Volume 4 Number 67 Fri. August 01, 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 World Others About Us Contact Advertisement Suppliments Archives Business   NCBs handle major share of remittance in 2002-03 Some 75 per cent of the total remittance during fiscal year 2002-03 were channeled through three nationalised commercial banks (NCBs) and a private commercial bank.   Flag Vessels (Amendment) Act 2003 Delay in issuing circular worries exporters Even after three weeks of the amendment to the flag vessels act, the Ministry of Shipping still could not issue a circular to this effect, forcing the foreign vessel operators to take waiver certificates.   Raise product quality to enter Japanese market, says envoy Japanese ambassador to Bangladesh has stressed the need for qualitative improvement of Bangladeshi goods to enter Japanese market.   New showroom for Volvo cars opens A1 Motors Ltd, exclusive agent of Volvo cars in Bangladesh, yesterday formally opened its new showroom and service centre at Tejgaon in Dhaka.   Tk 20cr Italian investment in fruit processing plant FENCO SpA, an Italian company, will invest Tk 20 crore in setting up a tomato and fruit processing plant in Bangladesh.   PM asks BEPZA to attract more foreign investment Exports from the country's export processing zones (EPZs) in the recently concluded financial year (2002-2003) stood at 1.2 billion US dollars against the target of 1.   Minister slams micro-credit lenders for high interest rate Science and ICT Minister Dr Abdul Moyeen Khan came down heavily on the high interest rate in micro-credit system yesterday saying the providers have been charging more than 30 per cent interest rate in   Dollar continues to gain against taka following buying-spree The US dollar continued to gain against the Bangladesh taka yesterday following buying-spree by importers and investors ahead of weekend holiday Friday with holidays on Saturday and Sunday in the international   EU, US join hands to salvage trade talks In an effort to salvage troubled world trade talks, the United States and European Union on Wednesday pledged to try to develop a common position on divisive agricultural issues by mid-August.     Advertisement