to celebrate tourism month marking SA Games  

Poverty forces coastal fishermen to catch jatka  

Maize cultivation gains popularity in Dinajpur-Rangpur region  

Bogra industrial units polluting environment  

Delhi should be more generous in strengthening economic ties with Dhaka: PM  

Govt to issue fresh IGW and ICX licenses: Razu  

Operations resumed at Ctg port as Dockers suspend siege  

India to provide $1billion line of credit to Bangladesh for infrastructure development  

Indian govt to spend additional $110 mln on export push  

Separate pay scale soon for BB, 3 nationalised banks  

CPD predicts 5.5-6.0 pct growth this fiscal  

'Meter-gauge track and engine shortage impedes BR growth'  

Insurance business turnover exceeds Tk 6,000 crore  

DSE single-day transaction hits new record  

Stock market grew by 82pc last year  

Faruk assures businessmen in KL of reducing passport renewal fees  

Azad urges private sector to help solve housing problem  

River Halda in Ctg to lose its fish resources over next 2 decades  

Only 36pc of agri loan target attained by Dec in 6 dists of Barisal  

BDR seized 180 metric tons of coal smuggled from India  

Sharad Pawar meets with Prof Yunus, discuss Grameen Bank programs  

Barisal BSTI realizes over Tk 6 lakh in fine, files 202 cases in 6 months  

Dock workers threaten to paralyze Ctg port  

Power minister directs DESCO to be more customer-friendly  

ECNEC approves 9 projects costing Tk 1965 crore  

Special light engineering industrial park to be set up: Barua  

BGMEA donates Tk 25 lakh, warm clothes to PM’s relief fund  

Indian economy likely to grow at 7 pct this year: PM  

Petrobangla-ConocoPhillips 2nd round talks on Jan 19  

BTCL to give 10 lakh more telephone connections  

Padma Bridge to boost south’s economy: KCC Mayor  

Dipu Moni seeks more UK investment  

All major economic indicators advance in one year  

REHAB members urged to maintain transparency, act against dishonest members  

Tk 1.1 lakh cr earned from export last year: Commerce Minister  

Smart card containing database of expatriate workers to be issued within a month  

JS body for punitive actions against those responsible for financial irregularities  

Britain to provide 115 crore pound for poverty alleviation  

28pc ADP implemented in six months  

RCC adopts Taka 269-crore 6 uplift projects  

Sharad Pawar visits Dhaka to explore Social Business of Grameen Bank  

DSE to organise investors’ awareness program on capital market in Barisal  

United Airways begins Kathmandu flight  

Bangladesh holds 3-day single country trade fair in Malaysia Jan 8-10  

Sweden willing to buy small ships from Bangladesh  

Northern region alone needs extra 1,000 MW electricity in irrigation season  

PM assures everything possible for uplift of 3 hill districts  

Businessmen urged for self-monitoring to control market prices  

Bangladesh economy makes a turn around after global recession: BB  

DSE dances to New Year tune making new record  

Two insurance-related bills expected to be passed in next parliament session  

Govt adds 181mmcfd gas into national grid last year  

PM for product diversification to find new markets  

PM unveils mega-plan for turning Ctg into commercial capital  

BB asks banks to give easy loans for building agro-based industries  

3 Bangladeshi trade fairs in Europe  

REHAB Fair begins on Tuesday  

Bangladesh Development Bank launched  

45,000 employed under agribusiness project  

Tk100cr tea resort in Srimangol by year end  

‘Integrated fish farming suitable answer to poverty’  

5.9 pc GDP growth in 6 months  

Country comes out of recession fallouts  

Huge money embezzled in past by privatizing profitable state-owned industrial units: Barua  

President for increasing trade relations with India  

BB opens separate SME department  

Speakers for people-oriented economic policy and bringing service sectors for benefit of poor  

'Integrated fish farming can help to reduce poverty'  

‘Time now to de-list country from LDC club’  

Chinese assistance sought for building fertilizer factories  

Dipu Moni for more Japanese investment in Bangladesh  

Bangladesh marches ahead in apparel export  

Unscrupulous traders out to increase rice prices: Dr Razzaque  

NBR mulls cutting VAT rate  

25 listed companies likely to be downgraded  

Dhaka to get permanent DITF centre: Faruk Khan  

New Industry Policy in final shape  

Tk200cr fresh fund okayed for housing refinance  

Online credit information from mid 2010  

Six Bangladeshi entrepreneurs receive GEF award  

Govt taking steps for modernizing Ctg seaport  

Potato farming exceeds target in northern region  

Outgoing IMF representative paid farewell call on Finance Minister  

Govt to go for open-market sale of rice if necessary: Food Minister  

Govt working to set up EPZ, SEZ in Sylhet  

BBHRS to get Tk 200cr fresh fund  

Understaffed NBR struggling to achieve largest ever revenue target  

Income tax rebate to houses giving jobs to persons with disabilities: PM  

'Consumer Rights Act' comes into effect very soon: Faruk  

Tenants form human chain protesting rise in house rent in city  

Indigenous fish species face extinction due to various reasons  

DAE fixes 6.65 lakh tonnes maize production target in N- region  

Govt gives priority on overall development of neglected areas  

Govt to announce Bangladesh High-tech Park Authority Act 2009 for development of IT sector  

