Vol. 5 Num 167 Mon. November 08, 2004       Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Sports Point-counterpoint National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Business   Law ensuring consumer rights yet to be enacted Proposed law awaits law ministry vetting The government has failed to enact Consumer Rights Protection Act in the last one decade despite frequent public and media outcry over violation of consumer rights.   Membership to Atab made mandatory for travel agents The government has made it mandatory for all travel agents to become members of Association of Travel Agents of Bangladesh (Atab) to bring discipline and prevent agencies from practising 'unethical' businesses.   GP nets 60,000 new subscribers in 4-day mobile fair GrameenPhone (GP) has sold 60,000 new connections during the past four-day mobile fair which concluded on Saturday.   Deficits may stumble Bush economic plans: Analysts With the outlook fuzzy and the US economy saddled by big deficits, President George W. Bush will face a tough road implementing his ambitious economic agenda in a second term, analysts say.   Filipino youths showing entrepreneurship Last Oct. 15-16, 28 promising student entrepreneurs from different colleges and universities in Metro Manila showcased their creative and ingenious businesses and provided the public a glimpse of how aggressive and entrepreneurial the Filipino youth can become.   Eurozone data to show economy slowing in Q3 Eurozone indicators to be released in the coming week should confirm that the pace of economic growth slowed in the third quarter, economists say.   China's crude oil output to hit 200m tonnes in 2015 China's crude oil output will peak at 200 million tonnes annually in a decade, but even that will be far from enough to cover the country's voracious energy needs, state media said Sunday.   Name of tax evaders to be made public in KL Malaysia will publish the names of tax dodgers in newspapers beginning January 1 next year, a report in the New Sunday Times newspaper said.   China to cut deficit, curb govt investment in 2005 The Chinese government will try to cut its huge deficit next year and curb investment financed from public coffers, state media said Sunday, quoting Vice Finance Minister Lou Jiwei.   Outsourcing to dominate UK businesses meet Britain's business leaders gather for their annual conference in the country's second city Birmingham this week, with the thorny issues of European bureaucracy and jobs outsourcing set to dominate debate.   India hails EU's proposal for partnership Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Sunday welcomed the European Union's proposal for a strategic partnership with India, as he left for a summit with EU leaders in The Hague.   South Korea plans huge spending to revive economy The South Korean government is preparing a huge "New Deal" spending package in the next few years to revive the country's sagging economy, Yonhap news agency said Sunday.   Asian currencies strong against dollar after Bush re election Asian currencies were mostly up against the dollar during the week as markets returned to focus on the US trade and budget deficits after the re-election of George W. Bush.     Advertisement