Vol. 5 Num 185 Tue. November 30, 2004       Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business 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   Dhaka goes slow on meeting MDG target Joint report by govt, UN says Bangladesh is going on at a snail's pace to meet the target of millennium development goal (MDG) set by the United Nations (UN) to halve poverty by 2015.   Extreme piracy threatens local music industry The piracy rate in Bangladesh for sound recordings is close to 100 percent mainly due to lack of enforcement of Copyright Act and it should be placed on the watch list, recommended a global intellectual Siemens plans to grab highest 3G mobile market in Asia With the Asian countries opting for cost-effective mobile technology, Siemens Communications Group has set an ambitious target of grabbing highest market share in W-CDMA infrastructure in the fast-growing   Improve efficiency to face post-MFA Seminar told Business leaders at a seminar yesterday warned the readymade garment exporters to be ready for facing a serious competition, urging them to improve efficiency and increase productivity.   Five-day software exposition ends Curtain fell on the annual software exposition styled Softexpo 2004 yesterday, which witnessed a huge turnout of visitors.   Mandatory food test key non-tariff barrier imposed by India BEI seminar told Mandatory testing requirements of all food products continue to remain the key non-tariff barrier imposed by India on exports from Bangladesh.   China starts FTA talks with number of states China has embarked on free trade arrangement negotiations with a number of countries to help create diverse and sustained markets for its manufacturing products.   Textile, ceramic, jute attract visiting French trade team A French business delegation, which arrived here Sunday to explore trade and investment opportunities, showed keen interest to invest in Bangladesh's textile, ceramic, jute and small industries.   Privatisation of 4 NCBs not in one go: BB governor Bangladesh Bank Governor Fakhruddin Ahmed yesterday brushed aside any possibility of privatising all the four nationalised commercial banks (NCBs) in one go as part of the on going financial sector reform   TSS signs deal with Siemens to assemble cellphone sets A deal for assembling mobile phone sets at Telephone Shilpa Sangstha was signed here yesterday between the TSS and multinational cellphone company Siemens Bangladesh.   China, Asean sign trade pacts China and 10 Southeast Asian countries signed historic trade pacts Monday to pave the way for the world's biggest free-trade zone by 2010, covering two billion people.   Heavy Chemicals gets Tk 300m loan from HSBC The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation (HSBC) Ltd in Bangladesh will extend a 5-year term loan facility of Tk 300 million to Global Heavy Chemicals Limited (GHCL), manufacturer of caustic soda,   Eastern Bank launches auto loan Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has launched its auto loan scheme recently.     Advertisement