Ahsan Habib

Renata is set to become the third local drug maker to export products to the tightly regulated US market, in a testament of the advances Bangladesh’s pharmaceutical industry have made over the years.

Most of the listed companies are keeping the majority of their profits instead of sharing the spoils with their shareholders in the form of cash dividends -- in yet another reason for the currently low confidence in the stock market.

While Bangladesh’s economic growth is at its peak, the capital market of the country is racing towards its worst condition yet.

Bangladesh’s stock market can be revived by strengthening the banking sector and settling the tussle between Grameenphone and the telecom regulator, said Hong Kong-based investment firm Asia Frontier Capital (AFC).

If you think you are too small to make a difference, try sleeping with a mosquito, Dalai Lama once said.

Bangladesh’s bourse has the bleakest outlook out of all the frontier markets, due to which foreign investors are jumping ship.

At a time when the premier bourse and well-performing stocks are sinking, at least six stocks are swimming against the tide.

The noodle market has grown almost ten times in the last ten years thanks to growing urbanisation, becoming an easy and fast solution to hanger pangs in the fast-paced modern lunch and school lunch.

Only City Bank took up the Bangladesh Bank’s package for banks to invest in stocks, as yet another initiative of the government to prop up the flagging bourse falls flat.

Abdullah Hujaifah, a retail investor, was terribly excited when his name was drawn from the lottery for Ring Shine Textiles’ initial public offering (IPO).

Investment Corporation of Bangladesh is metamorphosing into a loss-making concern for making supporting the stock market its chief objective rather than making money, fattening the list of unprofitable state-owned enterprises.

Square Pharmaceuticals. The name itself rouses reliability. So it is natural to assume that its stock will be a safe option for retail investors.

As many as 39 percent of the asset management companies (AMCs) are failing to attract funds from investors thanks to thinning confidence on fund managers and the stock market.

Dhaka Stock Exchange’s profits dropped 6.70 percent year-on-year to Tk 97.4 crore in fiscal 2018-19 as a narrow product range and lacklustre stock market ward off investors.

Stock investors passed a very disappointing year in 2019 as the market was largely down by lack of confidence, liquidity crisis and regulatory challenges, dwarfing many measures that the government took to prop it up.

Meera Agro Inputs, a seed producer, is set to raise Tk 5 crore from the stock market within the next three months, becoming the first company to get listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange’s newly launched small cap board.

When Abdul Muktadir decided to set up a pharmaceutical company to manufacture high-quality and advanced drugs, his relatives and close family members did not accept without objecting, because he had already been well-settled and had earned famed in the industry.

The Insurance Development and Regulatory Authority (IDRA) has recently come up with a set of new investment rules for life insurance companies in a bid to minimise risks and ensure safety of policyholders’ money.

Investors holding the stocks of Active Fine Chemicals have been left disappointed after the pharmaceuticals ingredient company decided to share only 6 percent of its annual profit with them.

The share price of Zaheen Spinning Mills is skyrocketing on the Dhaka Stock Exchange despite a fall in its profits, largely riding on rumours.