Volume 4 Number 290 Sun. March 21, 2004    
 
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Top 20 hold 71pc of Rupali Bank default loans
Legal, bureaucratic tangles retard recovery drive
Top 20 defaulters of Rupali Bank together hold Tk 550 crore or 71 percent of the bank's total default loans amounting to Tk 769 crore.
 
Mintoo seeks special Dutch treatment for Bangladesh exports in quota free era
2-day Dutch Catalogue Show opens in Dhaka
Chief of the country's apex trade body yesterday sought special treatment for Bangladeshi products to enter the Netherlands market in the quota free regime.
 
BoI approves 28 projects involving Tk 14932m
Industrial park, agro-processing complex in Ctg among the schemes
The Board of Investment, at its first meeting outside the capital, yesterday approved 28 projects with an estimated outlay of Tk 14932.19 million from foreign and domestic investment.
 
Thai properties attract Singaporean buyers
Businessman J Lim wants to buy a retirement home abroad.

Australia, a traditional favourite among Singaporean retirees, is out because it's too far and is boring, he said.

 
Tata Motors eyes overseas market pie thru’ Daewoo
Tata Motors Ltd, India’s largest commercial vehicles maker, plans to use its newly acquired Daewoo unit to advance on the Korean and overseas markets, a senior company executive said yesterday.
 
Thai-Euro FTA likely by year-end
Thailand and four European nations have pledged to sign a free trade agreement (FTA) by the end of the year, Thai and Swiss officials said this week.
 
Sponsor directors now must make irrevocable order for share trade
Sponsor directors of listed companies will have to make irrevocable order for transaction of shares at prevailing market price and submit details of it to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)and
 
Qatar Airways to increase frequencies in Europe
Qatar Airways has announced an increase in the airline's frequencies to Germany and other European destinations this year as it prepares to start a new non-stop service to Zurich in July.
 
Internet fair begins in Dhaka March 31
The four-day Internet Fair 2004 begins here at Osmani Memorial Hall on March 31.
 
Emirates to double flights to Sydney from Nov
Emirates Airline recently announced to start double services four days a week between Dubai and Sydney from November.

The frequencies will become double daily a year from now, says a press release.

 
Illegal Timber Exports
US activists urge sanctions on Malaysia
American environmental groups have formally urged the US government to investigate Malaysia over the alleged illegal export of Indonesian timber and consider imposing trade sanctions.
 
Developing nations call for open selection of next IMF head
International Monetary Fund (IMF) directors from developing nations, joined by Australia and Switzerland, Friday called for a more transparent process to select the next head of the global lender, a job
 

 
   
 
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