নতুন খবর ক্লিক
(৪৪৭) ধারা থেকে বের হয়ে এসেছে
অবশেষে দরপতনের ধারা থেকে বের হয়ে এসেছে পুঁজিবাজার। সপ্তাহের শেষ কার্যদিবস বৃহস্পতিবার দেশের দুই পুঁজিবাজারের বেশিরভাগ কোম্পানি ও মিউচুয়াল ফান্ডের দাম ও সূচক বেড়েছে। তবে কমে গেছে লেনদেনের পরিমাণ। আগের চার কার্যদিবসে পুঁজিবাজারের সূচক টানা কমেছে।
বুধবার ঢাকা স্টক এক্সচেঞ্জে (ডিএসই) লেনদেন শুরু হয় সূচকের নিম্নমুখী প্রবণতার মধ্য দিয়ে। এরপর সূচক ধীরে ধীরে বাড়তে থাকে, যা দিন শেষেও অব্যাহত ছিল।
এদিন আর্থিক, ব্যাংকিং, ইন্স্যুরেন্স, টেক্সটাইল, ওষুধ ও রসায়ন, প্রকৌশল, খাদ্য ও আনুষঙ্গিক খাতের প্রায় সব কোম্পানির দাম বেড়েছে। লেনদেন ও দাম বাড়ার শীর্ষে ছিল নতুন তালিকাভুক্ত কোম্পানি সালভো ক্যামিক্যাল। এদিনই পুঁজিবাজারে কোম্পানিটির প্রথম লেনদেন হয়। বুধবার এ কোম্পানির শেয়ার দর ৫৬.১০ টাকা থেকে ৭৫ টাকায় ওঠানামা করে সর্বশেষ ৭০.১০ টাকায় লেনদেন হয়। আর দাম কমার শীর্ষে ছিল সিটি ব্যাংক। ডিভিডেন্ড ও বার্ষিক সাধারণ সভা (এজিএম) সংক্রান্ত রেকর্ড ডেটের পর বুধবার এর লেনদেন পুনরায় শুরু হয়। তাই রেকর্ড ডেটের পর থিউরিটিক্যাল এডজাস্টমেন্টের কারণে এ ব্যাংকের শেয়ারের দাম কমে যায়। এদিন এর শেয়ার দর ১৩৫.৭৫ টাকা কমে সর্বশেষ ৪৫০ টাকায় লেনদেন হয়। বুধবার ডিএসইতে লেনদেন হয় ২৫৩টি প্রতিষ্ঠানের। এর মধ্যে ২১২টির দাম বেড়েছে, কমেছে ৩৮টির এবং অপরিবর্তিত ছিল তিনটি প্রতিষ্ঠানের দাম।
ডিএসইতে সাধারণ সূচক ৬০ পয়েন্ট বেড়ে উঠে আসে ৬ হাজার ১৯২ পয়েন্টে। আর সার্বিক সূচক ৪৭ পয়েন্ট বেড়ে ৫ হাজার ১৪৯ পয়েন্টে দাঁড়িয়েছে।
এদিন ডিএসইতে মোট লেনদেন হয় ৪৭৬ কোটি ৮২ লাখ ৮৭ হাজার টাকা। আগের কার্যদিবসে লেনদেন হয়েছে ৬১১ কোটি ৬৫ লাখ ৮৮ হাজার টাকা।
অন্যদিকে, বৃহস্পতিবার চট্টগ্রাম স্টক এক্সচেঞ্জেও (সিএসই) ডিএসইর মতো একইরকম চিত্র দেখা গেছে। সিএসইতে আগের কার্যদিবসের চেয়ে সাধারণ সূচক ৬৩ পয়েন্ট বেড়ে দাঁড়িয়েছে ১১ হাজার ১৬৮ পয়েন্টে। সার্বিক সূচক ১০৩ পয়েন্ট বেড়ে পৌঁছে ১৭ হাজার ৩৪৩ পয়েন্টে।
সিএসইতে লেনদেন হওয়া ১৯১টি প্রতিষ্ঠানের মধ্যে দাম বেড়েছে ১৫২টির, কমেছে ১৪টির এবং অপরিবর্তিত রয়েছে বাকি ১৫টি প্রতিষ্ঠানের দাম।
এদিন সিএসইতে ৮৭ লাখ ১৬ হাজার ৫০৪টি শেয়ার মোট ৬২ কোটি ৯০ লাখ ৫০ হাজার ৩৪৪ টাকায় লেনদেন হয়। আগের কার্যদিবসে মোট লেনদেন হয়েছিল ৭৮ কোটি ৯২ লাখ ২৮ হাজার ৮৬ টাকা।
MI Cement and Mobil Jamuna, two leading business firms, have been given two more weeks’ time to get enlisted with the country’s stock market.
The decision of extending time came from the 381st meeting of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thursday, executive director of the SEC Saifur Rahman told journalists.
April 21 was the last day for the two to be enlisted with the share market.
In this circumstance, the regulatory body of the country’s bourses extended time for the two companies, who have already marketed their initial public offerings (IPO).
