The Daily Star: Internet Edition Sun. April 16, 2006

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Knit exporters demand 15pc cash incentives
Knitwear exporters have urged the government to increase cash incentives to 15 per cent from 5 per cent as they are facing stiff competition with the Indian manufacturers in the global market.

WTO chief seeks urgent US, EU concessions in trade talks
The director general of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Pascal Lamy, appealed on Friday for the United States and European Union to further slash agricultural subsidies and tariffs to unblock stalled

Suvastu shopping mall opens today
Suvastu Development Ltd, a leading real estate developer, inaugurates a shopping mall at Shahjadpur in Dhaka today.

Rancon Motors' free servicing campaign of Mercedes-Benz
Rancon Motors Ltd, general distributor of Mercedes-Benz passenger vehicles in Bangladesh, yesterday launched a weeklong free servicing campaign of the vehicles under the guidance of a German expert.

Cheney's income 12 times of Bush’s
US Vice President Dick Cheney and his wife earned 8.82 million dollars last year, some 12 times the amount President George W Bush made, the White House said Friday.

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India invites Chinese firms to invest in power sector
Aiming to provide 'power to all' by adding 100,000 megawatt capacity by 2012, India Thursday invited Chinese power industry majors to invest in the country.

Weekly Currency Roundup
Apr 09-Apr 13, 2006
Local FX Market
Demand for US dollar was soft in this week and USD became weaker against Bangladeshi taka.