Cabinet body okays 5 rental power plants in private sector  

United Airways adds 4th aircraft in fleet  

No payback of confiscated money, says Muhith  

Bangladesh 'used for textile scam'  

Biman earns Tk 35 crore in first quarter  

BB resets criteria for Export Development Fund  

Govt considering bourses' proposals on IPO requirement  

Over 10-yr old Mutual Funds in market to be liquidated in two years: SEC  

Premium earnings of private life insurance firms up by 23pc  

Tk 15 lakh agri loan of BKB distributed among 100 sharecroppers  

'Mauritian stays decision to deport Bangladeshi workers'  

Govt mulls increasing tax on tobacco products  

NBR chairman hints at fresh business-friendly VAT law  

ECNEC okays 11 projects worth Tk3,606cr  

SAARC nations for common seed-sharing  

Agreement signed with Mauritius on avoidance of double taxation  

Intercropping with sugarcane gains popularity in N-region  

9 industrial units fined for environmental pollution in Gazipur  

Implementation of ATA Carnet system stressed to attract investment  

United Airways spreads wings to KL  

Experts for South Asian Bank to cut dependence on IFIs  

BASIS SoftExpo 2010 begins on Feb 10  

Bumper production of oil seeds expected in northern Bangladesh  

United Airways to operate flight on Dhaka-KL-Dhaka route from today  

Economists for inward-looking policy with special priority to agriculture sector  

Massive pulses' farming programme in N-region  

Nearly 1.20 lakh tonnes of sweet potato production likely in N- region  

Vast tracts of land remain uncultivated in Bagerhat due to water-logging  

Farming of spicy crops progresses, early varieties appeared in northern markets  

Bumper production of oil seeds expected in northern Bangladesh  

Call to increase production in export sectors  

Balanced fertilization for protecting soil nutrients emphasized  

Sugarcane crushing begins in Joypurhat Sugar Mills  

ADB predicts 5.2pc GDP growth for FY2010  

Bharti Airtel to buy Warid’s share in Bangladesh  

Janata Bank plans record $145 mln IPO  

Simpler taxation system urged as speakers call for strengthening NBR  

President for checking harassment of workers intending to go abroad  

Bangladesh woos Thai investors to invest more in potential sectors  

Around 1.62 lakh slum people afoot to self-reliance in Rajshahi  

Balanced fertilization for protecting soil nutrients emphasized  

Over 3 lakh hectares brought under potato cultivation in north  

DSE, CSE recommend steps for capital market development  

Abul Kasem Khan elected DCCI president  

Commerce minister presses for 60 million dollars income from ICT sector  

Cabinet purchase body mulls import of 1.72m mt petroleum for coming year  

DWASA on the move to improve water, sanitation services  

French companies to put money in social businesses in Bangladesh  

Charity Bazar at Bangladeshi House in Abu Dhabi  

High-powered team in London for power sector road show  

Bangladesh, Switzerland ratify deal to avoid double taxation  

WB to enhance support for socio-economic uplift  

US company to import light-engineering goods from Bangladesh  

5-day IT fair to be held in city Feb 10 next year  

Revenue earning increases at Benapole port  

Experts for strong regional link to face global shocks  

VAT exemption pleaded for Magura Paper Mills  

US businessmen urged to import medicines from Bangladesh  

Boro cultivation facing setback due to salinity in Bagerhat  

South Asian economies to focus more on regional cooperation: Experts  

Thousands throng America Week festival in Rajshahi  

President asks for extending agri research to farm level  

Bangladesh to continue ban on rice export  

Tobacco farming increases again for maximum profits in greater Rangpur  

Digital mobile handset launched  

Export-import activities through Benapole Port resumes  

Dull skin trading facing uncertainty for extremely lower prices  

Strong vigilance against smuggling out of hides and skins  

Mongla to have second-largest submarine cable station  

Plying of goods laden trucks on Daulatdia-Paturia river route banned  

BOI for market-driven bank rates to spur investment  

NBR to start drive to catch TIN holders failing to submit tax return  

Regulatory authorities should not always intervene in capital market: Mirza Aziz  

Bangladesh trade, tourism fair begins in Malaysia on Dec 4  