বুধবার ঢাকা স্টক এক্সচেঞ্জে (ডিএসই) লেনদেন শুরু হয় সূচকের নিম্নমুখী প্রবণতার মধ্য দিয়ে। এরপর সূচক ধীরে ধীরে বাড়তে থাকে, যা দিন শেষেও অব্যাহত ছিল।
এদিন আর্থিক, ব্যাংকিং, ইন্স্যুরেন্স, টেক্সটাইল, ওষুধ ও রসায়ন, প্রকৌশল, খাদ্য ও আনুষঙ্গিক খাতের প্রায় সব কোম্পানির দাম বেড়েছে। লেনদেন ও দাম বাড়ার শীর্ষে ছিল নতুন তালিকাভুক্ত কোম্পানি সালভো ক্যামিক্যাল। এদিনই পুঁজিবাজারে কোম্পানিটির প্রথম লেনদেন হয়। বুধবার এ কোম্পানির শেয়ার দর ৫৬.১০ টাকা থেকে ৭৫ টাকায় ওঠানামা করে সর্বশেষ ৭০.১০ টাকায় লেনদেন হয়। আর দাম কমার শীর্ষে ছিল সিটি ব্যাংক। ডিভিডেন্ড ও বার্ষিক সাধারণ সভা (এজিএম) সংক্রান্ত রেকর্ড ডেটের পর বুধবার এর লেনদেন পুনরায় শুরু হয়। তাই রেকর্ড ডেটের পর থিউরিটিক্যাল এডজাস্টমেন্টের কারণে এ ব্যাংকের শেয়ারের দাম কমে যায়। এদিন এর শেয়ার দর ১৩৫.৭৫ টাকা কমে সর্বশেষ ৪৫০ টাকায় লেনদেন হয়। বুধবার ডিএসইতে লেনদেন হয় ২৫৩টি প্রতিষ্ঠানের। এর মধ্যে ২১২টির দাম বেড়েছে, কমেছে ৩৮টির এবং অপরিবর্তিত ছিল তিনটি প্রতিষ্ঠানের দাম।
ডিএসইতে সাধারণ সূচক ৬০ পয়েন্ট বেড়ে উঠে আসে ৬ হাজার ১৯২ পয়েন্টে। আর সার্বিক সূচক ৪৭ পয়েন্ট বেড়ে ৫ হাজার ১৪৯ পয়েন্টে দাঁড়িয়েছে।
এদিন ডিএসইতে মোট লেনদেন হয় ৪৭৬ কোটি ৮২ লাখ ৮৭ হাজার টাকা। আগের কার্যদিবসে লেনদেন হয়েছে ৬১১ কোটি ৬৫ লাখ ৮৮ হাজার টাকা।
অন্যদিকে, বৃহস্পতিবার চট্টগ্রাম স্টক এক্সচেঞ্জেও (সিএসই) ডিএসইর মতো একইরকম চিত্র দেখা গেছে। সিএসইতে আগের কার্যদিবসের চেয়ে সাধারণ সূচক ৬৩ পয়েন্ট বেড়ে দাঁড়িয়েছে ১১ হাজার ১৬৮ পয়েন্টে। সার্বিক সূচক ১০৩ পয়েন্ট বেড়ে পৌঁছে ১৭ হাজার ৩৪৩ পয়েন্টে।
সিএসইতে লেনদেন হওয়া ১৯১টি প্রতিষ্ঠানের মধ্যে দাম বেড়েছে ১৫২টির, কমেছে ১৪টির এবং অপরিবর্তিত রয়েছে বাকি ১৫টি প্রতিষ্ঠানের দাম।
এদিন সিএসইতে ৮৭ লাখ ১৬ হাজার ৫০৪টি শেয়ার মোট ৬২ কোটি ৯০ লাখ ৫০ হাজার ৩৪৪ টাকায় লেনদেন হয়। আগের কার্যদিবসে মোট লেনদেন হয়েছিল ৭৮ কোটি ৯২ লাখ ২৮ হাজার ৮৬ টাকা।
MI Cement and Mobil Jamuna, two leading business firms, have been given two more weeks’ time to get enlisted with the country’s stock market.
The decision of extending time came from the 381st meeting of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Thursday, executive director of the SEC Saifur Rahman told journalists.
April 21 was the last day for the two to be enlisted with the share market.
In this circumstance, the regulatory body of the country’s bourses extended time for the two companies, who have already marketed their initial public offerings (IPO).
(৪৪৬) নর্দান পাওয়ার সল্যুশন
নর্দান পাওয়ার সল্যুশনকে বন্ড ছাড়ার অনুমোদন দিয়েছে সিকিউরিটিজ অ্যান্ড এক্সচেঞ্জ কমিশন (এসইসি)। বৃহস্পতিবার সকালে কমিশন এক বিশেষ সভায় এ অনুমোদন দেয়। নাম প্রকাশে অনিচ্ছুক এসইসির নির্বাহী পরিচালক বিষয়টি নিশ্চিত করেছেন। সভায় এমআই সিমেন্ট ও মোবিল যমুনার তালিকাভুক্তির বিষয়েও সিদ্ধান্ত হওয়ার কথা রয়েছে।
এর আগে দুই বার এসইসি বৈঠকে বসলেও নর্দান পাওয়ার সলিউশন কোম্পানির বন্ড ছাড়ার বিষয়টি অনুমোদন দেওয়া হয়নি। সোমবার তৃতীয় বারের মত এসইসির কাছে আবেদন করে কোম্পানিটি। এদিকে এসইসিতে আবেদনের পরিপ্রেক্ষিতেই এ বিশেষ সভা আহ্বান করা হয়।
BankThe country's overall bank deposits witnessed a slower growth during the second quarter (Q2) of the current fiscal -- between October and December, 2010 -- when the share market witnessed a bull-run, officials said.
The amount of currency outside the banking system also shot up during the period under review, raising questions about the use of such money, insiders in the banking sector said.
Central bank sources said the bank deposits witnessed a slightly higher growth in January-March (Q3) period of the current fiscal in the wake of the rate hike. Yet this growth is still lower than what was expected particularly after the stock market debacle, some insiders in the banking sector said.
However, there are different views about where a substantial part of the money of those who reaped the bonanza at the cost of thousands of retail investors, before the stock market crash, has gone.
The views range from hoarding currency as "mattress money", manipulation of invoices for both capital and other goods by using different techniques, purchase of foreign currency from the kerb market, to even flight of currency through informal channels.
According to sources, informal markets have been operating in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and a number of other countries, particularly involving exchanges of 1000- and 500-denominated Bangladesh taka, besides India.
However, the sources in the banking circles did not agree with the contention about the flight of Bangladesh taka for use in informal markets abroad.
But the sources did not contest the view about some amount of money, lying outside the country's banking system, being used to buy particularly the US dollar from the informal market -- known as kerb market -- during the period to avoid the hassle of taxmen as well as the existing anti-money laundering act.
The flow of greenback to the kerb market has declined because of such practices, pushing up the exchange rate of US dollar against Bangladesh Taka (BDT).
The greenback sold between Tk 75.00 and Tk 75.20 in the informal market Wednesday. It was over Tk 72 in December last.
Under the rule of thumb, the rates of US dollar normally increase in the kerb market when unofficial transactions like smuggling and manipulations of invoices take place, they added.
"We're still investigating into different aspects of foreign exchange dealings in line with the existing foreign exchange rules and regulations," an executive director of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) told the FE Wednesday.
In February last, the central bank has started a special inspection to verify reporting, holding, demand and utilisation of foreign exchange by the commercial banks.
The BB's probe team is trying to find out any undisclosed fund-holding by the commercial banks intentionally by using any devious technique, another central bank official said without elaborating.
The overall bank deposit grew by 2.20 per cent to Tk 3572.5540 billion in October last over that of the previous month while this rate of growth slowed down to 1.55 per cent to Tk 3683.9970 billion in December 2010, according to the central bank statistics.
