Volume 06, December 2017
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Item Impact of short and medium term investment concentration on earnings and dividend distribution: Evidence from Islamic Banks in Bangladesh(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2017-12) Hossain, Md. Amzad; Kabir, Mohammad RokibulThe aim of Islamic banking is to ensure interest-free banking system. To achieve the aim, Islamic banks use various modes of transactions as replacement of interest based system. Among the modes, some are short term and medium term and some are long-terms in nature. The study aimed at evaluating different investment modes to find investment concentration of Islamic banks in their portfolio. Secondary sources of data have been used to facilitate the research where a few persons were interviewed for some first-hand data related to investment modes. This study revealed that the investment portfolio of Islamic banks in Bangladesh mainly concentrates on short and medium-term investment which contributes to earning reasonable returns. These reasonable returns ensure stable dividend to the shareholders of Islamic banks in Bangladesh. This paper also discovered a significantly higher return of short and medium period investment than long-term based investment.Item Management of Sadaqah through social enterprises: A study on Anjuman Mufidul Islam Bangladesh(CRP, International Islamic University Chittagong, Bangladesh, 2017-12) Kabir, Mohammad Rokibul; Sobhani, Farid A.; Kausar, AflatunalIslam prefers a society where justice and equity is maintained and any business upholding the social justice and equity by ensuring social and environmental sustainability may be considered as a business in accordance with Islamic principles. In fact, social enterprises are such business concerns in modern context. Instead of scatter contribution of Sadaqah, its efficient use through the establishment of social enterprises may help ensuring social justice and uphold the prime purpose of Islamic financial systems. Anjuman Mufidul Islam, Bangladesh is one of such enterprises and the study is an endeavor to evaluate the management of Sadaqah by this enterprise. The research also attempts to propose a model for efficient management of Sadaqah through social enterprises. The secondary sources of data collected from the annual report of Anjuman Mufidul Islam, Bangladesh have been used to evaluate how well it is managing Sadaqah and a model for efficient use of Sadaqah has been proposed based on the existing models of social enterprises.