Volume 4 Number 316 Sun. April 18, 2004    
 
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NGOs should face action for illegal activities
Prof Yunus speaks to MCCI members
Grameen Bank Managing Director Prof Muhammad Yunus yesterday said steps should be taken against the NGOs if they are found involved in illegal activities.
 
Handloom products can fetch Tk 500cr a year from exports
25pc cash incentives sought
Handloom products can fetch Tk 500 crore a year if the sector gets policy support from the government, entrepreneurs said yesterday.
 
Opec allows members to produce beyond limits
Chief to visit Russia
Opec President Purnomo Yusgiantoro said on Saturday he would visit Russia to talk about the global oil market, adding the cartel was allowing members to produce above official output limits as oil prices
 
China booming but urban poverty set to get worse
Qing Guiyun and her husband Chen Hao spend most of their days in a pedestrian underpass in Beijing's busy Chaoyang business district, she peddling books and he seeking jobs as a part-time home repairman
 
Yemen Airways to start operation in Dhaka from next month
Yemen Airways will start its operation in Dhaka from May 23, airline's officials announced yesterday.
 
3 students get TMIB-AKTEL scholarships
Three students have received TMIB-AKTEL scholarships for 2004.

Posts and Telecommunications Minister Aminul Haque yesterday handed over scholarship documents to the students at a function in Dhaka.

 
Chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific in Dhaka
Miles Young, chairman of Ogilvy & Mather Asia Pacific, a Hong Kong-based advertising agency, arrived in Dhaka yesterday on a four-day visit.
 
HSBC to extend loan to buyers of Honda cars
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC) in Bangladesh will provide car loans to the customers of DHS Motors, the sole distributor of Honda vehicles in Bangladesh, at a preferential
 
Pre-enlargement Talks
EU commissioners head to Moscow Thursday
European Commission head Romano Prodi and seven other members of the EU executive will visit Moscow next Thursday in an effort to work through several policy disputes, notably concerning the bloc's enlargement
 
S'pore exports surge 17pc in March
The value of Singapore's exports surged 17 percent last month compared to a year ago. The rise, slightly above market expectations, prompted analysts to forecast a strong set of figures in the secondquarter.
 

 
   
 
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