"The amount of deposit normally increases in the closing month of every calendar year mainly due to squaring up of fund positions by the commercial banks. But the last December was an exception," another BB official said.
He also said: "We can't understand what happened during that time."
The overall bank deposit (excluding inter-bank and restricted) increased by 20.90 per cent to Tk 3368.46 billion during in the fiscal year 2009-10 (FY10) against 20.26 per cent growth during the previous fiscal.
Meanwhile, the comparatively slow growth rate of bank deposits in the second quarter of the current fiscal was also somewhat striking. This is so because there was, according to insiders in the banking sector, premature encashment of savings certificates issued by the government and also relatively lower volume of new purchases of such instruments during the period under report, following the slashing of the rate of return on the same.
Talking to the FE, former BB chief economist and currently director general of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Mustafa K Mujeri said, lower deposit rate has influenced a good number of depositors during the period to withdraw their fund from banks and invest the same in different higher income generating areas including that of the share market.
He also said the bank deposit may increase in the coming months following the rising trend about in deposit rates.
The country's commercial banks offer deposit rates up to 13.50 per cent in April 2011 from 12.00 per cent of the previous month on term deposits, while the rate for savings accounts ranged between 1.0 per cent and 9.50 per cent, the central bank data showed.
এর আগে দুই বার এসইসি বৈঠকে বসলেও নর্দান পাওয়ার সলিউশন কোম্পানির বন্ড ছাড়ার বিষয়টি অনুমোদন দেওয়া হয়নি। সোমবার তৃতীয় বারের মত এসইসির কাছে আবেদন করে কোম্পানিটি। এদিকে এসইসিতে আবেদনের পরিপ্রেক্ষিতেই এ বিশেষ সভা আহ্বান করা হয়।
BankThe country's overall bank deposits witnessed a slower growth during the second quarter (Q2) of the current fiscal -- between October and December, 2010 -- when the share market witnessed a bull-run, officials said.
The amount of currency outside the banking system also shot up during the period under review, raising questions about the use of such money, insiders in the banking sector said.
Central bank sources said the bank deposits witnessed a slightly higher growth in January-March (Q3) period of the current fiscal in the wake of the rate hike. Yet this growth is still lower than what was expected particularly after the stock market debacle, some insiders in the banking sector said.
However, there are different views about where a substantial part of the money of those who reaped the bonanza at the cost of thousands of retail investors, before the stock market crash, has gone.
The views range from hoarding currency as "mattress money", manipulation of invoices for both capital and other goods by using different techniques, purchase of foreign currency from the kerb market, to even flight of currency through informal channels.
According to sources, informal markets have been operating in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and a number of other countries, particularly involving exchanges of 1000- and 500-denominated Bangladesh taka, besides India.
However, the sources in the banking circles did not agree with the contention about the flight of Bangladesh taka for use in informal markets abroad.
But the sources did not contest the view about some amount of money, lying outside the country's banking system, being used to buy particularly the US dollar from the informal market -- known as kerb market -- during the period to avoid the hassle of taxmen as well as the existing anti-money laundering act.
The flow of greenback to the kerb market has declined because of such practices, pushing up the exchange rate of US dollar against Bangladesh Taka (BDT).
The greenback sold between Tk 75.00 and Tk 75.20 in the informal market Wednesday. It was over Tk 72 in December last.
Under the rule of thumb, the rates of US dollar normally increase in the kerb market when unofficial transactions like smuggling and manipulations of invoices take place, they added.
"We're still investigating into different aspects of foreign exchange dealings in line with the existing foreign exchange rules and regulations," an executive director of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) told the FE Wednesday.
In February last, the central bank has started a special inspection to verify reporting, holding, demand and utilisation of foreign exchange by the commercial banks.
The BB's probe team is trying to find out any undisclosed fund-holding by the commercial banks intentionally by using any devious technique, another central bank official said without elaborating.
The overall bank deposit grew by 2.20 per cent to Tk 3572.5540 billion in October last over that of the previous month while this rate of growth slowed down to 1.55 per cent to Tk 3683.9970 billion in December 2010, according to the central bank statistics.
"The amount of deposit normally increases in the closing month of every calendar year mainly due to squaring up of fund positions by the commercial banks. But the last December was an exception," another BB official said.
He also said: "We can't understand what happened during that time."
The overall bank deposit (excluding inter-bank and restricted) increased by 20.90 per cent to Tk 3368.46 billion during in the fiscal year 2009-10 (FY10) against 20.26 per cent growth during the previous fiscal.
Meanwhile, the comparatively slow growth rate of bank deposits in the second quarter of the current fiscal was also somewhat striking. This is so because there was, according to insiders in the banking sector, premature encashment of savings certificates issued by the government and also relatively lower volume of new purchases of such instruments during the period under report, following the slashing of the rate of return on the same.
Talking to the FE, former BB chief economist and currently director general of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Mustafa K Mujeri said, lower deposit rate has influenced a good number of depositors during the period to withdraw their fund from banks and invest the same in different higher income generating areas including that of the share market.
He also said the bank deposit may increase in the coming months following the rising trend about in deposit rates.
The country's commercial banks offer deposit rates up to 13.50 per cent in April 2011 from 12.00 per cent of the previous month on term deposits, while the rate for savings accounts ranged between 1.0 per cent and 9.50 per cent, the central bank data showed.
(৪৪৫) এমআই সিমেন্ট-যা হল
সিকিউরিটিজ এক্সচেঞ্জ কমিশন (এসইসি) এমআই সিমেন্ট পুঁজিবাজারে তালিকাভুক্তি হওয়ার জন্য আরও দুই সপ্তাহ সময় দিয়েছে। বৃহস্পতিবার এসএসইসির ৩৮১তম সভায় এ সিদ্ধান্ত নেওয়া হয়। এসইসির নির্বাহী পরিচালক সাইফুর রহমান সাংবাদিকদের এ তথ্য জানান। পুঁজিবাজারে তালিকাভুক্ত হওয়ার জন্য বৃহস্পতিবারই ছিল এ কোম্পানির শেষ দিন। এ প্রেক্ষিতে এসইসি দুই সপ্তাহ সময় বাড়ালো।
BANK
The country's overall bank deposits witnessed a slower growth during the second quarter (Q2) of the current fiscal -- between October and December, 2010 -- when the share market witnessed a bull-run, officials said.
The amount of currency outside the banking system also shot up during the period under review, raising questions about the use of such money, insiders in the banking sector said.
