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This research aims to analyze the impact of efficient working capital management on the profitability of the manufacturing firm in Bangladesh. Fifty-two manufacturing companies listed with Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) have been selected randomly from 2012 to 2017. Return on Assets (ROA) and Return on Equity (ROE) are used as indicators of profitability, while the inventory conversion period (ICP), the average collection period (ACP), the average payment period (APP), and the Cash Conversion Cycle (CCC) are used as the independent variables which are used as a measurement of working capital management of the firm. Ordinary Least Squares regression models and Pearson's Correlation are used to establish the relationship between working capital management and profitability. The results revealed a significant negative relation between ROA and CCC, ACP; a significant negative relationship exists between ROE and CCC, APP. Manufacturing companies can increase profitability by decreasing the cash conversion cycle, average payment period, and average collection period. It also revealed that ICP is also positively related to ROA and ROE. Therefore, this research concludes that efficiently and effectively managing working capital is very important for increasing manufacturing companies' profitability.

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This study tries to determine the impact of Corporate Governance (CG) on the performance of Commercial Banks (CB) in Bangladesh. Data are collected from different banks listed under DSE for the period starting from 2015 to 2020. For analyzing the data and testing hypothesis Pearson’s correlation and OLS regression models are used to assess the relationship among the performance of the banks and CG related predictor variables like Board Size (BS), Board Independence (BI), Audit Committee (AC), Risk Management Committee (RMC), and some control variables like Firm Age (FA), Firm Size (FS) and Market Capitalization (MC). The regression analysis results showed a mixed result. The BS and BI are significantly affirmatively related with ROE and positively correlated with ROA. The BS is affirmatively related with Tobin’s Q, but BI is significantly negatively related. No significant positive connection is found between the AC, RMC and ROE, ROA. The RMC is significant affirmatively related with Tobin’s Q, but no significant association between the AC and Tobin’s Q. The theoretical part of this paper has focused about a brief discussion about different variables related with Corporate Governance. The empirical part is based on a survey made on twenty commercial banks listed with DSE.

The financial status of a company can be measured and predicted using a variety of tools, techniques, and models like ratio analysis, vertical and horizontal analysis, etc. The objective of this study is to identify the bankruptcy position of Bangladeshi-listed cement companies. The Altman Z-Score model has been used here to assess the intensity of insolvency of Bangladeshi cement businesses with listings on Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) considering financial information from 2018 to 2021 using Altman Z-Score model. The data has been analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (version 28.0.1.1) and also Microsoft excel. DSE currently lists seven (07) cement companies. According to the research, Heidelberg Cement Limited and Lafarge Holcim Bangladesh Limited are in the secure region having the maximum Z value of 33.47 and the minimum Z value is 3.17. Confidence Cement Limited, Meghna Cement Limited and Crown Cement Limited in 2021 are in the grey region having the maximum Z value of 2.71 and the minimum Z value of 1.82. Aramit Cement Limited, Crown Cement Limited, and Premier Cement Mills Limited are in the bankrupt region having the Z value of less than 1.80. These three companies must outperform in sales with the improvement in operational costs to overcome bankruptcy. We found a positive correlation between all of the five independent variables and the dependent variable (Z Score).