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22May
Bangladesh Bank suggests Banks take insurance coverage
SUMMARY: The banks have been advised by the Bangladesh Bank to take insurance coverage against their financing to exports in an attempt to cut down menace of loans. CONTEXT: The central bank published a circular to encourage banks to secure their financing through insurance coverage under credit...
28Mar
Move to recognize third party under RJSC
Summary: The government plans to put third parties under the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms (RJSC) Monitoring third-party participation in the registration process will help to prevent excessive fees from being charged and lower the cost of doing business, officials say. Officials stated the...
12Mar
Companies Act to be rewritten this year.
SUMMARY: The commerce ministry will be ameliorating the companies act this year in an effort to make it absolute and time-befitting. Tapan Kanti Ghosh, senior secretary to the commerce ministry, expressed that the former companies act had a deficiency in it as it prevented all the...
14Feb
Database on bond defaulters on card
SUMMARY: An initiative to develop a database on defaulters of bond has been taken by the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission in order to keep a record of it. CONTENT: The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) will redraft the Debt Securities Rules 2021 so as to incorporate...
14Feb
Bangladesh to revise Double Taxation Treaties
Summary: The tax authority of Bangladesh has taken measures to redraft the existing DTAA in order to assimilate it with advanced protocols. The DTAA (Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement) simultaneously guarantees that an individual does not have to pay tax twice in two countries and also that...
05Jan
BSEC asks 64 firms to comply with adequate capitalization
Summary: BSEC has requested plans from 64 companies on how they intend to meet the compulsory minimum paid-up capital of 300mn as per the listing regulation of the Dhaka Stock Exchange and to be saved from being transferred to the SME platform. Content: Earlier in September 2021, the...
26Dec
City Bank offers hassle-free ‘Nano-Loan’ with Bkash
Summary: Eligible Bkash customers with no actual bank account can now procure easy-terms loans with bkash app and repay with 9% annual interest under the new initiative of the City Bank. Content: BKash customers, who are eligible, can now utilise the bKash app to request for a loan...
21Nov
Congratulations to our client, Dr. Saiful Khandaker, for having company listed on the NASDAQ
We congratulate our client, Dr. Saiful Khandaker, a financial technology (Fintech) pioneer, for launching a company on the NASDAQ Stock Exchange as the first Bangladeshi. He is the founder and CEO of Fintech Ecosystem Development Corporation, a Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) that went public on...
08Nov