Central bank sources said the bank deposits witnessed a slightly higher growth in January-March (Q3) period of the current fiscal in the wake of the rate hike. Yet this growth is still lower than what was expected particularly after the stock market debacle, some insiders in the banking sector said.
However, there are different views about where a substantial part of the money of those who reaped the bonanza at the cost of thousands of retail investors, before the stock market crash, has gone.
The views range from hoarding currency as "mattress money", manipulation of invoices for both capital and other goods by using different techniques, purchase of foreign currency from the kerb market, to even flight of currency through informal channels.
According to sources, informal markets have been operating in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and a number of other countries, particularly involving exchanges of 1000- and 500-denominated Bangladesh taka, besides India.
However, the sources in the banking circles did not agree with the contention about the flight of Bangladesh taka for use in informal markets abroad.
But the sources did not contest the view about some amount of money, lying outside the country's banking system, being used to buy particularly the US dollar from the informal market -- known as kerb market -- during the period to avoid the hassle of taxmen as well as the existing anti-money laundering act.
The flow of greenback to the kerb market has declined because of such practices, pushing up the exchange rate of US dollar against Bangladesh Taka (BDT).
The greenback sold between Tk 75.00 and Tk 75.20 in the informal market Wednesday. It was over Tk 72 in December last.
Under the rule of thumb, the rates of US dollar normally increase in the kerb market when unofficial transactions like smuggling and manipulations of invoices take place, they added.
"We're still investigating into different aspects of foreign exchange dealings in line with the existing foreign exchange rules and regulations," an executive director of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) told the FE Wednesday.
In February last, the central bank has started a special inspection to verify reporting, holding, demand and utilisation of foreign exchange by the commercial banks.
The BB's probe team is trying to find out any undisclosed fund-holding by the commercial banks intentionally by using any devious technique, another central bank official said without elaborating.
The overall bank deposit grew by 2.20 per cent to Tk 3572.5540 billion in October last over that of the previous month while this rate of growth slowed down to 1.55 per cent to Tk 3683.9970 billion in December 2010, according to the central bank statistics.
"The amount of deposit normally increases in the closing month of every calendar year mainly due to squaring up of fund positions by the commercial banks. But the last December was an exception," another BB official said.
He also said: "We can't understand what happened during that time."
The overall bank deposit (excluding inter-bank and restricted) increased by 20.90 per cent to Tk 3368.46 billion during in the fiscal year 2009-10 (FY10) against 20.26 per cent growth during the previous fiscal.
Meanwhile, the comparatively slow growth rate of bank deposits in the second quarter of the current fiscal was also somewhat striking. This is so because there was, according to insiders in the banking sector, premature encashment of savings certificates issued by the government and also relatively lower volume of new purchases of such instruments during the period under report, following the slashing of the rate of return on the same.
Talking to the FE, former BB chief economist and currently director general of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Mustafa K Mujeri said, lower deposit rate has influenced a good number of depositors during the period to withdraw their fund from banks and invest the same in different higher income generating areas including that of the share market.
He also said the bank deposit may increase in the coming months following the rising trend about in deposit rates.
The country's commercial banks offer deposit rates up to 13.50 per cent in April 2011 from 12.00 per cent of the previous month on term deposits, while the rate for savings accounts ranged between 1.0 per cent and 9.50 per cent, the central bank data showed.
BANK
The country's overall bank deposits witnessed a slower growth during the second quarter (Q2) of the current fiscal -- between October and December, 2010 -- when the share market witnessed a bull-run, officials said.
The amount of currency outside the banking system also shot up during the period under review, raising questions about the use of such money, insiders in the banking sector said.
Central bank sources said the bank deposits witnessed a slightly higher growth in January-March (Q3) period of the current fiscal in the wake of the rate hike. Yet this growth is still lower than what was expected particularly after the stock market debacle, some insiders in the banking sector said.
However, there are different views about where a substantial part of the money of those who reaped the bonanza at the cost of thousands of retail investors, before the stock market crash, has gone.
The views range from hoarding currency as "mattress money", manipulation of invoices for both capital and other goods by using different techniques, purchase of foreign currency from the kerb market, to even flight of currency through informal channels.
According to sources, informal markets have been operating in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and a number of other countries, particularly involving exchanges of 1000- and 500-denominated Bangladesh taka, besides India.
However, the sources in the banking circles did not agree with the contention about the flight of Bangladesh taka for use in informal markets abroad.
But the sources did not contest the view about some amount of money, lying outside the country's banking system, being used to buy particularly the US dollar from the informal market -- known as kerb market -- during the period to avoid the hassle of taxmen as well as the existing anti-money laundering act.
The flow of greenback to the kerb market has declined because of such practices, pushing up the exchange rate of US dollar against Bangladesh Taka (BDT).
The greenback sold between Tk 75.00 and Tk 75.20 in the informal market Wednesday. It was over Tk 72 in December last.
Under the rule of thumb, the rates of US dollar normally increase in the kerb market when unofficial transactions like smuggling and manipulations of invoices take place, they added.
"We're still investigating into different aspects of foreign exchange dealings in line with the existing foreign exchange rules and regulations," an executive director of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) told the FE Wednesday.
In February last, the central bank has started a special inspection to verify reporting, holding, demand and utilisation of foreign exchange by the commercial banks.
The BB's probe team is trying to find out any undisclosed fund-holding by the commercial banks intentionally by using any devious technique, another central bank official said without elaborating.
The overall bank deposit grew by 2.20 per cent to Tk 3572.5540 billion in October last over that of the previous month while this rate of growth slowed down to 1.55 per cent to Tk 3683.9970 billion in December 2010, according to the central bank statistics.
"The amount of deposit normally increases in the closing month of every calendar year mainly due to squaring up of fund positions by the commercial banks. But the last December was an exception," another BB official said.
He also said: "We can't understand what happened during that time."
The overall bank deposit (excluding inter-bank and restricted) increased by 20.90 per cent to Tk 3368.46 billion during in the fiscal year 2009-10 (FY10) against 20.26 per cent growth during the previous fiscal.
Meanwhile, the comparatively slow growth rate of bank deposits in the second quarter of the current fiscal was also somewhat striking. This is so because there was, according to insiders in the banking sector, premature encashment of savings certificates issued by the government and also relatively lower volume of new purchases of such instruments during the period under report, following the slashing of the rate of return on the same.
Talking to the FE, former BB chief economist and currently director general of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Mustafa K Mujeri said, lower deposit rate has influenced a good number of depositors during the period to withdraw their fund from banks and invest the same in different higher income generating areas including that of the share market.