PDB yet to complete bid evaluation for 8 rental power plants  

Monga almost absent in greater Rangpur this year  

The DAE fixes massive target of producing 94,928 tonnes pulses in N- region  

Limestone import through Chela port remain suspended in Sunamganj  

ADB reinforces support for urban development  

Govt fixes Aman rice procurement target, prices  

Struggling woman achieves self-reliance adapting with climate changes  

PM talks tough against tax defaulters  

ADB vows to back SME development in Bangladesh  

Bandarban farmers protest multiple-taxes on agri-products  

5 pct cash incentives for apparel sector under stimulus package  

Bangladesh to seek duty free access of some products to India  

Buyers more active on good liquoring teas  

Industries to get increased fuel within 15 months  

Dhaka, Thimpu to explore possibility of cooperation in energy sector  

Bangladesh British Chamber of Commerce urged to invest in promising sectors  

Govt to consider creating separate EPZ, fund for nascent shipbuilding industry  

Phenomenal change taking place in Bangladesh for attracting overseas business: Group of UK companies  

Bangladesh renews trade agreement with Bhutan  

Justice & equity needed for implementation of 'vision-2021': Muhith  

Large-scale promotion of conservation agriculture inevitable for sustainable uplift, say scientists  

Stern action against selling of govt medicines  

Govt seeks Dutch investment in shipbuilding, textile industries  

e-commerce finally takes off in Bangladesh  

GM board decides to keep European Opel unit  

Britain puts more money in banks, imposes breakup  

Fed likely to keep key interest rate at record low  

Govt extends tax return submission time till Nov 12  

Maldives legalizes 16,100 illegal migrant Bangladeshis  

BINA Dhan-7 generates interest, hopes among farmers  

Govt wants to develop railway as cost-effective transport mode  

TIN, VAT or BIN registration with SCF to go online  

Three companies offering IPO in Nov  

Protest against excess toll collection in Ctg Port truck terminal  

India considers allowing Nepalese trucks into Bangladesh territory  

NBR starts tax collection drive from upazila with Bianibazar  

German investors seek improved power, communications scenario  

Fiber@Home signs syndicated loan deal  

Trade show on building tech, renewable energy begins today  

Kazakhstan urged to hire Bangladeshi professionals  

5 lakh sharecroppers to get institutional credit  

SAARC central bank governors want to replicate BB's progarmme  

Biman to resume flights on Dhaka-Syedpur route  

Govt to cut non-urea fertilizer price  

SC affirms stay on operation of HC bail to 14 sugar hoarders  

12-member business delegation off to Meghalaya  

Govt urged for sealing off adulterated, substandard drug-producing companies  

Qatar to increase investment in Bangladesh, aid construction of Padma bridge  

JS panel suggests Bangla Fair abroad to encourage expats for investment  

Minister urges entrepreneurs to invest  

UNWFP to provide assistance to implement social safety net programmes  

ERD, ADB sign three loan agreements with ADB for $744.85m  

USAID launches partnership with Grameen Foundation with $162.5m credit guarantee  

PPR amendment likely to ensure eligibility of contractors  

BAPEX found 5 more highly potential areas in onshore  

Tullow reviews Bangladesh stance on 'overlapped' area in Bay gas block  

ADP best stimulus to face recession, help people out of poverty line: WB  

Developers see booming real estate sales in 2010  

BB Governor for effective industrialisation to eradicate poverty  

Tk1120cr employment programme for hardcore poor  

Govt asks garment owners to renovate factory buildings by Dec  

BB Governor eyes poverty-free northern region  

Job opportunity awaits for women in monga-prone areas  

Promotion of intercropping with sugarcane can boost total crop production in N-region  

Govt steps help poor overcoming Monga successfully in greater Rangpur  

Share investors of Z-category barred from margin loans  

Britain to provide £300 million in next 6 years  

SEC tightens margin rule to protect share investors, market  

'Indians most corrupt in doing business'  

FBCCI eyes greater outsourcing from Bangladesh  

Submergence tolerant rice-BR-11-sub-1 to be released this year  

Govt says blunt 'No' to dual banking  

Govt takes initiative to build 'Exclusive Tourist Zone'  

