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New category for blue chip companies
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There will be a 30-day lock-in for IPO shares that will be allotted to institutional investors, Rahman said.
If the premium price exceeded Tk 15, the IPO quotas will be 25 percent for general public, 10 percent each for NRBs and mutual funds and the rest 55 percent for institutions, said the DSE president.
There will be a 90-day lock-in for IPO shares that will be allotted to institutional investors, he said.
The companies will also have to show the use of the funds raised through IPO in the financial statements of the next three years, he added.
"The companies, excluding service sector firms, can not utilise more than 30 percent fund of the IPO to repay bank loans. It means, 70 percent of the fund will have to be used in business expansion,” he said.
Rahman said the DSE board also decided to recommend the stockmarket regulator to allow the sponsor-directors to sell their shares only through
Asian tourism fair kicks off in Dhaka on Friday
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Indonesian Ambassador Zet Mirzal Zainuddin welcomed the initiative, saying Indonesia drew eight million foreign tourists last year, along with millions of local ones.
Bangladesh has huge potential to attract tourists, he said, adding that the fair is also an opportunity for the Asian countries to be more cooperative.
"Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and the Maldives could be a tourist hub in the Asian region,” said Sarath K Weragoda, high commissioner of Sri Lanka.
He said, with its rivers and the largest mangrove forest -- the Sundarbans -- Bangladesh could be an ideal tourist destination.
"Why don't you invite the world to see the beautiful rivers in Bangladesh?"
Nguyen Quang Thue, Vietnamese ambassador, said their tourism industry expects 6.5 million foreign tourists and 32 million local ones this year, and an estimated turnover of around $7.1 billion.
Recalling his recent visit to Bangladesh's northeastern wetlands, Bahnarim Abu Guinomla, Philippine ambassador, said: "Haors (wetlands) can be an excellent destination for the global tourists."
The number of Bangladeshi tourists visiting the Philippines is increasing gradually, which is a good sign for both the countries, said Guinomla.
“If we can work together to promote tourism, the sector will create a huge employment opportunities,” said Akhtaruzzaman Khan Kabir, chief execu-
Three telcos challenge NBR order to freeze accounts
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The tax collector's move asking for the outstanding taxes on SIM card sales came a month after the Appellate Division reversed a High Court verdict against the imposition of SIM tax by the government earlier.
In August 2006, the HC declared SIM tax illegal. In March 2007, the NBR went to the Appellate Division challenging the HC's order on SIM tax.
In the order, the NBR asked banks to deduct the amount from the accounts of the three mobile operators and transfer the money to the state coffers if the operators do not pay the dues in 15 days.
The NBR had earlier asked four mobile operators, including Grameenphone, to pay a combined amount of Tk 746 crore in tax. Grameenphone paid Tk 348 crore to the tax -administrator.
Robi was supposed to pay Tk 181.79 crore, BanglalinkTk 168.64 crore and CitycellTk 47.6 crore as supplementary duty and VAT on SIM sales for the period between August 2006 and March 2007.
BKMEA re-elects president
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The vice presidents are Mohammad Hatem, AH Aslam Sunny, Mahiuddin Faruqui and ShameemAhmed.
Earlier, in the biannual polls of BKMEA, the national platform for knitwear makers, Osman's panel — Sammilito Knit Parishad — won 22 of the 27 posts for directors while former BKMEA president Fazlul Hoque's panel -- Progressive Knit Alliance —