He also said the bank deposit may increase in the coming months following the rising trend about in deposit rates.
The country's commercial banks offer deposit rates up to 13.50 per cent in April 2011 from 12.00 per cent of the previous month on term deposits, while the rate for savings accounts ranged between 1.0 per cent and 9.50 per cent, the central bank data showed.
(৪৪৪) ACI - এসিআই
পুঁজিবাজারে তালিকাভুক্ত কোম্পানি এসিআইর পরিচালনা পর্ষদ গত ৩১ ডিসেম্বর শেষ হওয়া অর্থবছরের জন্য ১২০ শতাংশ নগদ ঘোষণা করেছে।
প্রতিষ্ঠানটির বার্ষিক সাধারণ সভা ১৫ জুন সকাল নয়টায় বঙ্গবন্ধু আন্তর্জাতিক সম্মেলন কেন্দ্রে অনুষ্ঠিত হবে। এজিএমের রেকর্ড ডেট ৪ মে।
ডিএসই ওয়েবসাইটে প্রকাশিত এক সংবাদে প্রতিষ্ঠানটি আরও জানায়, গত ৩১ ডিসেম্বর পর্যন্ত তাদের নিট লাভ ৫৯ কোটি ১৫ লাখ ৯০ হাজার টাকা, শেয়ারপ্রতি মোট সম্পদের দাম (এনএভি) ২২৯.৭৬ টাকা। শেয়ারপ্রতি আয় (ইপিএস) ২৯.৪০ টাকা এবং প্রতি শেয়ারে নেট ওপেনিং ক্যাশ ফ্লো ৩২.১৭ টাকা। BANK
The country's overall bank deposits witnessed a slower growth during the second quarter (Q2) of the current fiscal -- between October and December, 2010 -- when the share market witnessed a bull-run, officials said.
The amount of currency outside the banking system also shot up during the period under review, raising questions about the use of such money, insiders in the banking sector said.
Central bank sources said the bank deposits witnessed a slightly higher growth in January-March (Q3) period of the current fiscal in the wake of the rate hike. Yet this growth is still lower than what was expected particularly after the stock market debacle, some insiders in the banking sector said.
However, there are different views about where a substantial part of the money of those who reaped the bonanza at the cost of thousands of retail investors, before the stock market crash, has gone.
The views range from hoarding currency as "mattress money", manipulation of invoices for both capital and other goods by using different techniques, purchase of foreign currency from the kerb market, to even flight of currency through informal channels.
According to sources, informal markets have been operating in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and a number of other countries, particularly involving exchanges of 1000- and 500-denominated Bangladesh taka, besides India.
However, the sources in the banking circles did not agree with the contention about the flight of Bangladesh taka for use in informal markets abroad.
But the sources did not contest the view about some amount of money, lying outside the country's banking system, being used to buy particularly the US dollar from the informal market -- known as kerb market -- during the period to avoid the hassle of taxmen as well as the existing anti-money laundering act.
The flow of greenback to the kerb market has declined because of such practices, pushing up the exchange rate of US dollar against Bangladesh Taka (BDT).
The greenback sold between Tk 75.00 and Tk 75.20 in the informal market Wednesday. It was over Tk 72 in December last.
Under the rule of thumb, the rates of US dollar normally increase in the kerb market when unofficial transactions like smuggling and manipulations of invoices take place, they added.
"We're still investigating into different aspects of foreign exchange dealings in line with the existing foreign exchange rules and regulations," an executive director of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) told the FE Wednesday.
In February last, the central bank has started a special inspection to verify reporting, holding, demand and utilisation of foreign exchange by the commercial banks.
The BB's probe team is trying to find out any undisclosed fund-holding by the commercial banks intentionally by using any devious technique, another central bank official said without elaborating.
The overall bank deposit grew by 2.20 per cent to Tk 3572.5540 billion in October last over that of the previous month while this rate of growth slowed down to 1.55 per cent to Tk 3683.9970 billion in December 2010, according to the central bank statistics.
"The amount of deposit normally increases in the closing month of every calendar year mainly due to squaring up of fund positions by the commercial banks. But the last December was an exception," another BB official said.
He also said: "We can't understand what happened during that time."
The overall bank deposit (excluding inter-bank and restricted) increased by 20.90 per cent to Tk 3368.46 billion during in the fiscal year 2009-10 (FY10) against 20.26 per cent growth during the previous fiscal.
Meanwhile, the comparatively slow growth rate of bank deposits in the second quarter of the current fiscal was also somewhat striking. This is so because there was, according to insiders in the banking sector, premature encashment of savings certificates issued by the government and also relatively lower volume of new purchases of such instruments during the period under report, following the slashing of the rate of return on the same.
Talking to the FE, former BB chief economist and currently director general of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Mustafa K Mujeri said, lower deposit rate has influenced a good number of depositors during the period to withdraw their fund from banks and invest the same in different higher income generating areas including that of the share market.
He also said the bank deposit may increase in the coming months following the rising trend about in deposit rates.
The country's commercial banks offer deposit rates up to 13.50 per cent in April 2011 from 12.00 per cent of the previous month on term deposits, while the rate for savings accounts ranged between 1.0 per cent and 9.50 per cent, the central bank data showed.
প্রতিষ্ঠানটির বার্ষিক সাধারণ সভা ১৫ জুন সকাল নয়টায় বঙ্গবন্ধু আন্তর্জাতিক সম্মেলন কেন্দ্রে অনুষ্ঠিত হবে। এজিএমের রেকর্ড ডেট ৪ মে।
ডিএসই ওয়েবসাইটে প্রকাশিত এক সংবাদে প্রতিষ্ঠানটি আরও জানায়, গত ৩১ ডিসেম্বর পর্যন্ত তাদের নিট লাভ ৫৯ কোটি ১৫ লাখ ৯০ হাজার টাকা, শেয়ারপ্রতি মোট সম্পদের দাম (এনএভি) ২২৯.৭৬ টাকা। শেয়ারপ্রতি আয় (ইপিএস) ২৯.৪০ টাকা এবং প্রতি শেয়ারে নেট ওপেনিং ক্যাশ ফ্লো ৩২.১৭ টাকা। BANK
The country's overall bank deposits witnessed a slower growth during the second quarter (Q2) of the current fiscal -- between October and December, 2010 -- when the share market witnessed a bull-run, officials said.
The amount of currency outside the banking system also shot up during the period under review, raising questions about the use of such money, insiders in the banking sector said.
