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Govt drafts geographical indication act

Customers buy jamdani saris at a market at Rupganj in Narayanganj last week. The government has drafted the Geographical Indication Act-2012 with an aim to ensure entitlement to the country’s traditional products and protect the reputation of these products against piracy. — Sony Ramany
The government has drafted the Geographical Indication Act-2012 with an aim to ensure entitlement to the country’s traditional products and protect the reputation of these products against piracy. The industries ministry, which has prepared the draft of the law, gathered... Full story

BB asks banks to submit FDI info in half-yearly basis

The Bangladesh Bank has directed all commercial banks to submit the foreign direct investment information through the central bank’s web portal on half-yearly basis starting from January-June 2012. Full story

World must brace for higher food prices, experts say

With drought parching farms in the United States and near the Black Sea, weak monsoon rains in India and insidious hunger in Africa’s Sahel region, the world could be headed towards another food crisis. Full story

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India banking strike clouds financial reform hopes

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Japan trade deficit shows world economy ‘serious’

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Russia grabs WTO seat

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Risk of US double-dip recession rises: S&P

The odds the United States will slip back into recession next year have risen, ratings agency Standard & Poor’s said, citing risks from the European debt crisis and budget tightening at year-end. Full story


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