http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=84738 Shipbuilding industry sees growth spree Munima Sultana The country’s fast growing ship building industry is likely to see another growth spurt within a year as a number of foreign companies are seeking local partners to develop backward linkage industries. Ship building owners said joint venture investment are likely to come from Denmark, Germany, France and few other countries that would help reduce the foreign dependence fro... Read Full Story

http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=84738 Shipbuilding industry sees growth spree Munima Sultana The country’s fast growing ship building industry is likely to see another growth spurt within a year as a number of foreign companies are seeking local partners to develop backward linkage industries. Ship building owners said joint venture investment are likely to come from Denmark, Germany, France and few other countries that would help reduce the foreign dependence fro... Read Full Story

http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/11/19/news0976.htm Bangladesh to grow GM rice by 2012 BSS, Dhaka Bangladesh will grow genetically modified (GM) rice variety known as golden rice by 2012. The rice variety, rich in vitamin ‘A’, will help meet the deficiency of the particular vitamin, lack of which causes childhood blindness and weaken immune system. The Manila-based International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) in an article posted on its web site on Tuesday said the golden ric... Read Full Story

http://www.thefinancialexpress-bd.com/more.php?news_id=84739 India Trade Fair from Feb 25 in city FE Report A three-day long ‘India Trade Fair (ITF) 2010′ will be held from February 25 to 27 at the Winter Garden and Tennis Court of Dhaka Sheraton Hotel. India-Bangladesh Chamber of Commerce and Industry (IBCCI) in cooperation with Indian High Commission in Dhaka will organise the event. “The fair will help establish linkage between the business communities of both the countri... Read Full Story

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=114673 BB cuts bank service charges Rejaul Karim Byron Bangladesh Bank has once again lowered different banking charges, fees and commissions to provide assistance to businessmen hurt by falling exports. The central bank yesterday sent a letter to all commercial banks on the new decision. The highest rate of tri-monthly commission for opening deferred L/Cs may be fixed at 0.50 percent of the total amount, down from 0.60 percent now. T... Read Full Story

http://nation.ittefaq.com/issues/2009/11/19/news0973.htm Raw materials for UK’s restaurants DURING last week’s Dhaka visit of a group of British investors, the United Kingdom’s 3.5 billion pound-a year-curry industry run by the Bangladesh-born British citizens figured with due importance as they complained at a press conference that they don’t get Bangladeshi materials for the industry. What they specified was that eighty per cent of the materials they use are imported... Read Full Story

http://newsfrombangladesh.net/view.php?hidRecord=293991 Indian Border Security Force (BSF) Must Stop Killings and Violating Human Rights against Bangladeshi Citizens Wednesday November 18 2009 11:57:59 AM BDT Press Statement By Odhikar The Indian Foreign Secretary, Ms. Nirupama Rao, is in Bangladesh for a 2 day official visit for preparing grounds to finalise which issues should be discussed during the Bangladeshi Prime Minister’s upcoming three day visit to India from December19, 2009.The Ba... Read Full Story

http://www.newagebd.com/2009/nov/18/busi.html#2 Adidas plans Bangladesh project Kazi Azizul Islam German sport-goods giant Adidas has under taken a project to produce low-cost trainers for poor buyers, a London-based newspaper reported on Tuesday. Quoting an Adidas spokesman, the newspaper stated that the project was undertaken after being convinced by the noble laureate and founder of Grameen Bank, Mohammad Yunus. Jan Runau, the Adidas spokesman, told Daily Telegraph that an agreement had be... Read Full Story

http://www.thedailystar.net/newDesign/news-details.php?nid=114491 Footwear exporters see silver lining Sayeda Akter Leather footwear exports are expected to turn around in two months as the shocks of recession are easing in parts of the world. Exporters are trying to increase product quality and make prompt delivery to get more work orders from abroad. Simultaneously, they have moved to diversify products to attract new buyers, said industry leaders yesterday. Local leather footwear and bag e... Read Full Story

http://www.bssnews.net/newsDetails.php?cat=8&id=71550&date=2009-11-17 Malaysia keen to invest in Bangladesh’s petroleum, ship building and energy sector CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh, Nov 17 (BSS) – Malaysia is keen to invest in Bangladesh’s petroleum, ship building and energy sectors to the mutual benefits of two economies. Malaysian High Commissioner to Bangladesh Jamaluddin Bin Sbeh said this while taking part in the views sharing meeting with the leaders of Chittagong C... Read Full Story