Central bank sources said the bank deposits witnessed a slightly higher growth in January-March (Q3) period of the current fiscal in the wake of the rate hike. Yet this growth is still lower than what was expected particularly after the stock market debacle, some insiders in the banking sector said.
However, there are different views about where a substantial part of the money of those who reaped the bonanza at the cost of thousands of retail investors, before the stock market crash, has gone.
The views range from hoarding currency as "mattress money", manipulation of invoices for both capital and other goods by using different techniques, purchase of foreign currency from the kerb market, to even flight of currency through informal channels.
According to sources, informal markets have been operating in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and a number of other countries, particularly involving exchanges of 1000- and 500-denominated Bangladesh taka, besides India.
However, the sources in the banking circles did not agree with the contention about the flight of Bangladesh taka for use in informal markets abroad.
But the sources did not contest the view about some amount of money, lying outside the country's banking system, being used to buy particularly the US dollar from the informal market -- known as kerb market -- during the period to avoid the hassle of taxmen as well as the existing anti-money laundering act.
The flow of greenback to the kerb market has declined because of such practices, pushing up the exchange rate of US dollar against Bangladesh Taka (BDT).
The greenback sold between Tk 75.00 and Tk 75.20 in the informal market Wednesday. It was over Tk 72 in December last.
Under the rule of thumb, the rates of US dollar normally increase in the kerb market when unofficial transactions like smuggling and manipulations of invoices take place, they added.
"We're still investigating into different aspects of foreign exchange dealings in line with the existing foreign exchange rules and regulations," an executive director of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) told the FE Wednesday.
In February last, the central bank has started a special inspection to verify reporting, holding, demand and utilisation of foreign exchange by the commercial banks.
The BB's probe team is trying to find out any undisclosed fund-holding by the commercial banks intentionally by using any devious technique, another central bank official said without elaborating.
The overall bank deposit grew by 2.20 per cent to Tk 3572.5540 billion in October last over that of the previous month while this rate of growth slowed down to 1.55 per cent to Tk 3683.9970 billion in December 2010, according to the central bank statistics.
"The amount of deposit normally increases in the closing month of every calendar year mainly due to squaring up of fund positions by the commercial banks. But the last December was an exception," another BB official said.
He also said: "We can't understand what happened during that time."
The overall bank deposit (excluding inter-bank and restricted) increased by 20.90 per cent to Tk 3368.46 billion during in the fiscal year 2009-10 (FY10) against 20.26 per cent growth during the previous fiscal.
Meanwhile, the comparatively slow growth rate of bank deposits in the second quarter of the current fiscal was also somewhat striking. This is so because there was, according to insiders in the banking sector, premature encashment of savings certificates issued by the government and also relatively lower volume of new purchases of such instruments during the period under report, following the slashing of the rate of return on the same.
Talking to the FE, former BB chief economist and currently director general of the Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) Mustafa K Mujeri said, lower deposit rate has influenced a good number of depositors during the period to withdraw their fund from banks and invest the same in different higher income generating areas including that of the share market.
He also said the bank deposit may increase in the coming months following the rising trend about in deposit rates.
The country's commercial banks offer deposit rates up to 13.50 per cent in April 2011 from 12.00 per cent of the previous month on term deposits, while the rate for savings accounts ranged between 1.0 per cent and 9.50 per cent, the central bank data showed.
(৪৪৩) মবিল যমুনা এক্সক্লুসিভ
সিকিউরিটিজ এক্সচেঞ্জ কমিশন (এসইসি) মবিল যমুনাকে পুঁজিবাজারে তালিকাভুক্তি হওয়ার জন্য আরও দুই সপ্তাহ সময় দিয়েছে। বৃহস্পতিবার এসএসইসির ৩৮১তম সভায় এ সিদ্ধান্ত নেওয়া হয়। এসইসির নির্বাহী পরিচালক সাইফুর রহমান সাংবাদিকদের এ তথ্য জানান। পুঁজিবাজারে তালিকাভুক্ত হওয়ার জন্য বৃহস্পতিবারই ছিল এ কোম্পানির শেষ দিন । এ প্রেক্ষিতে এসইসি দুই সপ্তাহ সময় বাড়ালো।
BANK
BANK
The country's overall bank deposits witnessed a slower growth during the second quarter (Q2) of the current fiscal -- between October and December, 2010 -- when the share market witnessed a bull-run, officials said.
The amount of currency outside the banking system also shot up during the period under review, raising questions about the use of such money, insiders in the banking sector said.
Central bank sources said the bank deposits witnessed a slightly higher growth in January-March (Q3) period of the current fiscal in the wake of the rate hike. Yet this growth is still lower than what was expected particularly after the stock market debacle, some insiders in the banking sector said.
However, there are different views about where a substantial part of the money of those who reaped the bonanza at the cost of thousands of retail investors, before the stock market crash, has gone.
The views range from hoarding currency as "mattress money", manipulation of invoices for both capital and other goods by using different techniques, purchase of foreign currency from the kerb market, to even flight of currency through informal channels.
According to sources, informal markets have been operating in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and a number of other countries, particularly involving exchanges of 1000- and 500-denominated Bangladesh taka, besides India.
However, the sources in the banking circles did not agree with the contention about the flight of Bangladesh taka for use in informal markets abroad.
But the sources did not contest the view about some amount of money, lying outside the country's banking system, being used to buy particularly the US dollar from the informal market -- known as kerb market -- during the period to avoid the hassle of taxmen as well as the existing anti-money laundering act.
The flow of greenback to the kerb market has declined because of such practices, pushing up the exchange rate of US dollar against Bangladesh Taka (BDT).
The greenback sold between Tk 75.00 and Tk 75.20 in the informal market Wednesday. It was over Tk 72 in December last.
Under the rule of thumb, the rates of US dollar normally increase in the kerb market when unofficial transactions like smuggling and manipulations of invoices take place, they added.
"We're still investigating into different aspects of foreign exchange dealings in line with the existing foreign exchange rules and regulations," an executive director of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) told the FE Wednesday.
In February last, the central bank has started a special inspection to verify reporting, holding, demand and utilisation of foreign exchange by the commercial banks.
The BB's probe team is trying to find out any undisclosed fund-holding by the commercial banks intentionally by using any devious technique, another central bank official said without elaborating.
The overall bank deposit grew by 2.20 per cent to Tk 3572.5540 billion in October last over that of the previous month while this rate of growth slowed down to 1.55 per cent to Tk 3683.9970 billion in December 2010, according to the central bank statistics.
"The amount of deposit normally increases in the closing month of every calendar year mainly due to squaring up of fund positions by the commercial banks. But the last December was an exception," another BB official said.
