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Going Public


Nurunnabi is a government service holder. He came with a request to Summit Power which is releasing its shares in market. He is an applicant for shares. There is no assurance in lottery that he will get IPOs (initial public offerings). So, his request is sort of a “tadbir.”

Those who are involved in the share market, specially those interested in investing primary shares, have a common and regular query: Why the energy sector companies are not coming to the capital market. It is a logical question. Across the world, the key source of funding of the companies in the investment-intensive energy sector is the capital market. But in Bangladesh, the sector is based on either grants or credit from donors or government exchequer. full report


FDI
Bangladesh Giving Studied Looks to Tata Proposal: Saifur

 

Finance and Planning Minister M Saifur Rahman said in New Delhi that his government was giving a studied look to Indian industry giant Tata's proposals for US$ 3.0 billion investment in Bangladesh.
 
"These are complicated and involve many imponderables," he told an interactive meeting organized by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI).
 
Saifur, who was accompanying Prime Minister Khaleda Zia on a three-day visit to the Indian capital, indicated that there was no agreement on Tata's demands for a coalmine, land allocation and 25-year gas allocation .
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