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Five cos recommend dividend

Five cos recommend dividend

FE Report 2018-03-25 10:43:37

The board of directors of five listed companies, including two banks, have recommended dividend in last week between 10 per cent and 100 per cent for the year ended on December 31, 2017. The five com...

BRAC Bank’s net profit jumps 35pc in 2017

BRAC Bank’s net profit jumps 35pc in 2017

FE Online Report 2018-03-24 18:54:29

BRAC Bank has recorded a growth of nearly 35 per cent in year-on-year net profit (consolidated) last year. The bank reported a consolidated profit after tax of nearly Tk 5.50 billion for the year tha...

Facebook's value plunges $58b

Facebook's value plunges $58b

-- 2018-03-24 14:02:51

Facebook ended the week $58 billion lower in value after its handling of a historic data breach. Its founder Mark Zuckerberg apologised for data breaches that affected 50 million users. The apology...

Globalists buck US index fund trend

Globalists buck US index fund trend

-- 2018-03-24 10:37:11

Volatility in US equity markets this year is pushing investors not only to invest in stocks abroad, but also to commit their money to an even more foreign place: the hands of stockpickers rather than...

Weekly analysis: Stocks keep losing streak for fifth week

Weekly analysis: Stocks keep losing streak for fifth week

Babul Barman 2018-03-24 09:44:00

Stocks witnessed yet another bearish week, extending the losing streak for the fifth consecutive week that ended Thursday as shaky investors continued their selling spree amid persistent liquidity cri...

DSE shareholders back China as bourse partner

DSE shareholders back China as bourse partner

FE Report 2018-03-24 09:26:59

Dhaka Stock Exchange shareholders decide for the bid-winning Chinese consortium as strategic partner and want the deadlock settled as soon as possible. Their views came at the bourse's 56th annual ge...

DSE approves 10pc cash dividend

DSE approves 10pc cash dividend

FE Online Report 2018-03-23 18:16:10

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) has approved 10 per cent cash dividends for the last three consecutive years with the bourse’s net income increased by 3.42 per cent year-on-year. The premier bou...

Samsung Electronics shareholders approve stock split

Samsung Electronics shareholders approve stock split

-- 2018-03-23 16:38:21

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd shareholders approved a stock split on Friday making it easier for retail shareholders to hold shares in the tech giant, at an annual meeting also dogged by concerns about g...

DSE expects stake sale to Chinese consortium to close by end-April

DSE expects stake sale to Chinese consortium to close by end-April

-- 2018-03-23 11:42:05

The Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) expects to close the sale of its 25 per cent stake in the bourse to a Chinese consortium by end-April, after tackling certain issues raised by Bangladesh's securities re...

China shares tumble to six-week low

China shares tumble to six-week low

-- 2018-03-23 11:38:30

China shares tumbled to six-week low on Friday, as the fears of a trade war between the world’s two largest economies jolted the country’s equity, bond and commodity markets. China and...

Asian shares slip on trade war concern

Asian shares slip on trade war concern

-- 2018-03-23 11:27:07

Asian stock markets slipped Friday as Beijing responded to the Trump administration's tariff hikes by saying it may order higher import duties on a range of US goods, ratcheting up fears of a trade wa...

Brokers push for BB steps as capital market wrestles with cash crunch

Brokers push for BB steps as capital market wrestles with cash crunch

FE Report 2018-03-23 09:51:01

The capital market stakeholders have demanded immediate implementation of the recommendations made by the Ministry of Finance intended to infuse new life into the moribund stock market. The demand ca...

Stocks rebound on buying spree

Stocks rebound on buying spree

FE Online Report 2018-03-22 15:15:19

Stocks returned to green on Thursday, snapping the three-day losing streak, as investors went on late hours’ buying spree on sector-wise stocks. Market operators said the optimistic investors...

China stocks slip on trade war concerns

China stocks slip on trade war concerns

-- 2018-03-22 14:02:04

China stocks slipped on Thursday, as the investors concern over a potential trade war between the world’s largest and second-largest economies intensified. The markets fell as the traders diges...

Stocks see higher trend at opening

Stocks see higher trend at opening

FE Online Report 2018-03-22 11:35:38

The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed positive trend in early hour of trading on Thursday as optimistic investors went on buying binge on sector-wise stocks. After witnessing t...