Land prices raised 3 to 4 times in metropolitan areas  

GP launches GP-branded handset  

BD-Japan joint venture to invest $5.5m in Adamjee EPZ  

Spl market monitoring body visits Rajshahi markets  

BTRC hands over IPTSP licences to 12 companies  

TCB fixes wholesale rates of essentials  

Bangladesh to get $735m IMF boost by Sept  

BB increases local currency ceiling for outbound travelers  

Govt to organize trade fair in Europe to promote women entrepreneurs  

Bangladesh exports to India to reach $1 bln by 2011  

Local investor to set up garment factory at CEPZ  

Prices of some items come down as strong market monitoring begins in Ctg  

India to meet deficit target despite drought woes  

Bangladesh crocodile farm aims to bite into luxury market  

Bangladesh sees record FDI growth: BB  

Hedge funds soar in '09, most still in the red  

Production at Platinum Jute Mill suspended as workers go on strike  

President urges Colombian entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh  

Govt fails to appoint new Ctg container terminal operator  

Matia for controlling population to ensure food security  

Pay tax, get economic freedom, keep well next generation: Finance Minister  

NRBs remitted $886.40m in July  

Govt to slash tax on import of essentials  

Tax dodgers scramble to come clean amid crackdown  

Muhith points to faulty poverty alleviation drive of NGOs  

CNG price could be slashed  

Govt to issue bond for renewable energy fund  

World Bank raises loan by 54 pct for Bangladesh  

Tk 7,500 crore excess liquidity in banks: BB governor  

Tk100cr projects drawn for Digital Bangladesh  

Grameenphone posts 10 pct growth  

BB asks banks, FIs to expand purview of CSR  

Bangladesh enters WiMax era  

Big budget and big govt borrowing from banks!  

GP gets SEC nod for its IPO launch  

Bangladesh garments get GSP reprieve for another year from US  

Tk1,13,819cr national budget for 2009-10 passed  

BB ready to give credit information on 5 working days  

Black money whitening to cause moral degradation, frustrate regular taxpayers: BGMEA  

CPD terms new budget conservative, not ambitious  

Analysts term budget 'ambitious', slate money whitening offer  

Tax in new budget won't impact common people: Muhith  

Govt unveils Tk 113,819cr ambitious budget targeting 15pc increase in revenue income  

Tk 700 crore for climate change risk  

Black money whitening offer defies polls pledge: TIB  

Budget won't help attain poverty cut target: Unnayan Onneshawn  

Budget to create jobs for 700,000 people  

Reprieve for local manufacturers as govt expands VAT net  

Measures in new budget for increasing revenue collection from direct tax  

Tk 5,965 crore allocated for agri sector  

Govt projects average remittance flow at $12.8 billion in next 3 years  

Tk 8,382 crore proposed for defence  

Tk 4,310 crore allocated for power and energy sector  

Revenue target for fiscal 2009-10 set at Tk 61,000 crore from NBR sources  

National Tax Tribunal in offing  

Reduced duty proposed on basic industrial raw materials to protect local industries  

ICT gets TK 100 crore to build Digital Bangladesh  

Budget to frustrate genuine taxpayers: Dr Aziz  

Land Registration rates, fees reduced  

Prices up, prices down  

TCB to be strengthened to keep prices stable  

Tk 6,100 crore proposed for communications sector  

New budget gave outline for eliminating tax holiday system  

India govt wants economy back on higher growth path  

Natl budget will provide directions to resolve power crisis  

Bangladesh budget poses new challenges for Hasina  

Banks, FIs asked to build independent risk-management unit  

BB caps interest rate at 13pc for bank lending to NBFIs  

Top 10 share Tk 1 million prize of 'ACI Pure Salt Desh ke Jano' quiz contest  

IDB approves $35 million for quality seeds  

Corporate business houses urged to adopt CSR to minimize risks  

FY10 budget to target 1 million taxpayers, raise tax on luxury items  

Changes in Baggage Rules to make travel, trade hassle-free: NBR  

'ACI Pure Salt Desh ke Jano' online quiz contest launched  

Lack of steps behind soaring illegal VOIP use: TIOB  

BB eyes 6.5pc GDP growth this fiscal  

Govt eyes second int'l airport beside Dhaka  

BTRC lowers ISP licence fees to expand internet services  

More economic pain seen in 2009  

'No gas supply to new power plants after 2012'  

Cabinet approves National Broad Band Policy  

BTRC to bring rural ISPs under license system  

BTRC hands over first WiMAX license to Augere  

BTRC bags Tk1400cr from sale of extra frequency  

BTRC announces guidelines for infrastructure sharing  

44.8 million mobile subscribers in country now  

Japan writes off Bangladesh's $680mln debt  

Six-year-old reconditioned car can be imported now  

ISPs urge govt to open WiMAX to Bangladeshi firms  

Tele-density increases to 27pct  

Curtain falls on Corporate Bazaar 2008  

Texas Group adopts 'aamra' as its new name  

All power, gas business operators asked to take license from BERC  

 

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