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Dhaka Bank recommends 10pc dividend

Dhaka Bank recommends 10pc dividend

FE Online Report 2019-04-11 18:00:44

The Board of Directors of Dhaka Bank Limited (DBL) has recommended 5.0 per cent cash and 5.0 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018. The final approval of dividend will come...

EBL recommends 30pc dividend

EBL recommends 30pc dividend

FE Online Report 2019-04-11 17:18:51

The board of directors of Eastern Bank Limited (EBL) has recommended 20 per cent cash and 10 per cent stock dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018. The final approval of dividend will come...

Interest rate swap getting popular in local financial market

Interest rate swap getting popular in local financial market

FE Report 2019-04-11 09:25:04

Interest rate swap is gradually becoming popular in the country's financial market, as many firms are showing interest on such type of derivative to avoid interest rate volatility. Swap is the exch...

CSE revises blue-chip index

CSE revises blue-chip index

FE Report 2019-04-10 10:53:03

Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) has revised its CSE30 index based on the performance of listed companies. The revised CSE30 index will come into effect from April 21 this year. The port city bourse r...

Stock, bond mkts can’t woo educated investors

Stock, bond mkts can’t woo educated investors

FE Report 2019-04-10 10:43:01

National Board of Revenue (NBR) chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan said on Tuesday the capital and bond markets have still to attract 'educated investors'. There are speculators who remain mostly...

Non-food inflation hits consumers hard

Non-food inflation hits consumers hard

FE Report 2019-04-10 10:30:17

Non-food inflation hit the consumers hard in March this year compared to the same period in the previous year, according to the latest data released on Tuesday. On a point-to-point basis, the rate of...

Liquidity crisis blamed for panic sale of stocks

Liquidity crisis blamed for panic sale of stocks

FE Report 2019-04-10 10:26:40

The capital market has witnessed a declining trend for flight of funds to better options and panic sales by jittery investors amid a lack of confidence. DSE Brokers Association (DBA) and Bangladesh M...

NBR now hints at VAT Package

NBR now hints at VAT Package

FE Report 2019-04-10 10:23:08

The proposed new VAT law may have a 'Package VAT'-like system as the National Board of Revenue (NBR) has shifted from its position to scrap the provision. NBR chairman Md Mosharraf Hossain Bhuiyan sa...

Trade gap crosses $10 billion in July-Feb

Trade gap crosses $10 billion in July-Feb

FE Online Report 2019-04-09 19:53:23

Country’s bilateral merchandise trade gap with the rest of the world crossed $10 billion mark in the first eight months of the current fiscal year (FY19), according to the latest statistics of t...

IMF projects 7.3pc growth for BD in current year

IMF projects 7.3pc growth for BD in current year

Siddique Islam, from Washington 2019-04-09 19:43:54

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projected a 7.30 per cent economic growth of Bangladesh in 2019. The April 2019 version of the World Economic Outlook (WEO), released on Tuesday morning  in...

Rise of food prices pushes up inflation

Rise of food prices pushes up inflation

-- 2019-04-09 17:09:53

The general inflation marked a 0.08 percentage point rise in March of the current calendar year due to price hike of different food items.   The inflation rate went up to 5.55 per cent in...

DSE resumes descent in early trading

DSE resumes descent in early trading

FE Online Report 2019-04-09 12:47:42

The Dhaka Stocks Exchange (DSE) continued the declining trend on Tuesday amid investors’ cautious stance of injecting fresh funds. The market opened the day’s session with a negative note...

BATBC grabs turnover chart on Dhaka bourse

BATBC grabs turnover chart on Dhaka bourse

FE Report 2019-04-09 10:51:43

British American Tobacco Bangladesh Company (BATBC) topped the turnover chart of the premier bourse on Monday following investors' increased participation. On the day, the company featured a turnover...

Esquire Knit makes debut

Esquire Knit makes debut

FE Report 2019-04-09 10:46:28

Esquire Knit Composite has made its debut trading today (Tuesday) on both the bourses under 'N' category. Esquire Knit Composite is the 54th listed company in textile sector which accounts for around...

NBR to scan TIN holders skirting tax returns

NBR to scan TIN holders skirting tax returns

FE Report 2019-04-09 09:37:37

The National Board of Revenue (NBR) will find out the TIN (tax-payers’ identification number) holders who are not submitting tax returns despite having taxable income, its chairman said. Mosh...

