Presidents of the bourses and experts have expressed their concern over investors' 'over dependency' on the issue of holding minimum two per cent shares by sponsor-directors, as at present, it seems to surpass all other fundamentals issues.

NBR chairman Dr Nasir Uddin Ahmed is arriving in the port city to attend the pre-budget view exchange meetings with trade bodies tomorrow.

Trust Bank organised a workshop on SME market segmentation database at its Training Academy in Dhaka city on Sunday.

GAIBANDHA: Karmasangsthan Bank, Gaibandha branch disbursed a total of Tk 134 million as loan at a nominal interest to 2,222 beneficiaries of five upazilas in the district in the last few years.

Uttara Bank Limited declared 15 percent stock dividend and 20 percent cash dividend for its shareholders for the year 2011.

Bangladesh Bank (BB) Governor Dr Atiur Rahman will leave here for Nepal today to attend 41st meeting of the board of directors of Asian Clearing Union (ACU) and SAARCFINANCE governors' symposium and SAARCFINANCE group meeting.

The state-owned Janata Bank Limited has suspended local and foreign purchase bill payment service recently due to fund shortage.

The government on Monday approved a proposal to form a Tk 1 billion fund to provide technical assistance to the projects being implemented under public-private partnership (PPP).

Jpmorgan Chase & Co lost at least $2 billion in its failed hedging strategy not only because it was sloppy, but because it grew too big in a rarified market of complex financial instruments that it had created.

It is difficult to stop the so-called multilevel marketing companies from cheating people without further financial inclusion, said the chairman of the Association of Bankers Bangladesh.