Asian shares mixed after Fed rate hike

Asian shares mixed after Fed rate hike

-- 2018-03-22 11:08:55

Asian shares were mixed on Thursday after US stock indexes finished with small losses following the Federal Reserve’s hike in interest rates. The Federal Reserve raised interest rates, as inv...

DSE's strategic partnership: Beijing for no politicisation

DSE's strategic partnership: Beijing for no politicisation

Mir Mostafizur Rahman 2018-03-22 09:50:34

China said it expects Bangladesh's relevant authorities would not 'politicise" the issue of China's planned strategic investment in the Dhaka bourse. "…this is a completely commercial investme...

DSEX dips below 5,600-mark again

DSEX dips below 5,600-mark again

FE Online Report 2018-03-21 15:39:53

Stocks witnessed a major correction Wednesday with key index of the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) fell below 5,600-mark once again after nine months. Market operators said the retail investors went fo...

Telenor to sell assets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to PPF Group

Telenor to sell assets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to PPF Group

FE Online Desk 2018-03-21 13:52:39

Telenor has entered into an agreement to sell its assets in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) to PPF Group for EUR 2.8 billion (around NOK 27 bn) on an enterprise value basis, said a statement. Th...

Social media stocks tumble over regulation fears

Social media stocks tumble over regulation fears

-- 2018-03-21 12:31:13

Shares of Facebook, Twitter and Snapchat-owner Snap fell further on Tuesday as Wall Street fretted over potential regulatory scrutiny that could hobble the business of the social networks. Facebook l...

Amazon tops Alphabet

Amazon tops Alphabet

-- 2018-03-21 12:04:37

Amazon.com became the second most valuable publicly listed US company on Tuesday, surpassing Google parent Alphabet Inc for the first time. Amazon shares finished up 2.69 per cent at $1,586.51, for a...

SE Asian stock markets mostly gain

SE Asian stock markets mostly gain

-- 2018-03-21 11:49:13

Southeast Asian stock markets mostly rose recovered on Wednesday ahead of the US Federal Reserve's rate decision and outlook, while the Philippines shares extended its losses to six months. Singapo...

Stocks see downturn at opening

Stocks see downturn at opening

FE Online Report 2018-03-21 11:23:36

The prices of most of the shares on both bourses saw downturn in early hour of trading Wednesday as investors continued their selling binge amid ongoing dividend declarations. Following the previou...

Investors in Asian trading cautious ahead of Fed decision

Investors in Asian trading cautious ahead of Fed decision

-- 2018-03-21 11:00:06

A hush settled over financial markets on Wednesday as investors anticipated a quarter point hike in the Federal Reserve’s policy rate and awaited guidance on how many more to expect this year, w...

UCB recommends 10pc dividend

UCB recommends 10pc dividend

FE Online Report 2018-03-21 10:57:38

The board of directors of United Commercial Bank (UCB) has recommended 10 per cent cash dividend for the year ended on December 31, 2017. The final approval of the dividend will come during the ann...

BSEC forms body on proper functioning of OTC

BSEC forms body on proper functioning of OTC

FE Report 2018-03-21 10:50:34

The securities regulator has formed a five-member committee to make recommendation on the development of OTC (over-the-counter) market of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE). The committee was formed on Tuesd...

Stocks extend losses amid choppy trading

Stocks extend losses amid choppy trading

FE Online Report 2018-03-20 16:47:19

Stocks extended the losing streak for the second day in a row on Tuesday as risk-averse investors continued their selling spree on sector-wise stocks. Brokers said fresh concern over major bourse&rsq...

DSE election underway

DSE election underway

FE Online Report 2018-03-20 12:37:52

The election for the post of a shareholder-director of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) started at 10:30am on Tuesday as a director set to retire this year. The election will be continued till 4:00pm witho...

Stocks see lower in early trading

Stocks see lower in early trading

FE Online Report 2018-03-20 11:41:36

The prices of most of the shares on both bourses witnessed downward trend in early hour of trading Tuesday as investors are on selling mood. Brokers said investors’ confidence dented as the s...

Facebook sees $37b fall in value after data controversy

Facebook sees $37b fall in value after data controversy

-- 2018-03-20 11:37:45

Social media giant Facebook, reported a dramatic fall of share value, the sharp decline wiped $37 billion off the firm's value, as it faces questions from US and UK politicians about its privacy rules...