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Item Foreign Direct Investment in Bangladesh: Analysis of Sector Wise Impact on Economy(Asian Journal of Social Sciences & Humanities, 2018-11) Hossain, M. E.; Sultana, I.; Uddin, Md. S.; Hoq, M. N.; Ibrahim, Md.Foreign direct investment is an important indicator of economic growth in any country especially developing and under developing countries which can make substantial progress in reducing poverty, supported by sustainable economic growth. Furthermore, the attraction in sector-wise investment in a country may generate a higher GDP growth rate. Keeping it in cognizance, this study examines the impact of sector-wise foreign investment on the economy of Bangladesh. To achieve the aim, Foreign Direct Investment data were collected from the survey report (2017) of the statistics department, Bangladesh Bank and Bangladesh economic review. For the fruitful study, the research work used descriptive analyses and multiple regression analyses to determine the impact of sector-wise FDI on economic growth. The growth rate over last 17 years of the foreign investment analysis indicates that highest growth was taken place in ‘Manufacturing’ sector followed by ‘Trade & Commerce’ and ‘Transport, Storage & Communication’ sectors which amount the rate 46.34, 21.74 and 21.66 per annum respectively. Whereas the multiple regression analyses indicate that FDI in the sector of ‘Services’, ‘Trade & Commerce’ and ‘Transport, Storage & Communication’ had the statistically significant effect on economic growth in Bangladesh. This finding suggests that a large part of the outcome of foreign investment may be due to the structuring influence of investment in trade, transport and energy sector in the forms of production.Item Factors affecting on current contraception use among currently married women in urban and rural areas of Bangladesh(IOSR Journal Of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS), 2016-04) Hoq, Mohammad NazmulBangladesh has highest Contraceptive Prevalence Rate (CPR) after Sri Lanka and Bhutan in South Asia but still lagged behind with the developed countries. This paper uses data from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2011 to examine different socio-economic and demographic factors which are correlates to current contraception use among currently married women in urban and rural areas in Bangladesh. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyses have been used to estimate the factors affected on contraception use in city and countryside of Bangladesh. The results show that current age of respondent, number of living children, respondent currently working, fertility preference, visited by FP field worker, marital duration and region have most significant effect on current contraception use in urban and rural areas by both cross-tabulation and logistic regression analyses. Moreover, respondent’s education and husband’s occupation have been found significant association with contraception use in both areas.Item Impact of Working Capital Management on Corporate ProfitabilityEmpirical Evidence from Pharmaceutical Industry of Bangladesh(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2018) Islam, Rakibul; Hossain, Mohammad Emdad; Hoq, Mohammad Nazmul; Alam, Md. MorshedulWorking capital management plays centric role in enhancing operational efficiency and their ultimate profitability. Globally financial managers have been searching the proper way on how to utilize working capital components which prolong profitability. The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of working capital components on profitability indicators of selected pharmaceutical firms in Bangladesh. The paper used financial data of 9 pharmaceutical firms listed in Dhaka stock exchange (DSE) covered 2011-2015. Two methods were used in this study for analysis data set. Firstly, to measure the relationship between selected variables Pearson Correlation matrix was used. Secondly, multiple regression analysis was used to investigate the impact working capital components on profitability of selected pharmaceutical firms. The study also conducted Durbin Watson test to assess autocorrelation of selected variables. In this study the correlation matrix identified a negative correlation between working capital components and profitability, whereas regression analysis found number of days account receivable (AR) had significant positive and current ratio (CR) and debt ratio (DR) had appeared a significant negative impact on profitability.Item 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. MusaThe 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.Item Regional Differentials of Age at First Marriage among Women in Bangladesh(Asian Journal of Applied Science and Engineering, 2013) Hoq, Mohammad NazmulThe purpose of this study is to examine various socio-economic and demographic factors associated with age at first marriage among Bangladeshi women in different divisions. For this purpose the present study utilizes the nationally representative survey data of Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, (BDHS-2007). The cross-tabulation analysis has been used to estimate the factors affected the use of contraception in Bangladesh. Respondent‟s education, husband‟s education, husband‟s occupation, religion, type place of respondent, socioeconomic status, working status of respondent and access to mass media have significant effect on age at first marriage in all divisions. The study shows those respondents who have no education, married at early age and the respondents who have at least secondary education, married at later age in all divisions. Similar pattern to marry at early age has been seen in case of illiterate and service holder husbands. The study also shows that maximum respondents who are not currently working and have no access in mass media married before or at median age (15 years).Item Factors Affecting on Early Marriage of Women in Rural Areas, Bangladesh(Asian Business Consortium, 2015) Sultana, Israth; Hossain, Mohammad Emdad; Hoq, Mohammad NazmulBangladesh is one of the most densely populated countries in the world where population growth rate is 1.6 percent (Wikipedia). Early marriage is one of the important factors of population growth. This paper uses data from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey 2011 to examine different socio-economic and demographic factors that are correlated to age at first marriage of women in the rural area. