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MIDAS Financing Limited
MIDAS Financing Limited is a major non-bank financial institution in Bangladesh. History MIDAS (Micro Industries Development Assistance and Services) Financing Limited was established on 16 May 1995. It provided financial support to small women entrepreneurs to establish minimart. On 11 October 1999, Midas secured permission from Bangladesh Bank. MIDAS Financing Limited listed on Dhaka Stock Exchange and Chittagong Stock Exchange on 26 October 2002 and 27 July 2004 respectively. From 23 March 2005, it shares used the Central Depository Bangladesh Limited. Small and Medium Enterprise Foundation gave a loan of 50 million taka to MIDAS Financing Limited on 18 May 2012 to provide loans to small and medium enterprises. MIDAS board member Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani died in 2017. MIDAS Financing Limited launched MIDAS Investment Limited in January 2017 as a merchant bank. Parveen Mahmud, chairperson of MIDAS Financing Limited and Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dhaka
Dhaka ( or ; bn, ঢাকা, Ḍhākā, ), formerly known as Dacca, is the capital and largest city of Bangladesh, as well as the world's largest Bengali-speaking city. It is the eighth largest and sixth most densely populated city in the world with a population of 8.9 million residents as of 2011, and a population of over 21.7 million residents in the Greater Dhaka Area. According to a Demographia survey, Dhaka has the most densely populated built-up urban area in the world, and is popularly described as such in the news media. Dhaka is one of the major cities of South Asia and a major global Muslim-majority city. Dhaka ranks 39th in the world and 3rd in South Asia in terms of urban GDP. As part of the Bengal delta, the city is bounded by the Buriganga River, Turag River, Dhaleshwari River and Shitalakshya River. The area of Dhaka has been inhabited since the first millennium. An early modern city developed from the 17th century as a provincial capital and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangladesh
Bangladesh (}, ), officially the People's Republic of Bangladesh, is a country in South Asia. It is the eighth-most populous country in the world, with a population exceeding 165 million people in an area of . Bangladesh is among the most densely populated countries in the world, and shares land borders with India to the west, north, and east, and Myanmar to the southeast; to the south it has a coastline along the Bay of Bengal. It is narrowly separated from Bhutan and Nepal by the Siliguri Corridor; and from China by the Indian state of Sikkim in the north. Dhaka, the capital and largest city, is the nation's political, financial and cultural centre. Chittagong, the second-largest city, is the busiest port on the Bay of Bengal. The official language is Bengali, one of the easternmost branches of the Indo-European language family. Bangladesh forms the sovereign part of the historic and ethnolinguistic region of Bengal, which was divided during the Partition of India in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Central Depository Bangladesh Limited
Central Depository Bangladesh Limited () is a Bangladesh government regulatory agency that records and facilates the trade of securities in Bangladesh. It is the National numbering agency, National Numbering Agency for International Securities Identification Number in Bangladesh and member of the Association of National Numbering Agencies. Sheikh Kabir Hossain is chairman of the board of directors. It is Bangladesh's only securities depository enterprise. History Central Depository Bangladesh Limited was established on 20 August 2000. AKM Shamsuddin was the founding chairman of Central Depository Bangladesh Limited. On 20 October 2003, Electronic Government Securities Registry went online, allowing the Central Depository Bangladesh Limited to function. Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission approved the bylaws necessary for Central Depository Bangladesh Limited to begin operations. M Habibus Samad was then managing director of Central Depository Bangladesh Limited. The t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani
Mirza Ali Behrouze Ispahani was a Bangladeshi businessman from the Ispahani family and the chairman of M. M. Ispahani Limited. Early life Behrouze was born on 30 October 1950, in the Ispahani family, which was founded in 1820, Haji Mohammed Hashem (1789-1850), the founder of Ispahani Group, who moved from Ispahan (Isfahan) in Persia to Bombay, and established the business. After the death of his father Mirza Mehdy Ispahani he was elected Chairman of the M.M. Ispahani. He completed SSC from St Joseph Higher Secondary School, Dhaka. Career Behrouze was chairman of MM Ispahani Ltd from 2004 until his demise in January 2017. He was a member of the Board of Trustees of the Independent University, Bangladesh (IUB). He was also a Sponsor Director and Managing Director of the International Publications Limited (IPL), the owning company of The Financial Express (FE). The government of Bangladesh gave him the title of Commercially Important Person. Social activities Behrouze was chai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Parveen Mahmud
Parveen Mahmud is a Bangladeshi businesswoman and social worker. She is the chairperson of Underprivileged Children Education Program. She is a member of the governing body of the Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation. She is a trustee of Transparency International Bangladesh. She is an independent director of Marico Bangladesh. Career Mahmud was the managing director of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation in 2004 to 2006. Mahmud was awarded the Begum Rokeya award in 2006. In December 2007, she was re-elected to the board of directors of MIDAS Financing Limited. She was the acting chairperson of the Acid Survivors Foundation in May 2009. She was the vice-chairperson of the Underprivileged Children Education Program in 2010. She was the chairman of the Acid Survivors Foundation in 2010. Mahmud was the first woman to be elected president of The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Bangladesh in 2011. Mahmud was the founding managing director of Grameen Telecom Trust. She is a director o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme
Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme () is a Bangladeshi non-profit based in Dhaka that works with children. It provides vocational training in Bangladesh. Parveen Mahmud, chairman of MIDAS Financing Limited, is the chairman of Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme. History Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme traces its origin to a relief effort of Lindsay Allen Cheiney, a New Zealander, who came after the 1970 Bhola cyclone. It had 60 students in the beginning. With funding from the Government of Denmark Cheiney was able develop a three-year program for the education of children from low-income groups in South Western Bangladesh. The program established a technical school in Dhaka in 1983 later expanded in Chittagong and Khulna. The Underprivileged Children's Educational Programme registered nationally in 1990. It owns a technical school in Mirpur. By 2010, 37 thousand children are enrolled in schools of the Underprivileged Children's Educa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Transparency International Bangladesh
Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) is the Bangladeshi branch of the Berlin-based Transparency International, a civil society organisation dedicated to fighting against corruption. History TIB started its activities in 1996. In 2016 it criticised new government rules on NGOs that received foreign funding. It also asked the government to not take a 2 billion dollar development loan from the world Bank. This law was created after TIB Executive Director Iftekharuzzaman called the country's Parliament a 'puppet show stage'. Major work areas * Research and Policy * Civic Engagement * Outreach and Communication * Right to Information * Citizen Charter * Climate Finance Governance * Water Integrity Board of Trustees Board of Trustees, the highest policy making body of Transparency International Bangladesh, comprises: * Professor Dr. Perween Hasan - chairperson * Mr. Ali Imam Majumder - secretary general * Dr. Iftekharuzzaman - executive director * Mr. Mahfuz Anam - tre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Daily Star (Bangladesh)
''The Daily Star'' is a leading Bangladeshi English-language daily newspaper. It is the largest circulating daily English-language newspaper in the country. Founded by Syed Mohammed Ali on 14 January 1991, as Bangladesh transitioned and restored parliamentary democracy, the newspaper became popular for its outspoken coverage of politics, corruption and foreign policy. It is considered a newspaper of record for Bangladesh. The newspaper is known for its "reputation for journalistic integrity and liberal and progressive views - a kind of Bangladeshi ''New York Times''". Its slogan is "Journalism Without Fear or Favour". Mahfuz Anam serves as editor and publisher of ''The Daily Star''. Its motto, "Your Right to Know", appears above its logo on the front page. ''The Daily Star'' is owned by Mediaworld, in which a major share is held by the Transcom Group. ''Star Business'' is the business edition of the paper and highly popular. History In the late 1980s, plans for a major English ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rokeya Afzal Rahman
Rokeya Afzal Rahman is a Bangladeshi businesswoman and former adviser of Caretaker government of Bangladesh. Career Rahman is the chairman of the Board of Directors of the Asian University for Women Support Foundation in Bangladesh. she is the President of the Women Entrepreneurs Association. She is also the President of Bangladesh Federation of Women Entrepreneurs. She is the chairperson of MIDAS Financing Limited MIDAS Financing Limited is a major non-bank financial institution in Bangladesh. History MIDAS (Micro Industries Development Assistance and Services) Financing Limited was established on 16 May 1995. It provided financial support to small women .... References {{DEFAULTSORT:Rahman, Rokeya Afzal Living people Advisors of Caretaker Government of Bangladesh Bangladeshi businesspeople Year of birth missing (living people) Bangladeshi bankers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ali Imam Majumder
Ali Imam Majumder is a former Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh. He is the Secretary General of Transparency International Bangladesh executive committee member of Citizens for Good Governance (SHUJAN). Early life Majumder was born in 1950 in Kulubari Village, Sonamura, Tripura, India. He migrated to East Pakistan and settled in Comilla in 1962. He graduated from University of Chittagong and graduated with a Masters in Mathematics. Career Majumder joined the Bangladesh Civil Service on 11 February 1977 as an administration cadre. Majumder served as the District Commissioner (DC) of Sylhet District and Cox's Bazar District in 1997. In 2004, Majumder was the Secretary of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. On 31 October 2006, Majumder was appointed the Principal Secretary of the Chief Advisor of the Caretaker Government. On 6 December 2006, he also became the Cabinet Secretary of Bangladesh. In May 2007, he approved a proposal to raise the ranks of the heads of the three arm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ghulam Rahman
Ghulam Rahman is a former government secretary at the Ministry of Shipping and President of Consumers Association of Bangladesh. He is the former chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission and Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission. Career Rahman taught Economics at the University of Dhaka in the 1960s after which he joined the Central Superior Services of Pakistan. Rahman retired as secretary of the Ministry of Shipping in 2004. In 2007, the Caretaker government appointed Rahman chairman of Bangladesh Energy Regulatory Commission. On 1 May 2009, Rahman was appointed chairman of the Anti-Corruption Commission. Rahman replaced Hasan Mashhud Chowdhury. The government of Bangladesh also downgraded the status of the post from that of a minister to that of a judge of Bangladesh Supreme Court The Supreme Court of Bangladesh ( bn, বাংলাদেশ সুপ্রীম কোর্ট) is the highest court of law in Bangladesh. It is composed of the High Court Divisio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nazneen Sultana
Nazneen is an Indian Bollywood actress who was active in the 1970s and 1980s. She was born on (23 February 1958) in Kolkata and studied in Lucknow before moving to Mumbai with her parents. She was cast in ''Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa'' (1972) after meeting an assistant to director Satyen Bose at a party. She subsequently played in the hit movies '' Kora Kagaz'' (1974), '' Chalte Chalte'' (1976) and ''Dildaar'' (1977). Nazneen starred in the hit television series '' Mahabharat'' produced by B.R Chopra as Kunti, the mother of the Pandava brothers. Early life Nazneen was born into a Muslim family. Her father owned a printing press. She did her schooling from Hill Grange High School. Actress Neetu Singh went to the same school as her. Neetu would invite her to her mother’s flat for lunch. Career At a party hosted by a relative of hers, producer Yusuf Teendarwajawalla, who made '' Mere Humsafar'' (1970), and director Satyen Bose offered her a role in ''Sa-Re-Ga-Ma-Pa'' (1972), which he d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
