Bangladesh backs out of ?Counter Trade? with Southeast Asian countries including Burma

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Dhaka, 28 February: "Bangladesh had to cancel the import of Malaysian palm oil worth 20 million US dollars through a ?counter trade? plan, reports the Janakantha, a Bengali language daily in Dhaka yesterday. The intervention by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has finally compelled the government of Bangladesh to back away from a ?Counter Trade? plan with Malaysia, Thailand, Russia and Burma..."

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Janakantha via Narinjara News

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2003-02-28

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2003-06-03

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