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analyzes have been used to estimate the factors effect on age at first marriage. The results show that respondent‘s education, husband‘s education, husband‘s occupation, religion, region and socio-economic status have a significant effect on age at first marriage of women in the rural area by both Cross-tabulation and Logistic regression analyzes. Moreover, access to mass media has found a significant association with age at first marriage in the rural area by Cross-tabulation analysis.Item Determinants of Contraception Use among Female Adolescents in Bangladesh(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2012) Khan, Md. Musa; Hossain, Mohammad Emdad; Hoq, Mohammad NazmulThe purpose of this study is to examine various socio-economic and demographic factors associated with contraception use among adolescents of Bangladesh. For this purpose, the present study utilizes the nationally representative survey data of Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey, (National Institute of Population Research and Training (NIPORT), 2009). The cross-tabulation and Logistic regression analyses have been used to estimate the factors affected the use of contraception in Bangladesh. Respondents’ education, their husbands’ education, type of place of respondents, involvement with NGO program, marital duration, age at first marriage, age of respondent, communication between husband and wife, respondent currently working place, number of visits by family planning (FP) field workers and number of living children. Age at first marriage and age of respondents type of place of residence have been found to have significant effect on contraception use by both cross-tabulation and Logistic regression analyses. The study shows that adolescents who have at least one living child are tend to more use of contraceptive methods than those who have no living child.Item 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 NazmulThis 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.Item Determinants of Students Satisfaction at Higher Educational Institution in Bangladesh: Evidence from Private and Public Universities(Malaysian Online Journal of Education, 2019) Hossain, Mohammad Emdad; Hoq, Mohammad Nazmul; Sultana, Israth; Islam, Rakibul; Hassan, Md. ZahidThe purpose of this study is to identify the relative importance of factors that influence the students’ satisfaction at private and public universities in Bangladesh. Moreover, the study examines different demographic and socio-economic variables that also affect stakeholders’ satisfaction at university. Quantitative method research design was conducted for the study and a sample of 182 students was taken from different private and public universities in Bangladesh. The results showed that students were mostly satisfied with teachers’ expertise and design of course curriculum in both categories of universities in Bangladesh while food facilities had the lowest positive response factor of the students. The exceptionality of this study is to use binary logistic regression analysis to identify the most important demographic determinants regarding satisfaction. It is found that female students were less likely to be satisfied overall on their respective institutions than their male counterparts. In addition, students from the urban area and also from middle-class economic condition had more likely to be satisfied than any other counterparts. Understanding these variables could assist educational institutions with bettering their strategies to achieve their desired goal. Moreover, the strategy of development of strong personal relations with students and faculty members can definitely alleviate the dissatisfaction of the students.Item Working Capital Management and Profitability: Evidence from the Cement Industry in Bangladesh.(European Centre for Research Training and Development UK, 2015-09) Mazumder, Manjurul AlamCement Industry plays a vital role in the socio-economic development of Bangladesh. Profitability of this industry is highly related with the efficient working capital management, but the profitability of this industry is not satisfactory. This study is designed to show the profitability and working capital position of Cement industries, correlation between them and whether the profitability is affected by Working Capital Management. Ratio Analysis, Correlation Matrix and Regression Analysis have been used to show Profitability. Working Capital position, correlation between them and the impact of Working Capital on Profitability respectively. For the source of data the author mainly relied on Annual Reports and official records. It is observed from the study that profitability and Working Capital Management position of the Cement industry are not satisfactory.The study reveals that correlation exist between Working Capital Management and Profitability. The study also brings to fore that Working Capital Management has a positive impact on Profitability.Item Stimulants of Profitability of Non-Bank Financial Institutions: Evidence