Volume 4 Number 53 Fri. July 18, 2003       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Foreign Relations Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Environment World Others About Us Contact Advertisement Suppliments Archives Business   Intensify ties with ASEAN to boost economy Vietnamese FM urges Bangladesh Vietnamese Foreign Minister Nguyen Dy Nien has urged Bangladesh to intensify its economic activities with the Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) to reap benefits from global linkage and the   Govt mulls to defer deadline on EPZ unionism The government has formed a high-powered committee to hammer out ways for deferment of the January 1, 2004 deadline set two years ago for allowing trade unions in the export processing zones (EPZs). Going organic gets trendy In Dhaka, organic food has now become easier to find than even two years ago. Its popularity has been increasing day by day signifying tremendous prospect.   Khosru invites Thai investors to tap Dhaka's duty-free facilities Commerce Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury has urged the Thai entrepreneurs to invest in Bangladesh, using the attractive policy support here for trade and investment.   CSL markets six printers Computer Source Ltd (CSL), a leading computer accessory vendor, formally marketed six new printers in Bangladesh on Wednesday evening.   KSA to lay off 17,800 foreign workers Saudi Arabia is to replace 17,800 white-collar foreign workers with Saudis in a continuing "Saudisation" of its labour force to reduce unemployment in the oil-rich Arab state, Saudi media said on Wednesday.     Advertisement