http://www.theindependent-bd.com/details.php?nid=154382
Envoys of 6 countries visit Shinepukur Ceramics plant
ECONOMIC REPORTER
Ambassadors and High Commissioners of six Asian countries yesterday visited the state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities of Shinepukur Ceramics Ltd (SCL), country’s leading ceramic tableware manufacturing company and largest ceramic tableware exporter.
The envoys are; Nguyen Van That, ambassador of Vietnam, Haji Abdul Razak Bin Haji Mohd Hussaini, high... Read Full Story
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/12/19/news0058.htm
Local company to invest $ 1.087m in IEPZ
Business Report
Bangladeshi company M/s. Fortune Metal Processing Company Limited will set up a Recycling Industry in Ishwardi Export Processing Zone.
This100 per cent local owned company will invest US$ 1.087 million in setting up their unit and will produce recycling items. The company will also create employment opportunity for 276 Bangladeshi nationals.
An agreement to this effect... Read Full Story
The event is an exhibit of multiple products along with arrangements for entertainment and food for visitors. The reliance Solar Group's bid won approval and earned them the rights to display their exhibit at the indoor and outdoor pavilions of Hall No. 6. The display was to include models of new and renewable sources of energy that helped power solar water heating systems, a wind farm, a small hydro power model, a renewable energy village, a solar hut, a solar steam cooker and a solar... Read Full Story
http://www.newagebd.com/2009/dec/15/busi.html#7
CSD investors get BEPZA compensation
Business Desk
Three affected investors of Central Silo Depot area on Sunday were provided with a compensation of Tk 4.71 crore in accordance with the instruction of the prime minister.
BEPZA executive chairman Jamil Ahmed Khan handed over the cheques to Messrs Cosmos Shoes International Ltd, Messrs Sheng Tseng Enterprise Co Ltd and Messers La Luna Shoes Bangladesh Ltd at a ceremony at the BEPZA... Read Full Story
http://www.theindependent-bd.com/details.php?nid=153290
Megatex to Invest $ 3 mn in Ishwardi EPZ
ECONOMIC REPORTER
British-Chinese company M/s. Megatex Knitters (Pvt) Limited will set up a Sweater Manufacturing Industry in Ishwardi Export Processing Zone.
This100 per cent foreign owned company will invest $ 3 million in setting up their unit and will produce Sweater items. The company will also create employment opportunity for 2162 Bangladeshi including 35 foreign nationals, says a... Read Full Story
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=117223
Hospital furniture on the mend
An attendant briefs visitors about an ICU bed at a stall of leading furniture maker Otobi in Medexpo-2009, an international fair of medical equipment and healthcare services, which started yesterday at Dhaka Sheraton Hotel. Local companies meet up to 35 percent of domestic demand for hospital furniture. Photo: Amran Hossain
Sayeda Akter
Locally made hospital furniture is gradually getting... Read Full Story
Bangladesh exports plunged by around 12 percent in the first quarter of the fiscal year as a delayed impact of the global recession routed the country's garment sector, the government said Monday. Officials described the drop as a "major upset" for the country's key economic lever, and industry leaders said the fall was the worst quarterly decline in a decade. Figures released by the government's Export Promotion Bureau (EPB) showed the country exported merchandise worth 3.87 billion dollars... Read Full Story
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Spl ferry service on Mawa route to transport RMG products to Mongla port
FE Report
The government will arrange a special ferry service on Mawa-Kawrakandi route exclusively for the readymade garment manufacturers to help them transport their products to Mongla port, thus reducing pressure on the over-burdened Chittagong port.
Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan said “RMG manufacturers often fail to reach Chittagong port on time... Read Full Story
http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=116695
Dhaka awaits response from Delhi on hidden tax on RMG exports
Refayet Ullah Mirdha
The commerce ministry in a recent letter has sought clarafications from Delhi for imposing higher hidden taxes on export of eight million pieces of readymade garment products to India under duty-free facility, a ministry official said.
Bangladesh can hardly benefit from the opportunity of exporting the apparel items because of higher... Read Full Story
http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/12/08/news0235.htm
EPZ for shipbuilding
AS appeared in the press recently, the government has agreed to set up an export processing zone exclusively for the shipbuilding industry which, according to many, has the potential to be a major export-oriented sector. A proposal in this regard was placed on behalf of the Bangladesh Shipbuilders’ Association and the commerce minister gave his nod to it saying the government is convinced with the proposal of... Read Full Story
