http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=86909
‘SMEs should take full advantage of Dutch govt’s pvt sector offer’
FE Report
The country’s cash-starved small and medium entrepreneurs should take full advantage of the opportunities offered by the Dutch government’s private sector development support programmes, speakers at a seminar said Monday.
They made the call at a seminar on ‘Business to Business Support Programmes for Private Sector Development’ at the auditorium of... Read Full Story
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=117681
Solar power to light up BB
Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy tasked with the Tk 1cr job
Sajjadur Rahman
After allocating a Tk 200-crore low-cost revolving fund for refinancing banks’ green power projects this year, the central bank will now set example for the banks by installing a solar power system at its headquarters.
Rahimafrooz Renewable Energy Ltd (RREL), the largest solar power system provider in the country, has... Read Full Story
Monday, October 05, 2009 10:37:03 AM, TCN Union Minister of State for Railways Mr E Ahmed inaugurating the International conference on Islamic finance and interest-free bankng. Calicut : "When London, Singapore and Tokyo can have Islamic banks, why not Mumbai and Kochi", asked H Abdur Raqeeb, general secretary of the Indian Centre for Islamic Finance, New Delhi while addressing the two day conference on Islamic Banking in Calicut. The conference inaugurated by Union Minister of State for... Read Full Story
http://www.newagebd.com/2009/dec/15/busi.html#1
Rating agency to analyse credit worthiness
Asif Showkat
Executives of Standard & Poor’s, an international agency for credit rating, will arrive in Dhaka at the end of next month on a two-week visit to analyze Bangladesh’s financial health and credit-worthiness, said officials.
The US-based credit rating agency, which is the world’s oldest, provides the indices, investment research and data, other information and opinions for financial... Read Full Story
http://www.theindependent-bd.com/details.php?nid=153012
Bangladesh to make automobile parts to enter US market
BSS, DHAKA
Bangladesh is set to export light engineering items to the US markets, paving the way for turning the country’s industry sector into a state-of-the-art in the world.
Bangladesh Engineering Industry Owners Association (BEIOA), the country’s lone traditional automobile organization located in the city’s Dholaikhal, will produce the automobile products, sources at the... Read Full Story
http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=0&id=75490&date=2009-04-20
Remittance growth to stay at 8.5 percent even in worst case next year: WB
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Dec 9 (BSS)- Remittances, that have emerged as a key driver of economic growth and poverty reduction in Bangladesh, would continue to grow at least by 8.5 percent and will be at 10.38 billion US dollar next year with the outflow from 150,000 migrant workers, 50 percent of whom sending remittances regularly at present... Read Full Story
http://www.newagebd.com/2009/dec/10/busi.html#2
Dhaka-Paris trade relations miss perks
Khawaza Main Uddin . back from Paris
Business relations between Bangladesh and France are far below the potentials of bilateral cooperation, say French politicians and diplomats spelling out areas of widening and diversifying trade and investments in future.
They feel Bangladesh, which exports goods worth over $1 billon with enormous surplus in balance of payments, is entitled to assistance to... Read Full Story
http://www.newagebd.com/2009/dec/05/busi.html#1
Thai products gain ground on vigorous drives
Kazi Azizul Islam
The manufacturers of Thailand continue to make firm foothold in Bangladesh market for their industrial and consumer goods while Bangladeshis are yet to make their presence prominent in the Thai market.
Latest official statistics from Thailand show that Thai product shipments to Bangladesh have crossed half a billion US dollar in the first 10 months of the current year while... Read Full Story
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=115972
Red Chilli Business at Fulbari of Bogra
Turnover goes up to Tk 100cr from Tk 5cr in just 5 years
Hasibur Rahman Bilu, Bogra
A serene Bogra village has turned into a hot spot of red chilli trading with renowned spice producers and marketers sourcing bulk of their raw materials from the place.
Within a span of five years, the annual turnover of red chilli business at Fulbari village of Sariakandi upazila in Bogra has... Read Full Story
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=115312
Dhaka fleshes out five points for WTO
Star Business Report
Bangladesh will push advanced countries to include its “commercially meaningful” products in the 97 percent duty-free category in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) ministerial meeting to be held in Geneva at the end of this month.
At a press conference, Commerce Minister Faruk Khan yesterday said the advanced countries had offered 97 percent duty-free... Read Full Story
