Curb on bonus share issuance

Summary: Bonus share offerings are about to be abandoned for the five types of listed companies that are not able to utilize their existing fund. BSEC found that the bonus share issue brings no good to the company and nor can ensure minority protection. Although the...

Govt fixes wages for leather sector

The government has fixed Tk 7,100 as minimum monthly wages for the workers of the country's leather goods and footwear sector. The ministry of labour and employment issued a gazette notification in this regard on September 08, nearly a year after the wage board was...

Non-EPZ firms can pay foreign staffers in dollars

[source: The Business Standard] The government is going to allow firms outside of the Export Processing Zone (EPZ) to pay their foreign employees in dollars. This has been a long-standing demand of companies and would make the revenue board better able to tax the foreigners. The...

Companies Act amendment bill placed in the Jatiya Sangsad

The ‘Companies (2nd Amendment) Bill, 2020’ was placed in the Jatiya Sangsad (JS) keeping a provision of formation of one-man company aiming to attract larger investment and do better in the global ease of doing business ranking. Following the approval of the parliament, Commerce Minister Tipu...

Singer Bangladesh to merge with subsidiary to cut costs

Publicly listed Singer Bangladesh Ltd will merge with its non-listed subsidiary company, International Appliances Ltd, in order to curb costs by reducing corporate taxes. An official of Singer Bangladesh told The Business Standard that the merger will help reduce corporate taxes as non-listed companies must pay...
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