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BB Review
Janata Bank fares badly in bad loan recovery
Growth in loans stands at 2.82pc in January-June
Janata Bank (JB) has fared badly in recovery and reduction of bad loans during the first half of the calendar year, though its performance in achieving other criteria set in a MoU with the central bank
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More Norwegian investment sought
President Iajuddin Ahmed yesterday suggested that Norwegian businessmen could invest more in Bangladesh availing of the incentives offered to the foreign investors.
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FTA with Bimstec
India asks domestic industry to identify NTBs
In the run up to firming up its stand on a proposed free trade pact with Bimstec countries, including Bangladesh, the Indian government has begun consultations with the domestic industry to identify non-tariff
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DSE indices fall
Share prices at Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) marked a fall yesterday on Ramadan and liquidity crisis. “It's quite normal. It happened because of Ramadan and cash withdrawal by the central Bank.
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World Economic Forum Ranking
S'pore most competitive economy in Asia
Singapore is the most competitive economy in Asia and fifth globally, the World Economic Forum (WEF) said in its 2006 ranking of competitive economies released Tuesday.
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Only 8 out of 56 Biman routes make profit in FY06
Forty-eight of the 56 international and domestic routes operated by Biman Bangladesh Airlines failed to make any profit in the last fiscal year (2005-06), rather incurred a huge loss of over Tk 506 crore,
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Indonesia to sell 10 SoEs next year
The Indonesian government is planning to float shares of 10 state-owned companies next year, the state enterprise ministry secretary said, according to a report Tuesday.
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CEOs of two US-based firms in Dhaka
The chief executives of US-based BroadSoft Inc and UTC Associates Inc are in Dhaka to roll out BroadSoft's Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) software applications in Bangladesh, says a press release.
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Competitiveness Index
Switzerland beats US
Switzerland has pushed the United States out of top place in the World Economic Forum's annual ranking of competitive economies, a list published on Tuesday showed.
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France's Lafarge to build cement plant in India
France's Lafarge is one of two firms to win approval to invest 170 million dollars each to build new cement plants in India's Himachal Pradesh state where demand is expected to soar as new dam projects
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ROK strikes $100m deals with Japan
South Korea's trade promotion agency said Tuesday a presentation in Tokyo aimed at drumming up investment resulted in four deals worth 100 million dollars.
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