Volume 4 Number 131 Sat. October 04, 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 Literature Others About Us Contact Advertisement Suppliments Archives Business   Foreigners to receive work permits from single office BoI formulates draft policy The government is going to introduce a new system of awarding permission to foreign companies to set up their branches and affiliates in Bangladesh and issuing work permits to foreign citizens from one Commerce minister seeks more investment in health sector Int'l medical exposition begins Commerce Minister Amir Khosru Mahmud Chowdhury yesterday called for more investment in health sector for setting up modern private hospitals to prevent patients from going abroad for treatment.   BB starts same-day cheque clearing service today Move to enable clients to encash Tk 5 lakh and above The Bangladesh Bank today starts same day clearance of cheques amounting to Tk 5 lakh and above in order to ensure quicker service.   US trade deals hurting Pak exports: Jamali Pakistan's prime minister complained Thursday that a rising number of US trade agreements and preference programmes have put his country at a "severe disadvantage" in trade with the United States.   Deadline looms for France in EU budget row France was on collision course with the European Union Friday over its refusal to heed the budget rules governing the 12-nation euro zone.   EU wants WTO intervention in Australian quarantine dispute The European Union formally asked the World Trade Organisation on Thursday to set up a panel of experts to rule on its simmering trade dispute with Australia on quarantine measures restricting imports   EU renews US sanction threat over trade law The United States must do more to scrap a disputed system of tax breaks for exports if it wants to avoid up to $4.   World Bank for effort to restart trade talks A senior World Bank official Thursday urged the European Union and the United States to express strong commitment to world trade talks as part of steps to help relaunch negotiations which failed in Cancun.     Advertisement