Browsing by Author "Chowdhury, Abdul Hamid"

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Assessment of Financial Soundness: A Case Study of Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, 2007-08) Islam, Serajul; Alam, Zahangir; Chowdhury, Abdul Hamid
The main objective of the study was to assess the financial soundness of Beximco Pharmaceuticals Ltd (BP L) by using Du Pont Equation &Altman's Model, The finn's management can use the Du Pont system and Altman's model to analyze ways of improving the firm's performance. By applying Altman's Model, it revealed that BPL would be financially unhealthy and would like to go bankruptcy in the near future. The main reasons for such state of affairs are shortage of adequate working capital, shortage of raw materials and their irregular supply, instability in raw material price, lack of requisite research & development activities, shortage of skilled manpower, lack of proper responsibility and accountability, limited market for products, absenteeism of workers from jobs, adverse factory environmental factors, power disruption and troubles in machinery. Therefore in order to improve the financial soundness of the company and to save it from bankruptcy proper steps should be taken to remove those reasons
A Comparative Analysis of Profit Rate on Deposit in Islamic Banks in Bangladesh
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2014-12) Kabir, Mohammad Rokibul; Chowdhury, Abdul Hamid
The study is based on a total number of seven full-fledged listed Islamic Banks operating in Bangladesh. Secondary sources of data are used in this research. Data were collected from the Website of Bangladesh Bank and studying relevant literatures. This paper examines whether there is any differences of profit rate on deposits among different Islamic Banks. It also aims at finding whether there is any relationship between inflation and profit rate on deposits. Analyses have been done for two types of deposits accounts called Mudaraba Term Deposits Account and Mudaraba Savings Account. The results of the study reveal that, in case of Term Deposits the highest mean return is 11.06458% as offered by the First Security Islamic Bank Ltd. and the lowest mean return of 8.687500% is offered by Export Import Bank of Bangladesh Ltd. while in case of Mudaraba Savings Deposits the highest mean return of 6.583333% is offered by the First Security Islamic Bank Ltd. and the lowest mean return of 4.330417% is offered by Al Arafah Islami Bank Ltd. during the studied period. One sample t-test has been applied to find whether there is any significant difference in profit rate in different months and the study unfolds that the profit rate differs significantly in all the banks from month to month. The findings of Paired Sample t-test suggests that there is a significant difference in mean return between the Islamic banks in both of the Mudaraba Term Deposits and Mudaraba Savings Accounts in all the cases except for two pairs as the return on savings deposit does not significantly differ between Al Arafah Islami Bank Ltd. and Social Islami Bank Limited while it does not differ significantly between Social Islami Bank Limited and Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd. in case of Mudaraba Term Deposits. Finally, the relationship between inflation and rate of profit is found insignificant in case of Mudaraba Saving Deposits while significant relationship has been discovered between Mudaraba Term Deposits and rate of inflation
Cox’s Proportional Hazard Model Analysis of Child Survival in Bangladesh
(Asian Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 2013-05) Chowdhury, Abdul Hamid; Hossian, Mohammad Emdad; Khan, Md. Musa; Hoq, Mohammad Nazmul
This study utilizes data extracted from the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS-2007) to investigate the predictors of child survival (age under 5 years) in Bangladesh. The cross-tabulation and Cox’s proportional hazard model techniques have been used to estimate the predictors of child survival in Bangladesh. Parents’ education, occupation of father, region, type of toilet facility, access to mass media, breastfeeding status, birth order, birth spacing with previous child, age of mother, age at first marriage and antenatal visit during pregnancy have been found significant effect on child survival by both cross-tabulation and Cox’s proportional hazard techniques. Finally, these findings suggest that an increase in parents’ education, breastfeeding to child, encourage child bearing age of mothers at 20-34 years, legal age at marriage and improve health care services, could in turn raise child survival and decrease child mortality in Bangladesh.
Factors Affecting an Age at First Marriage among Female Adolescents in Bangladesh
(International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2013) Chowdhury, Abdul Hamid; Hoq, Mohammad Nazmul; Hossain, Mohammad Emdad; Khan, Md. Musa
The aim of this paper is to study the factors associated with age at first marriage among female adolescents utilizing the nationally representative survey data of Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS), 2007. Logistic regression analyses have been used to study the factors affecting on age at first marriage in Bangladesh. Respondent’s educations, husband’s education, region and working status of respondents are found to have significant effect on age at first marriage. Findings need to be scientifically utilized in developing suitable programs addressing the case of early marriage, particularly in Barisal, Khulna and Rajshahi.
Factors Affecting Fertility in Sylhet Division of Bangladesh: A Path Analytic Approach
(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, 2007-08) Chowdhury, Abdul Hamid
The objective of the paper is to study the effects of selected socio-economic and demographic factors on fertility in Sylhet administrative division of Bangladesh based on the data collected in the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, 2004 employing the technique of path analysis for two age cohorts of women, IO paths out of 23 hypothesized paths are found to be statistically significant for both the age cohorts below 30 years and aged 30-49 years respectively, It is found that age at effective first marriage has significant direct negative effect 011 fertility for both the cohorts, Total effect of female education 011 fertility is observed to be negative while the total effects of religion and place of residence on fertility are found to be positive for both the age cohorts of women,
Financial performance of categorical banking sectors in Bangladesh
(CRP, Center for Research and Publication, 2018-12) Chowdhury, Abdul Hamid; Hossain, Murad
This study's objective is to assess the financial performance of the categorical banking sectors in Bangladesh from 2013 to 2017. The study used secondary sources of data that were collected from the Bangladesh Bank's annual reports. Through the use of the CAMEL test, an ANOVA, and an ordinary least squares model, this paper attempts to determine whether there are any appreciable differences in the capital adequacy, asset quality, management efficiency, earning ability, and liquidity among the four categories of banking sector in Bangladesh. The CAMEL test reveals that among the four types of banks, foreign commercial banks do the best. Among the four categories of banks, state-owned development financial institutions have performed the worst. When compared to one another, the four banking organizations' performance is found to be significantly different