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Author: search.filters.author.Chowdhury, Abdul HamidEnd date: 2009

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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
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    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,