from Bangladesh(European Centre for Research Training and Development UK, 2015-11) Mazumder, Manjurul AlamFinancial institutions both Bank and Non-Bank play a significant role in the economy of a country. Like other developing countries Beside the Banking industry necessarily of Non-Bank financial institutions cannot overlook in Bangladesh. This study inspects the profitability of firms in the Non-Banking Financial Institutions (NBFIs) diligence of Bangladesh. Financial Enactment of a financial organization fundamentally depends on its some key financial factors. Specially operating efficiency is main inducing factor which is designed through operating income. Besides it capital Structure combination of equity and liability, term deposit, total asset considerably affect the profitability of any NBFI company. In addition operating expense also upsets the profitability though that is not statistically significant. Different Statistical procedures such as correlation matrix, multiple regressions have been used to determine the associations between variables. And before doing regression analysis normality distribution test has been accomplished by One-Sample Kolmogorov- Smirnov Test. This research is an effort to find out the statistically significant key stimulants variable and their level of impact over net profit.Item Stock Market and Economic Development in Bangladesh: A Case Study of Chittagong Stock Exchange(Global Journals Inc. (USA), 2015) Mazumder, Manjurul AlamThe stock market plays an important role in economic development of Bangladesh. It transfers the fund from surplus units to deficit units for investment. The main purpose of the study is to examine the significance of stock market in economic development of Bangladesh. The study has used only secondary data. The secondary data are collected only relevant to study such as market capitalization, stock turnover, number of listed securities and companies, stock index, GDP for measuring economic development during the period of 2003- 2013. The main reason to consider the certain period is the availability of data. The study has used some statistical measures of means, growth rate,andRatio of total market capital to GDP method. This study revealed that stock markets have made substantial contribution in economic development of Bangladesh. The study seems to carry an enormous academic value since a few studies have been undertaken in this area.Item Islamization of Knowledge: An exploratory study of concepts, issues and trends(International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 2014) Uddin, Md. Helal; Mazumder, Manjurul AlamThe Religion before Allah is Islam (Sura al-Imran-verse-19); it (Islam: Submission to his will)) is the ultimate guideline for every action of human beings. Almighty Allah (SWT) had given the knowledge for mankind and it was sacred, but with the passage of time, the application of this knowledge is mixed with human error, prejudice, passion and self- interest. So it is the supreme responsibility for human beings is to revive knowledge from the black box of human error, prejudice, passion and self- interest according to the light of revealed knowledge. Only revealed knowledge can offer ultimate relief to society. Islamization of knowledge does not mean that the curriculum of Islamic education is exclusively for Muslims, but due to the universality of Islam, Islamic education is applicable to and can accommodate all of the mankind. The objective of this study is to expose an overview on the Basics of Islamization of knowledge and to show the Islamization of knowledge movements all over the world as well as to formulate a framework based on SWOT analysis of Islamization of knowledge. This study will help the researcher to make their endeavor for Islamization of knowledge in large context of disciplines.Item Determinants of Capital Structure: An Empirical Study on Cement Industry in Bangladesh(Asian Accounting and Auditing Advancement, 2015) Mazumder, Manjurul AlamDue to capital intensive country cement industry requires huge amount of funds to organize a business and for further expansion of its capacity. The Capital structure of this industry shows unique features. The Debt ratio is taken to examine the impact of high or low the overall capital structure. Impact on the debt ratio is measured by five independent variables i.e. tangibility, profitability, size, growth, and tax. Spearman’s correlation coefficient, multiple regression model, and tstatistics are used as statistical tools. The result suggests that profitability and growth have a significant impact on dependent variable (debt ratio) but they are negatively correlated, size, and tax has no significant impact on debt ratio.Item Role of Islamic Finance (Zakah) to Eradicate Extreme Poverty in Bangladesh(2015-12-25) Islam, Serajul; Bhuiyan, A. S. M. FakhruddinThe aim of the study is to find out the role of Zakat as tools of Islamic Finance to eradicate extreme poverty through the empirical study in Bangladesh. The study also analyzes the model of Zakat collection and distribution to eradicate poverty. The hearts of wealthy people are purified from greed through giving Zakat to the needy and the needy people are then able to fulfil their needs. Thus, Zakat should be able to reduce the gap between the rich and the poor .Each year, the Rich people of Bangladesh provide Zakat. The Zakat fund is not collected and distributed properly in most of the cases. The important recommendations of this paper are the best ways to collect zakat from different sectors, organizations, Institutions as well as individuals and also to distribute in a systematic way to alleviate poverty from Bangladesh.Item The Role of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited in Economic Development of Bangladesh(Centre