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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...

Bearish sentiments pull down markets

Bearish sentiments pull down markets

FE Online Report 2019-04-04 11:18:12

The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed downward trend in early trading on Thursday as risk-averse investors are selling shares, fearing further fall. Following the previous day’s...

Govt earnings from DSE up 0.86pc in Mar

Govt earnings from DSE up 0.86pc in Mar

FE Report 2019-04-04 10:35:34

The government revenue earnings from the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) inched up 0.86 per cent month-on-month in March despite trading activities fell sharply. Market analysts said higher shares sale by...

DSE inks MoU with Colombo Stock Exchange

DSE inks MoU with Colombo Stock Exchange

FE Report 2019-04-04 10:29:55

The Colombo Stock Exchange (CSE) and the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to pave the way of exchanging information between two exchanges. The MoU was signed...

DSEX tumbles to fresh three months low

DSEX tumbles to fresh three months low

FE Online Report 2019-04-03 15:25:39

Stocks plummeted on Wednesday, with prime index of the major bourse dipping to more than three months low, as worried investors sold shares, fearing further fall. Market insiders said stocks fell as...

ADB sees 8pc GDP growth in FY19-20

ADB sees 8pc GDP growth in FY19-20

-- 2019-04-03 14:34:29

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has projected that Bangladesh will achieve eight per cent GDP growth in the current fiscal year (FY19-20). The country’s GDP growth is set to hit 8.0 per cent a...

PM opens work on 24 economic zones

PM opens work on 24 economic zones

-- 2019-04-03 13:02:52

Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina inaugurated and laid foundation stones of 65 uplift schemes including 24 economic zones on Wednesday. She opened and laid foundation stones of the development projects by...

Shares fall on investor pessimism

Shares fall on investor pessimism

FE Online Report 2019-04-03 11:50:35

The prices of most of the shares on bourses witnessed downward trend in early trading on Wednesday as risk-averse investors are selling shares. Following the previous two days’ positive trend,...

CSE for reduction of corporate tax for listed companies

CSE for reduction of corporate tax for listed companies

FE Report 2019-04-03 10:32:37

The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) has made nine-point budgetary proposal including the reduction of corporate tax for listed companies. The port city bourse made their proposals on Tuesday at a pre...

Ten most-traded cos grab 37pc turnover

Ten most-traded cos grab 37pc turnover

FE Report 2019-04-03 10:31:11

Top ten-traded firms captured nearly 37 per cent transaction on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) Tuesday while United Power dominated the chart for the fourth straight session. Market insiders said inv...

Three teams working to implement Chinese consortium

Three teams working to implement Chinese consortium

Mohammad Mufazzal 2019-04-03 10:27:47

The country's premier bourse has taken initiative to implement the technical and business proposals earlier offered by its strategic partner, a Chinese consortium comprising Shenzhen and Shanghai stoc...

Significant drop in pvt sector credit growth in Feb

Significant drop in pvt sector credit growth in Feb

Siddique Islam 2019-04-03 10:19:42

The private-sector credit growth dropped significantly in February as some banks, particularly private ones, faced liquidity pressure due mainly to unavailability of deposits, bankers said. Credit gr...

DCCI proposes business friendly tax system for 8.5pc GDP

DCCI proposes business friendly tax system for 8.5pc GDP

FE Online Report 2019-04-02 21:37:31

DCCI President Osama Taseer urged for easy and business friendly taxation system, automation of tax system and investment friendly environment to attain 8.5 per cent GDP. The DCCI president made the...

Govt not to allow distortion, mismanagement in economy

Govt not to allow distortion, mismanagement in economy

-- 2019-04-02 19:32:38

Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal has said that the government would never allow any sort of distortion and mismanagement in the economic arena.  “I want to run everything in a proper and...

Capital Market Expo to begin Apr 4

Capital Market Expo to begin Apr 4

FE Online Report 2019-04-02 18:36:47

A three-day Capital Market Expo-2019 will begin on April 04 (Thursday) aiming to create awareness about capital market investment. The fair will be continued until April 06 at Shilpakala Academy in t...

Stocks keep gaining for second day

Stocks keep gaining for second day

FE Online Report 2019-04-02 16:05:07

Stocks ended higher for the second day in a raw on Tuesday as optimistic investors continued their buying appetite on sector-wise shares. Market analysts said that investors showed their buying spree...