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WTO Aid for Trade Package
Govt set to undertake uplift projects to woo support
Availing of the aid for trade package the World Trade Organisation has offered to the globalisation-hit least developed countries (LDCs), Bangladesh government is now set to take up a number of uplift

Bimstec Trade Experts' Talks
Uncertainty looms over fixing date, sensitive lists
Fate of the Bimstec trade experts' talks has experienced a jolt as the member countries are yet to fix a suitable schedule for holding its 12th meeting, which was due in September in Myanmar, aiming to

Retail revolution in India set to hot up
Retail revolution in India is getting bigger and attracting top Indian corporate houses into the retail business.

Thai coup poses little economic threat to region: ADB
The coup in Thailand poses little threat to the Southeast Asian economies although Thai growth is set to slow after large public works projects were shelved, the Asian Development Bank's chief economist,

Vietnam's power sector lures foreign investors
Shares of companies in the electricity sector are attracting foreign investors' interest on all types of shares traded on the Ha Noi bourse, according to the Ha Noi Securities Trading Centre.

Quiet diplomacy to revive WTO: US
US trade supremo Susan Schwab expressed confidence Tuesday that a series of quiet contacts with WTO counterparts would revive a stalled drive to free up global commerce.

EU anti-dumping measures against China, Vietnam
The European Union on Wednesday adopted, by the narrowest of majorities, new anti-dumping measures to tackle imports of leather shoes from China and Vietnam, a diplomatic source said.

Japanese to set up agro-based industry in Ishwardi
A Japanese company will establish an agro-based industry in Ishwardi Export Processing Zone with an investment of US$ 500,000.

Oil prices slump under $59
World oil prices sank under 59 dollars Tuesday, hitting their lowest points since mid-February as traders looked forward to healthy US inventories and lessened tensions over Iran.

Hanoi rubber export surges
Vietnam, the world's fourth biggest natural rubber exporter, shipped abroad 493,000 tons of rubber worth 946 million US dollars in the first nine months of this year, posting respective year-on-year surges

EU seeks new free trade areas
European trade chief Peter Mandelson on Wednesday presented a more liberal trade strategy for the bloc, seeking new free trade agreement (FTA) partners in areas that will benefit European exporters.

HSBC named Asia-Pacific best bank in cash management
HSBC retained the title of the 'Best Cash Management Bank in Asia-Pacific' for the fourth year in a row, according to a recent poll of Euromoney, one of the leading journals of the world's capital and

New president of ICSMB
Mohammad Asad Ullah has been elected president of Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Managers of Bangladesh (ICSMB) for the term 2006-07.

African business climate changing fast: WB
Africa has the world's worst business environment but is reforming rapidly to scrap bottlenecks, red tape and antiquated laws, a World Bank report said Wednesday.