DSE descents on bearish trend

DSE descents on bearish trend

FE Online Report 2019-04-08 13:31:06

The Dhaka bourse opened the Monday’s session with a negative note and continued the declining trend for two hours amid investors’ cautious stance. Most of the securities lost prices on th...

United Power tops turnover chart

United Power tops turnover chart

FE Report 2019-04-08 10:28:09

United Power Generation and Distribution Company (UPGDC) topped the Sunday's turnover chart following investors' increased participation. On the day, the company featured a turnover of above Tk 337.6...

DSE continues fall at midday

DSE continues fall at midday

FE Online Report 2019-04-07 13:17:10

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) opened Sunday’s session with a marginal loss and continued the trend for more than two hours. DSEX, the broad index of the country's premier bourse, witnessed a c...

SBAC Bank to raise Tk 2.0 billion from stock market

SBAC Bank to raise Tk 2.0 billion from stock market

FE Report 2019-04-07 10:30:43

South Bangla Agriculture and Commerce (SBAC) Bank, has taken an initiative to raise Tk 2.0 billion from the capital market as part of fulfilling the regulatory requirement. The SBAC Bank, a fourth ge...

Thrust on cut in approval time for IPO proposals

Thrust on cut in approval time for IPO proposals

FE Report 2019-04-07 10:23:17

Discussants at a seminar on Saturday stressed the need for reducing the time of approving IPO (initial public offering) proposals to help well-performing companies fulfil their target of raising capit...

Economy to expand at 7.3pc this fiscal: Escap

Economy to expand at 7.3pc this fiscal: Escap

FE Report 2019-04-07 09:26:42

The United Nations has said Bangladesh's real GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth is expected to reach 7.3 per cent this fiscal year. The forecast came in the latest report of the Bangkok-based Econo...

Weekly analysis: Stocks sink for 10th straight week

Weekly analysis: Stocks sink for 10th straight week

Babul Barman 2019-04-06 10:58:25

Stocks extended their losing streak for the tenth straight week that ended on Thursday, as worried investors keep dumping financial shares. Market analysts said the ongoing pessimism coupled with wor...

Make prudent investment decisions to reduce risks, experts tell stock investors

Make prudent investment decisions to reduce risks, experts tell stock investors

FE Report 2019-04-06 10:55:30

Financial experts have called on the investors to make prudent investment decisions for the sake of their investments and the capital market as well. "No one can protect investors unless they are abl...

Ten cos account for 37pc DSE transactions

Ten cos account for 37pc DSE transactions

FE Report 2019-04-06 10:51:50

The ten most-traded firms captured nearly 37 per cent of transactions on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) last week that ended on Thursday, with the United Power Generation & Distribution Company le...

BD's slip in ranking ‘hits investment growth’

BD's slip in ranking ‘hits investment growth’

FHM Humayan Kabir 2019-04-06 09:31:27

Bangladesh has not only failed to improve its position in the 'ease of doing business' index, it has rather slipped by 111 notches in the past 13 years. The country's poor ranking among the global ec...

Focus on listing of more cos with good fundamentals

Focus on listing of more cos with good fundamentals

FE Report 2019-04-05 10:20:55

Capital market experts have called for the listing of more companies with good fundamentals in order to minimise investment risks and enhance the depth of the market. They also suggested initiating a...

Stocks edge up after rough ride

Stocks edge up after rough ride

FE Online Report 2019-04-04 16:40:07

Stocks rebounded in positive terrain on Thursday, spanning the previous day’s panic-driven sell-off, as some investors showed their buying appetite on financial stocks. Market analysts said des...

BD among top five growing economies: WB

BD among top five growing economies: WB

-- 2019-04-04 13:41:03

The World Bank in a report has put Bangladesh among the five fastest growing economies in the world. The outlook was reflected in the report titled ‘The Bangladesh Development Update April 2019...

Esquire Knit to make debut April 9

Esquire Knit to make debut April 9

FE Online Report 2019-04-04 12:22:03

Esquire Knit Composite will make its share trading debut on the bourses on April 09 (Tuesday) under ‘N’ category, officials said. Esquire Knit will make debut as 54th listed company in th...

Prime Bank recommends 12.50pc div

Prime Bank recommends 12.50pc div

FE Online Report 2019-04-04 11:24:21

The board of directors of Prime Bank Limited has recommended 12.50 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2018. The final approval of dividend will come during the annual general m...