Finally, Bangladesh-made sleeping bags retain the duty-free export facility in the US market till July 31 2013. The decision came after the US Senate passed a legislation renewing the expired Generalised System of Preferences (GSP) programme on September 22. “Finally, our efforts have paid off,” a commerce ministry official told The Daily Star yesterday. The …
Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Wednesday emphasised bolstering regional cooperation in South Asia for building it as a prosperous and peaceful region. Hasina made the remarks when visiting Secretary General of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (Saarc) Fathimath Dhiyana Saeed paid a courtesy call on her at the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) in the …
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FE Report Chairman and founder of the Topsøe company in Denmark, Dr. Haldor Topsøe, aged 98, arrived in Dhaka on Sunday, on a five-day visit to Bangladesh until September 15, 2011. During his visit, he will lay the foundation stone for UTSHO’s new school campus for underprivileged children at Sreepur, Gazipur. Dr. Topsøe has offered …
The World Bank will provide $ 359 million loan for implementing the Health Sector Development Programme (HSDP). An agreement to this effect will be signed at NEC 2 in the city’s Sher-e-Bangla Nagar area today. The assistance will come as a credit from the International Development Association (IDA), the bank’s concessionary lending arm. The credit …
The government yesterday approved setting up seven power plants partly with hard-term loans from abroad to lessen pressure on foreign exchange reserve and lower dependence on the private sector. The approval came at a meeting of the cabinet committee on economic affairs with Finance Minister AMA Muhith in the chair. According to a Power Division …
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