Sumaiya Zaman

Ms. Sumaiya Zaman is an Assistant Professor at the ULAB School of Business. She has been teaching courses in Finance for fifteen years in the private universities of Bangladesh. She has 15 academic papers to her name which have been published from universities in the USA, Turkey, Italy, and Bangladesh. Her papers deal with the dynamics of financial market of Bangladesh which help her to enrich classroom lecture with local materials and to represent Bangladesh in the Global Academic Platform. She has acted as Session Chair in several international conferences organized by the University of South Florida (Florida, USA), Bahçeşehir University (Istanbul, Turkey), and University of Dhaka (Dhaka, Bangladesh). She has acted as Scientific Committee Member in international conference organized by the University of Naples Federico II, Italy. She has reviewed academic papers on the financial markets of Belize and Pakistan.

Ms. Zaman has acquired her primary and secondary education from North Africa. She has completed her Bachelor of Business Administration and Master of Business Administration degrees from the Institute of Business Administration (IBA), University of Dhaka.

School of Business
Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA)
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
Executive Master of Business Administration (EMBA)

MBA, Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka, 2006

BBA, Institute of Business Administration, University of Dhaka, 2004

Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions, Security Analysis and Portfolio Management, International Financial Management.

Chair of Finance Session of the 6th International Interdisciplinary Business-Economics Advancement Conference, 9 -13 May, 2016, Miami, Florida, US.

• Zaman, S. (2014). ‘Dividend policy determinants of a private commercial bank of Bangladesh: which is the strongest, profitability, growth, or size?’, World Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 4, no. 3, pp. 117-125 (ISSN 1838 – 3785).
• Zaman, S. (2013). ‘Is growth of a company a prime indicator of its dividend policy? Spotlight on private commercial banks of Bangladesh’, World Journal of Social Sciences, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 18-24 (ISSN 1838 – 3785).
• Zaman, S. (2012). ‘Profitability is an important determinant of dividend policy of listed private commercial banks of Bangladesh, true or false?’, World Review of Business Research, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 118-23 (ISSN 1838 – 3955).
• Zaman, S. (2011). ‘Cost of capital: how is it estimated? Case of private commercial banks of Bangladesh’, Vision International Journal, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 65-70 (ISSN 2231 – 3311).
• Zaman, S. (2011). ‘Is dividend policy an important determinant of market performance: focus on private banks of Bangladesh, World Review of Business Research, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 135-41 (ISSN 1838 – 3955).

• Zaman, S. (2019). ‘Factors influencing labor cost in garment industry of Bangladesh: A panel data approach’, Advances in Global Business and Economics vol. 2, Florida, US (ISBN 978-1-7321275-5-5).
• Zaman, S. (2018). ‘Market related and market independent components of company stock return in Bangladesh: Which is stronger?’, Advances in Global Business and Economics vol. 1, Florida, US (ISBN 978-1-7321275-1-7).
• Zaman, S, & Çavuşoğlu, M. (2017). ‘Determinants of capital structure of banks and financial institutions of Bangladesh: A panel data approach’, Proceedings of the Graduate Student Research Conference in Business and Economics, Florida, US (ISSN: 2641-5054).
• Zaman, S. (2016). ‘Can accounting ratios determine change in market share price? Spotlight on the Dhaka Stock Exchange listed private commercial banks of Bangladesh’, Proceedings of the 6th International Interdisciplinary Business-Economics Advancement Conference, Miami, Florida, US (ISSN 2333-4207).
• Zaman, S. (2015). ‘Can accounting ratios differentiate between Islamic banks and conventional banks? A study on the Dhaka Stock Exchange listed private commercial banks of Bangladesh’, Proceedings of the 4th International Interdisciplinary Business-Economics Advancement Conference, Las Vegas, Nevada, US (ISSN 2333-4207).
• Zaman, S. (2013). ‘Determinants of dividend policy of a private commercial bank in Bangladesh, which is the strongest, profitability, growth, or size?’, Proceedings of the 9^th Asian Business Research Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ISBN 978-1-922069-39-9).
• Zaman, S. (2012). ‘Size of a private commercial bank in Bangladesh is a major indicator of its dividend policy, true or false?’, Proceedings of the 7^th Asian Business Research Conference, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (ISBN 978-1-922069-16-0).
• Zaman, S. (2012). ‘Growth of a company is an important determinant of its dividend policy, is it true? Focus on listed private commercial banks of Bangladesh’, Proceedings of the 2012 Academy of International Business – US Southwest Chapter annual conference, New Orleans, LA, US (ISSN 2159 – 399X).
• Zaman, S. (2012). ‘Is profitability an important determinant of dividend policy of listed private commercial banks of Bangladesh: an analysis’, Proceedings of the 2012 Academy of International Business – US Southwest Chapter annual conference, New Orleans, LA, US (ISSN 2159 – 399X).
• Zaman, S. (2011). ‘Estimation procedure of cost of capital of private commercial banks  in Bangladesh: an analysis’, Proceedings of the 2011 Academy of International Business – US Southwest Chapter annual conference, Houston, Texas, US (ISSN 2159 – 399X).
• Zaman, S. (2011). ‘Impact of dividend policy on the market performance of listed private commercial banks of Bangladesh: an analysis’, Proceedings of the 2011 Academy of International Business – US Southwest Chapter annual conference, Houston, Texas, US (ISSN 2159 – 399X)

• Research on Financial Inclusion of students to meet United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals.
• Research on student integrity which is crucial for a robust academic system and future of the country.