He also said: "We can't understand what happened during that time."
The overall bank deposit (excluding inter-bank and restricted) increased by 20.90 per cent to Tk 3368.46 billion during in the fiscal year 2009-10 (FY10) against 20.26 per cent growth during the previous fiscal.
Meanwhile, the comparatively slow growth rate of bank deposits in the second quarter of the current fiscal was also somewhat striking. This is so because there was, according to insiders in the banking sector, premature encashment of savings certificates issued by the government and also relatively lower volume of new purchases of such instruments during the period under report, following the slashing of the rate of return on the same.
The amount of currency outside the banking system also shot up during the period under review, raising questions about the use of such money, insiders in the banking sector said.
Central bank sources said the bank deposits witnessed a slightly higher growth in January-March (Q3) period of the current fiscal in the wake of the rate hike. Yet this growth is still lower than what was expected particularly after the stock market debacle, some insiders in the banking sector said.
However, there are different views about where a substantial part of the money of those who reaped the bonanza at the cost of thousands of retail investors, before the stock market crash, has gone.
The views range from hoarding currency as "mattress money", manipulation of invoices for both capital and other goods by using different techniques, purchase of foreign currency from the kerb market, to even flight of currency through informal channels.
According to sources, informal markets have been operating in Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia and a number of other countries, particularly involving exchanges of 1000- and 500-denominated Bangladesh taka, besides India.
However, the sources in the banking circles did not agree with the contention about the flight of Bangladesh taka for use in informal markets abroad.
But the sources did not contest the view about some amount of money, lying outside the country's banking system, being used to buy particularly the US dollar from the informal market -- known as kerb market -- during the period to avoid the hassle of taxmen as well as the existing anti-money laundering act.
The flow of greenback to the kerb market has declined because of such practices, pushing up the exchange rate of US dollar against Bangladesh Taka (BDT).
The greenback sold between Tk 75.00 and Tk 75.20 in the informal market Wednesday. It was over Tk 72 in December last.
Under the rule of thumb, the rates of US dollar normally increase in the kerb market when unofficial transactions like smuggling and manipulations of invoices take place, they added.
"We're still investigating into different aspects of foreign exchange dealings in line with the existing foreign exchange rules and regulations," an executive director of the Bangladesh Bank (BB) told the FE Wednesday.
In February last, the central bank has started a special inspection to verify reporting, holding, demand and utilisation of foreign exchange by the commercial banks.
The BB's probe team is trying to find out any undisclosed fund-holding by the commercial banks intentionally by using any devious technique, another central bank official said without elaborating.
The overall bank deposit grew by 2.20 per cent to Tk 3572.5540 billion in October last over that of the previous month while this rate of growth slowed down to 1.55 per cent to Tk 3683.9970 billion in December 2010, according to the central bank statistics.
"The amount of deposit normally increases in the closing month of every calendar year mainly due to squaring up of fund positions by the commercial banks. But the last December was an exception," another BB official said.
He also said: "We can't understand what happened during that time."
The overall bank deposit (excluding inter-bank and restricted) increased by 20.90 per cent to Tk 3368.46 billion during in the fiscal year 2009-10 (FY10) against 20.26 per cent growth during the previous fiscal.
Meanwhile, the comparatively slow growth rate of bank deposits in the second quarter of the current fiscal was also somewhat striking. This is so because there was, according to insiders in the banking sector, premature encashment of savings certificates issued by the government and also relatively lower volume of new purchases of such instruments during the period under report, following the slashing of the rate of return on the same.
