শেয়ারবাজার :::: ফিনিক্স ইনস্যুরেন্স কোম্পানির ২৫তম বার্ষিক সাধারণ সভা গত বুধবার ঢাকার অফিসার্স ক্লাবে কোম্পানির চেয়ারম্যান মোহাম্মদ শোয়েবের সভাপতিত্বে অনুষ্ঠিত হয়।
সভায় কোম্পানির ২০১০ সালের শেয়ারহোল্ডারদের জন্য ২৫ শতাংশ স্টক ডিভিডেন্ড ও ২৫ শতাংশ রাইট শেয়ার অনুমোদন করা হয়।
সভায় কোম্পানির পরিচালকদের মধ্যে দীন মোহাম্মদ, আবদুর রহমান, মোবারক আলী, আজিজ-আল-মাহমুদ, রফিকুল ইসলাম খান, বদরুদ্দোজা মান্নান, ওয়াসিফ আহমেদ ও মোহাম্মদ হায়দার আলী এবং প্রধান নির্বাহী কর্মকর্তা মো. জামিরুল ইসলাম উপস্থিত ছিলেন।
সভায় জানানো হয়, ২০১০ সালে কোম্পানি সর্বমোট ৪৬ কোটি ৮৯ লাখ টাকা ব্যবসা করে। আলোচ্য বছরে কোম্পানি ১১ কোটি ৫৭ লাখ টাকা করপূর্ব মুনাফা অর্জন করে। বিজ্ঞপ্তি। Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday said that the 2G (Second Generation) mobile license renewal fee for four mobile phone operators would be finalised within a month.
The licenses of four operators-- Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi and Citycell –- will be expired on November 10 this year.
"We’ll are hopeful that we would be able to do it in a month," the minister told the reporter emerging from a meeting with a delegation of Association of Mobile Telecom Operators Bangladesh (AMTOB) at his office.
Muhith informed that the Finance Ministry would also be able to forward their views on the issue within 15 days.
Sources said the revised license renewal guideline is now at the finance minister’s office for his consent.
Muhith said that the operators would have a further chance to talk about the issues with the concerned ministry before it is finalised.
AMTOB president and Citycell CEO Mehboob Chowdhury, grameenphone CEO Tore Johnsen, Banglalink CEO Ahmed Abou Doma and Robi's CEO Michael Kuehner were present at the meeting.
Sources said the delegation members raised various issues like license renewal and sought the finance minister’s consideration for getting rid of those.
"I told the delegation members that the renewal fee had been reduced but I did not mention the figure," Muhith told replying to a query.
The Bangladesh Telecommu- nication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in January this year published a draft guideline concerning the renewal of the 2G mobile licences of four mobile operators.
In the draft guideline, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) proposed Tk 140 billion as spectrum charge along with five per cent revenue sharing and 1.5 per cent social obligation fee.
Meanwhile, telecom ministry sources said non-telecom issues such as employment directives, corporate social responsibility (CSR), liability on gray traffic, separation of access and transmission, mobile number portability and initial public offering (IPO) will be omitted from the guideline.
The mobile operators informed that the proposed rate was too high as they have been asked to pay the total amount in advance, for 15 years period, said the finance minister adding: "They quoted the experience of other countries where it is staggered but not 15 years."
The minister said that the issues is very vital as there is no other sector in the country which has around 70 million clients. He, however, declined to comment on whether the proposed license fee was high.
He said that the Post and Telecommunications Ministry was earlier asked to look into the practices of other countries. The ministry did so as per the guideline and modified the proposal as per the recommendations of the BTRC.
He said that some international practices were considered and some were overlooked in reviewing the proposals on renewal of license fees.
The delegation also thanked the Finance Minister for lowering the tax on SIM cards in the proposed budget for next fiscal and requested to treat SIM tax as their expenditure.
The AMTOB delegation, however, expressed their concern about leakage of some audit reports conducted by the BTRC which is tarnishing their reputation, said Muhith.
সভায় কোম্পানির ২০১০ সালের শেয়ারহোল্ডারদের জন্য ২৫ শতাংশ স্টক ডিভিডেন্ড ও ২৫ শতাংশ রাইট শেয়ার অনুমোদন করা হয়।
সভায় কোম্পানির পরিচালকদের মধ্যে দীন মোহাম্মদ, আবদুর রহমান, মোবারক আলী, আজিজ-আল-মাহমুদ, রফিকুল ইসলাম খান, বদরুদ্দোজা মান্নান, ওয়াসিফ আহমেদ ও মোহাম্মদ হায়দার আলী এবং প্রধান নির্বাহী কর্মকর্তা মো. জামিরুল ইসলাম উপস্থিত ছিলেন।
সভায় জানানো হয়, ২০১০ সালে কোম্পানি সর্বমোট ৪৬ কোটি ৮৯ লাখ টাকা ব্যবসা করে। আলোচ্য বছরে কোম্পানি ১১ কোটি ৫৭ লাখ টাকা করপূর্ব মুনাফা অর্জন করে। বিজ্ঞপ্তি। Finance Minister Abul Maal Abdul Muhith on Thursday said that the 2G (Second Generation) mobile license renewal fee for four mobile phone operators would be finalised within a month.
The licenses of four operators-- Grameenphone, Banglalink, Robi and Citycell –- will be expired on November 10 this year.
"We’ll are hopeful that we would be able to do it in a month," the minister told the reporter emerging from a meeting with a delegation of Association of Mobile Telecom Operators Bangladesh (AMTOB) at his office.
Muhith informed that the Finance Ministry would also be able to forward their views on the issue within 15 days.
Sources said the revised license renewal guideline is now at the finance minister’s office for his consent.
Muhith said that the operators would have a further chance to talk about the issues with the concerned ministry before it is finalised.
AMTOB president and Citycell CEO Mehboob Chowdhury, grameenphone CEO Tore Johnsen, Banglalink CEO Ahmed Abou Doma and Robi's CEO Michael Kuehner were present at the meeting.
Sources said the delegation members raised various issues like license renewal and sought the finance minister’s consideration for getting rid of those.
"I told the delegation members that the renewal fee had been reduced but I did not mention the figure," Muhith told replying to a query.
The Bangladesh Telecommu- nication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in January this year published a draft guideline concerning the renewal of the 2G mobile licences of four mobile operators.
In the draft guideline, the Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) proposed Tk 140 billion as spectrum charge along with five per cent revenue sharing and 1.5 per cent social obligation fee.
Meanwhile, telecom ministry sources said non-telecom issues such as employment directives, corporate social responsibility (CSR), liability on gray traffic, separation of access and transmission, mobile number portability and initial public offering (IPO) will be omitted from the guideline.
The mobile operators informed that the proposed rate was too high as they have been asked to pay the total amount in advance, for 15 years period, said the finance minister adding: "They quoted the experience of other countries where it is staggered but not 15 years."
The minister said that the issues is very vital as there is no other sector in the country which has around 70 million clients. He, however, declined to comment on whether the proposed license fee was high.
He said that the Post and Telecommunications Ministry was earlier asked to look into the practices of other countries. The ministry did so as per the guideline and modified the proposal as per the recommendations of the BTRC.
He said that some international practices were considered and some were overlooked in reviewing the proposals on renewal of license fees.
The delegation also thanked the Finance Minister for lowering the tax on SIM cards in the proposed budget for next fiscal and requested to treat SIM tax as their expenditure.
The AMTOB delegation, however, expressed their concern about leakage of some audit reports conducted by the BTRC which is tarnishing their reputation, said Muhith.