Volume 5 Number 62 Tue. July 27, 2004    
 
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Floods put business to a pause
50pc factories in Savar submerged
Engulfed by floodwaters and crippled by absence of workers, over 50 percent industrial units in the low-lying parts of Savar have been forced to stop production.
 
Blow to fresh water shrimp farmers
Flood threatens first non-coastal farms in Mymensingh
The raging flood has dashed hopes of shrimp farmers in Mymensingh to turn the district into the first non-coastal area to cultivate fresh water lobsters.
 
Raging flood casts shadow on knitwear industry
Manufacturers apprehend Tk 1000cr loss
Knitwear manufacturers yesterday forecast an alarming outlook for the industry apprehending a possible loss of Tk 1,000 crore because of the current flooding that has inundated several hundred factories
 
Export from EPZs posts 12.83pc growth
Low cost lures investors
Export earnings from the export processing zones (EPZs) marked 12.83 percent growth in the last fiscal, thanks to low production cost.
 
Agrani Bank to disburse 100cr more credit
Agrani Bank will disburse agricultural and rural credit of Tk 100 crore supplementing Tk 400 crore earmarked earlier among the farmers handicapped by the recent flood.
 
BKB halts loan recovery drive
Bangladesh Krishi Bank (BKB) has held up recovery of agricultural credit until the next crops harvesting in view of the prevailing flood situation.
 
Queens Garden to use Holcim cement in its projects
Queens Garden will use Holcim brand cement in all its future projects including Queens Garden Homes and Queen Garden Plaza.
 
New MD of Eskayef Bangladesh
AM Faruque has been appointed managing director of Eskayaf Bangladesh Limited with effect from July 15.

Prior to this, he was executive director of the company, says a press release.

 
EU puts final touches to WTO talk stance
European Union (EU) foreign ministers met Monday to finalise their negotiating position at crunch World Trade Organisation (WTO) talks which open in Geneva this week.
 
Farmer groups from EU, Japan, Canada voice concern
Farmer groups from the European Union, Japan and Canada said Monday they were very worried about the way talks on bringing down global trade barriers were heading.
 

 
   
 
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