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খসড়া নীতিমালায় অনেকগুলো ধারা নিয়ে বিপাকে চার মুঠোফোন কোম্পানি। কেবল তরঙ্গ বরাদ্দ পেতেই দিতে হবে ১৪ হাজার কোটি টাকা নবায়নের সময় বাড়াতে বলেছে উদ্বিগ্ন বিশ্বব্যাংক
অস্থিরতা চলছে দেশের মুঠোফোন খাতে। লাইসেন্স নবায়নের জন্য তৈরি করা খসড়া নীতিমালার অনেকগুলো ধারার কারণে বিপাকে পড়েছে চারটি মুঠোফোন কোম্পানি। বিপুল অর্থের দায় চাপিয়ে দেওয়া হচ্ছে তাদের ওপর। সব মিলিয়ে দেশের অন্যতম সম্ভাবনাময় এই খাত চরম সংকটে।
মুঠোফোন কোম্পানিগুলো বলছে, কেবল তরঙ্গ (স্পেকট্রাম) বরাদ্দের জন্যই ১৪ হাজার কোটি টাকা দিতে হলে ভবিষ্যৎ বিনিয়োগের জন্য তাদের হাতে আর অর্থ থাকবে না। এ ছাড়া রয়েছে আরও অনেকগুলো প্রতিকূল ধারা। ফলে সরকার এককালীন লাভবান হলেও ভবিষ্যৎ হবে সংকটময়।
বিশ্বব্যাংকও এ নিয়ে উদ্বিগ্ন। অর্থমন্ত্রী এ এম এ মুহিতকে জরুরি চিঠি দিয়ে তারা বলেছে, লাইসেন্স নবায়নের খসড়া নীতিমালাটি বাস্তবায়িত হলে টেলিযোগাযোগ খাতে বাংলাদেশের অর্জন নষ্ট হয়ে যাবে এবং দেশটির অর্থনৈতিক ও সামাজিক অগ্রগতি ব্যাপকভাবে ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত হবে। চিঠি দেওয়ার পাশাপাশি বিষয়টি নিয়ে বিশ্বব্যাংকের কান্ট্রি ডিরেক্টর এলেন গোল্ডস্টেইন অর্থমন্ত্রীর সঙ্গে দেখাও করেছেন।
গ্রামীণফোনের সিইও টোরে ইয়ানসন এ প্রসঙ্গে প্রথম আলোকে বলেন, ‘খসড়া লাইসেন্স নবায়ন নীতিমালা প্রকাশিত হওয়ার পর থেকে মুঠোফোনশিল্প কিছুটা অনিশ্চয়তার মধ্য দিয়ে যাচ্ছিল। তবে মন্ত্রণালয়ের সঙ্গে সম্প্রতি একটি ফলপ্রসূ আলোচনা হয়েছে। আমরা আশাবাদী, সরকার যুক্তিসংগতভাবে ফি ও নিয়মনীতি নির্ধারণ করবে।’
টেলিযোগাযোগ খাতকে সংকট থেকে উদ্ধারের জন্য চার মুঠোফোন কোম্পানির বিদ্যমান লাইসেন্সের মেয়াদ সাময়িকভাবে বাড়ানোর সুপারিশ করেছে বিশ্বব্যাংক। দাতা সংস্থাটি মনে করে, বিশ্বব্যাপী যে পদ্ধতিটি সবচেয়ে ভালো, সেভাবে লাইসেন্স নবায়ন করা প্রয়োজন এবং এ জন্য সরকারের উচিত হবে প্রয়োজনীয় সময় নেওয়া। লিখিত সুপারিশে বিশ্বব্যাংক আরও বলেছে, তরঙ্গ ব্যবহারের ফি কত হবে তা নির্ধারণের জন্য সরকার একটি স্বচ্ছ নিলাম পদ্ধতি অনুসরণ করতে পারে। আর নিলাম পদ্ধতি সম্ভব না হলে একটি বিশ্বাসযোগ্য ও গ্রহণীয় ভিত্তি নির্ধারণ করা উচিত হবে।
গ্রামীণফোন, বাংলালিংক, রবি ও সিটিসেলের ১৫ বছর মেয়াদি টু-জি (দ্বিতীয় প্রজন্মের প্রযুক্তি) লাইসেন্সের মেয়াদ শেষ হবে আগামী ১১ নভেম্বর। লাইসেন্স নবায়নের জন্য একটি খসড়া নীতিমালা বাংলাদেশ টেলিযোগাযোগ নিয়ন্ত্রণ কমিশন (বিটিআরসি) গত ১৯ জানুয়ারি প্রকাশ করেছে। এই নীতিমালার ওপর ৯ ফেব্রুয়ারির মধ্যে মতামত দিতে বলেছিল বিটিআরসি। সে অনুযায়ী মতামত দেওয়া হলেও এর ভবিষ্যৎ নিয়ে অনিশ্চয়তা রয়ে গেছে বলে জানা গেছে।
অস্থিরতা চলছে দেশের মুঠোফোন খাতে। লাইসেন্স নবায়নের জন্য তৈরি করা খসড়া নীতিমালার অনেকগুলো ধারার কারণে বিপাকে পড়েছে চারটি মুঠোফোন কোম্পানি। বিপুল অর্থের দায় চাপিয়ে দেওয়া হচ্ছে তাদের ওপর। সব মিলিয়ে দেশের অন্যতম সম্ভাবনাময় এই খাত চরম সংকটে।
মুঠোফোন কোম্পানিগুলো বলছে, কেবল তরঙ্গ (স্পেকট্রাম) বরাদ্দের জন্যই ১৪ হাজার কোটি টাকা দিতে হলে ভবিষ্যৎ বিনিয়োগের জন্য তাদের হাতে আর অর্থ থাকবে না। এ ছাড়া রয়েছে আরও অনেকগুলো প্রতিকূল ধারা। ফলে সরকার এককালীন লাভবান হলেও ভবিষ্যৎ হবে সংকটময়।
বিশ্বব্যাংকও এ নিয়ে উদ্বিগ্ন। অর্থমন্ত্রী এ এম এ মুহিতকে জরুরি চিঠি দিয়ে তারা বলেছে, লাইসেন্স নবায়নের খসড়া নীতিমালাটি বাস্তবায়িত হলে টেলিযোগাযোগ খাতে বাংলাদেশের অর্জন নষ্ট হয়ে যাবে এবং দেশটির অর্থনৈতিক ও সামাজিক অগ্রগতি ব্যাপকভাবে ক্ষতিগ্রস্ত হবে। চিঠি দেওয়ার পাশাপাশি বিষয়টি নিয়ে বিশ্বব্যাংকের কান্ট্রি ডিরেক্টর এলেন গোল্ডস্টেইন অর্থমন্ত্রীর সঙ্গে দেখাও করেছেন।
গ্রামীণফোনের সিইও টোরে ইয়ানসন এ প্রসঙ্গে প্রথম আলোকে বলেন, ‘খসড়া লাইসেন্স নবায়ন নীতিমালা প্রকাশিত হওয়ার পর থেকে মুঠোফোনশিল্প কিছুটা অনিশ্চয়তার মধ্য দিয়ে যাচ্ছিল। তবে মন্ত্রণালয়ের সঙ্গে সম্প্রতি একটি ফলপ্রসূ আলোচনা হয়েছে। আমরা আশাবাদী, সরকার যুক্তিসংগতভাবে ফি ও নিয়মনীতি নির্ধারণ করবে।’
টেলিযোগাযোগ খাতকে সংকট থেকে উদ্ধারের জন্য চার মুঠোফোন কোম্পানির বিদ্যমান লাইসেন্সের মেয়াদ সাময়িকভাবে বাড়ানোর সুপারিশ করেছে বিশ্বব্যাংক। দাতা সংস্থাটি মনে করে, বিশ্বব্যাপী যে পদ্ধতিটি সবচেয়ে ভালো, সেভাবে লাইসেন্স নবায়ন করা প্রয়োজন এবং এ জন্য সরকারের উচিত হবে প্রয়োজনীয় সময় নেওয়া। লিখিত সুপারিশে বিশ্বব্যাংক আরও বলেছে, তরঙ্গ ব্যবহারের ফি কত হবে তা নির্ধারণের জন্য সরকার একটি স্বচ্ছ নিলাম পদ্ধতি অনুসরণ করতে পারে। আর নিলাম পদ্ধতি সম্ভব না হলে একটি বিশ্বাসযোগ্য ও গ্রহণীয় ভিত্তি নির্ধারণ করা উচিত হবে।
গ্রামীণফোন, বাংলালিংক, রবি ও সিটিসেলের ১৫ বছর মেয়াদি টু-জি (দ্বিতীয় প্রজন্মের প্রযুক্তি) লাইসেন্সের মেয়াদ শেষ হবে আগামী ১১ নভেম্বর। লাইসেন্স নবায়নের জন্য একটি খসড়া নীতিমালা বাংলাদেশ টেলিযোগাযোগ নিয়ন্ত্রণ কমিশন (বিটিআরসি) গত ১৯ জানুয়ারি প্রকাশ করেছে। এই নীতিমালার ওপর ৯ ফেব্রুয়ারির মধ্যে মতামত দিতে বলেছিল বিটিআরসি। সে অনুযায়ী মতামত দেওয়া হলেও এর ভবিষ্যৎ নিয়ে অনিশ্চয়তা রয়ে গেছে বলে জানা গেছে।
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