for Research on Islamic Management and Business, 2016-06) Mahbubur Rahaman, Mohammed; Rafiq, Md. Rafiqul IslamThe main objective of the study is to analyze the role of IBBL in economic development of Bangladesh and to give some suggestions to overcome the challenges Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd. (IBBL) is the pioneer of Islamic banking in Bangladesh. IBBL is performing a significant role in the development of the country. The Bank is working in the export sector from the very beginning resulting in maximizing export earnings as well as creating employment opportunities in Bangladesh. The Bank has already emerged as the top export-import bank in Bangladesh. IBBL satisfies most of the efficiency conditions if they can operate as a sole system in an economy. Conventional banking, on the other hand, does not satisfy any of the efficiency conditions analyzed in the present study. However, when Islamic banks start operation within the conventional banking framework, their efficiency goes on decreasing in a number of dimensions.Item Users’ Perception on Voluntary Disclosures in Bangladeshi Corporate Annual Reports(Centre for Research on Islamic Management and Business, 2016-06) Uddin, Md. Bashir; Ahmed, Neser; Bulbul, AfrozaUsers’ Perception on Voluntary Disclosures in Bangladeshi Corporate Annual ReportsItem Socially Responsible Investments of Islami Bank Bangladesh Limited (IBBL)(Centre for Research on Islamic Management and Business, 2015-06) Islam, Serajul; Kabir, Mohammad Rokibul; Alam, Abu Hanifa Md. Noman BinThis study briefly focuses on the status and growth of the socially responsible investments of IBBL. To conduct this study, researchers have collected both primary and secondary data. Primary data have been collected through questionnaire with interview of 50 clients in Hathazari who are under the umbrella of Rural Development Scheme (RDS) of Hathazari branch of IBBL. It is observed that, almost all investment schemes of IBBL is biased to the socially responsible investments and the schemes are designed considering safety and well being of the society. The special feature of the investment policy of the bank is ‘investment on the basis of profit-loss sharing in accordance with the tenets and principles of Islamic Shari’ah’. Earning profit is not the only motive and objective of the bank’s investment mechanism, significant stress is also given on attaining social welfare and in creating employment opportunities. The bank is financing various economic groups in different sectors in both urban and rural areas for improving their economic condition as well as social status.Item Use of Circular Malmquist Index (CMI) and Variable Returns to Scale (VRS-MI) in Productivity Measurement- a Comparative Study(Centre for Research on Islamic Management and Business, 2014-12) Azad, Md. Abul Kalam; Masum, Abdul Kadar Muhammad; Haque, Md. SharifulThis paper aims at comparing results between the circular Malmquist index (CMI) and the variable returns to scale Malmquist index (VRS-MI) from an even panel data. Based on the ground theory, the study purposefully uses comparative discussion on above mentioned methods. The contribution of the paper is on applied feature of using different methods at the same data set. The results of the study reveal that efficiency scores of VRS-MI is of higher value than that of CMI except major unit efficient Decision Making Units (DMUs). In case of some firms, the deviations are even in extreme points- highest gap is observed by 49.72%. From the perspective of the application, this paper focuses on deviate scores and therefore updates the relevant literature. The study covers data from 2009 to 2013 and uses one output- annual sales and three inputs; namely. (i) fixed asset; (ii) raw material; and (iii) salary expenses as variablesItem An Empirical Study on Total Quality Management Practices in Some Selected Manufacturing Companies in Bangladesh(Centre for Research on Islamic Management and Business, 2014-06) Bhuiyan, Md. Zahid Hossain; Rahman, Md. Azizur; Shahnewaz, Syeda TanjilaThis paper is about total quality management (TQM) practices in some selected manufacturing companies in Bangladesh. The empirical study reports the main findings based on the survey of 150 executives of 15 selected manufacturing companies thereby taking 10 executives from each company. These 10 executives include CEO, head of HR & administration, head of accounts & finance, head of marketing, production manager, quality control manager, finance manager, manager-R & D, production supervisor and HR executive. The main research issues of the study are: examining the relationship between TQM and organizational financial performance, relationship between employees’ involvement and TQM results, factors influencing successful implementation of TQM and measuring employees’ job satisfaction & commitment. The major findings of the study are: (i) there exists significant positive relationship between TQM practices and organizational financial performance, measured in terms of return on sales (ROS) and return on investment (ROI) (ii) the study reveals that majority of the respondents fall under medium involvement group signifying that employees’ involvement in TQM practices have been satisfactory, (iii) the study also indicates that CSFs as mentioned in table 5, have no relationship with TQM practices in the selected companies and (iv) the study points out that employees’ job satisfaction & commitment have been moderately related to TQM practices. The findings obtained from the study would be useful to the academicians interested to undertake further research in the vital aspects of HRM. The concerned management would also get the findings of the study helpful in improving TQM practices in the selected companies in Bangladesh.