The ICC Global Survey 2009 confirms an overall decrease in volume and value of trade in recent period, Bangladesh Bank Governor Dr. Atiur Rahman said this on Saturday, while he was speaking as the Chief Guest in a Dialogue on ‘Rethinking Trade Finance 2009: An ICC Global Survey organized by International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) Bangladesh.

ICCB President Mahbubur Rahman Chaired the Dialogue. In his introductory speech ICCB President said that with the present turmoil in the world financial market this Global Survey

ICC Workshop on International Trade Payment: Islamic Trade Finance
The world business organization, will hold a day-long Workshop on International Trade Payment: Islamic Trade Finance at the Peninsula Chittagong, Chittagong on Friday, May 29, 2009 & the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre (BCFCC), Agargaon, Dhaka on Saturday May 30, 2009.

Tentatively Scheduled for mid-July 2009 to be held in Dhaka and Chittagong

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President of International Chamber of Commerce -Bangladesh (ICC-B) Mahbubur Rahman said Bangladesh has done relatively well…

President of International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)-Bangladesh, the world business organization Mahbubur Rahman said that Bangladesh has done relatively well in developing its manufacturing sector, a key requirement for rapid economic growth. However, in almost every field of economic activity, the binding constraint has been energy.

Leaders of the G20 countries must coordinate their national policies to end the global recession, support a monitoring system to honour previous promises to reject protectionism, and restore trade financing to more normal levels, the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) said today.

The global economic crisis does not stem from a failure of the market economy system, and nor does it call into question the system’s successful record in creating wealth and raising global living standards

‘The positive side is that the government has started with a lower inflation rate in the domestic front and downward trend in international oil and commodity prices.

With the journey of the new government amid people’s expectation for easing their economic and social woes, the business community’s demand is a business-friendly environment, said the Bangladesh chapter of International Chamber of Commerce in the editorial of its quarterly News Bulletin released on January 25.

Country’s business community has reiterated the demand for a ‘business-friendly enabling environment’ shunning all damaging political activities including hartals, street agitations and ensuring supporting infrastructure

The new government begins its journey with a new vision of change amid huge expectations from the people for easing their economic and social woes. The people of Bangladesh have voiced that they keenly look forward to put an end to corruption and misrule of the past said International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh in its Quarterly News Bulletin which released on January 25, 2009.

The World Bank (WB) must be careful in making growth projections public about the state of the economy, business leaders said on December 3.

ICCB President Mahbubur Rahman expressed his concern at the interference of the international agencies, particularly the IMF, trying to influence Bangladesh Bank to rein in private-sector credit growth to reduce inflationary pressure and the projection of IMF on RMG sector which might slide to a single digit against BB’s observation that the garment sector is unlikely to take a hit from the global financial meltdown

The international Chamber of Commerce and Industry- Bangladesh president Mahbubur Rahman expressed Wednesday his concern at interference of the World Bank and International Monetary Fund in Bangladesh’s policymaking.

President of International Chamber of Commerce-Bangladesh (ICCB) Mahbubur Rahman has expressed his concern over attempts to influence Bangladesh Bank by the international agencies, particularly the IMF, to rein in private-sector credit growth to reduce inflationary pressure.

The global financial turmoil due to the collapse of big financial corporate houses has exposed the lack of good governance and transparency, which the developed economies have so long been preaching for adoption by the developing economies.

The “financial Tsunami” originating in the United States has plunged the world economy into its worst crisis since the great depression of the 1930s. What started as a sub prime mortgage crisis in the USA has now gone global. The damage to economic growth, incomes and jobs is already being felt sharply in every corner of the world. The crisis has created a downward spiral of loss of confidence and trust on the free market system.

International Chamber of Commerce, The World Business Organisation has issued a Media Release on G20 Summit which will be held on November 15,,2008 in Washington. ICC very much welcomes the summit of G20 leaders to coordinate a response by the world’s biggest economies to the global financial crisis. ICC has for many years been urging that, in today’s interdependent world, more-and more effective-international cooperation is vital to tackle major problems which transcend national boundaries and which governments are increasingly unable to resolve acting individually.

Deep uncertainty in the global financial system has forced Bangladesh Bank (BB) to make a cautious forecast for this year’s GDP growth, BB chief economist Dr Mustafa K Mujeri said on November 2.

The “financial Tsunami” originating in the United States has plunged the world economy into its worst crisis since the great depression of the 1930s. What started as a sub prime mortgage crisis in the USA has now gone global and engulfed the G-7 countries and more said ICCb News Bulletin published on October 2.