Volume 4 Number 296 Sun. March 28, 2004       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 Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Business   43 more companies selected for CDS In its bid to consolidate the central depository system (CDS), the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has selected 43 more new companies and asked them to get ready by April 30 to go for the scripless Int'l leather fair fetches $7.73m spot orders Exhibitors in the just concluded international leather fair have received $7.73 million worth of spot orders, registering a 10.43 percent increase over last year's $7 million spot orders.   India's two private airlines eye Dhaka, other Saarc destinations Having made foray into foreign sky by introducing flights linking Colombo with Chennai, India's two major private airlines -- Air Sahara and Jet Airways -- have brought Bangladesh and other Saarc destinations   Thailand-Australia FTA to be launched next January The Thai-Australian Free Trade Agreement will be officially launched next January when tariffs on more than half the goods traded between the two countries will be reduced to zero percent.   Plot thickens as EU hunts for new IMF chief European intrigue over who should lead the International Monetary Fund deepened Thursday with the nomination of a Spaniard to fill a vacancy on the eurozone's central bank board.   New container service on Ctg-Haldia-Colombo route from April 1 A Singapore-based shipping company will launch a container service from Chittagong Port on India-Bangladesh-Sri Lanka route on April 1.   DHL launches Global customer solutions unit DHL, a leading express and logistics company , has launched global customer solutions (GCS), a new business unit to manage its top global customers.   Emirates plans Dubai-Vienna non-stop flights Emirates, the Dubai-based international airline, is again expanding its European network with plans to link Dubai and Vienna.   Mutual Trust Bank, CDBL sign deals Mutual Trust Bank Ltd and Central Depository Bangladesh Limited (CDBL) on Tuesday signed two separate agreements regarding issuer and custody participation.   WTO members to aim for farm agreement by July The 146 members of the World Trade Organisation will try to reach an agreement to relaunch talks on the thorny issue of agriculture before the end of July, a WTO official said Friday.   China agrees to consult with US over chip row China has agreed to consult with the United States over a US complaint about its tax system for domestic chip makers, the Chinese commerce ministry said Friday.   Opec likely to reduce threatened output cut The Opec oil cartel is likely to compromise in Vienna on Wednesday and cut production by less than the one million barrels per day (bpd) planned, the Middle East Economic Survey (MEES) reports.     Advertisement