JABM JOURNAL of ACCOUNTING - BUSINESS & MANAGEMENT
Vol 22 No 2 (2015): Oktober

Critical Evaluation of Disclosure in Annual Reports of Islamic Banks in Bangladesh

Ullah, Md. Hafij (Unknown)
Khanam, Ruma (Unknown)



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Publish Date
03 Oct 2015

Abstract

The present is a critical evaluation of the disclosure practices of the annual reports of Islamic banks in Bangladesh. The study identified 144 disclosure factors required complying by the Islamic banks under traditional and Shari’ah regulations. These factors were classified into nine including Company Profile Items (CPI) (7), Accounting Policy Items(API) (12), Balance Sheet Items (Assets) (18), Balance Sheet Items (Liabilities) (I 5), Income Statement Items (Cr.) (9), Income Statement Items (Dr.)(11), Ratios, Statistics and Other Details (RSD) (18), Projections and Budgetary Disclosure (PBD) (27) and finally Measurement and Valuation Method (l\/IVM) (27). The study found that on an average,Islamic banks complied the highest 94.28% in case of company profile items and the lowest 38.57% in case of projections and budgetary disclosure. The study suggested giving importance in all the segments of disclosure for quality reporting and disclosing maximum information in their annual report maintaining quality in all the areas as Islam always givesemphasis on full disclosure so that the users of their report can get their required information of the Islamic banks in Bangladesh.

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Decision Sciences, Operations Research & Management Economics, Econometrics & Finance Other

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Journal of Accounting, Business and Management (JABM) provides a scientific discourse about accounting, business, and management both practically and conceptually. The published articles at this journal cover various topics from the result of particular conceptual analysis and critical evaluation to ...