Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC)

Committee to be formed to find ways for long-term fund from capital market

BB, finance ministry and BSEC representatives will be included in the committee

Law drafted to offer securities rules, ordinance in one act: BSEC

The draft has already been sent to the task force committee

ANALYSIS / Should the BSEC hire government officials, or not?

Mixed reactions came from different quarters

Govt forms panel to strengthen BSEC

The interim government has formed a four-member committee to strengthen the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), the stock market regulator.

Case filed against 16 BSEC officials

The officials are accused of unlawful confinement amid internal turmoil at BSEC

BSEC standoff enters second day as neither side backs down

The standoff between top leadership and staff at the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) entered its second day yesterday, following protests triggered by the forced retirement of an executive director over graft allegations on Wednesday.

Solve BSEC crisis immediately: DBA

Delay in resolving the issue will hurt investor confidence, says association

Protest halts work at BSEC

The activities of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission came to a halt yesterday due to officials’ protest against the forced retirement of Saifur Rahman, an executive director.

November 7, 2022
November 7, 2022

IMF didn’t raise floor price issue in today’s meeting: BSEC

A rumour was going on that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) may ask the stockmarket regulator to lift the floor price as a condition of a new $4.5 billion loan, but the lender did not raise the issue in a meeting with the BSEC today.

October 25, 2022
October 25, 2022

Panel to investigate Gemini Sea Food’s unusual stock price hike

The stock market regulator today formed an investigation committee to find whether any market manipulation is responsible for the recent unusual share price hike of Gemini Sea Food.

September 21, 2022
September 21, 2022

Midland Bank's Tk 70 crore IPO gets nod

Midland Bank gets nod to raise Tk 70 crore through issuing seven crore ordinary shares in an initial public offering (IPO).

August 4, 2022
August 4, 2022

New board for start-ups to raise fund

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) is taking steps to launch a new board for start-ups so that they can raise funds from the stock market.

August 1, 2022
August 1, 2022

Listed firms asked to increase investment

The stock market regulator today urged the Bangladesh Association of Publicly Listed Companies (BAPLC) to increase their investment in the market.

July 28, 2022
July 28, 2022

Stock market regulator sets floor price again

The stock market regulator has set floor price again in a bid to halt freefall of the stock market indices amid a global economic meltdown that had impacted Bangladesh’s economic indicators in the last few months.

July 27, 2022
July 27, 2022

Stock trading rules for SME board tightened

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has tightened one condition for trading shares on the SME board slightly after criticisms that easy access made the market index overvalued.

April 21, 2022
April 21, 2022

BSEC frets as institutions shy away from stocks

When the stock market goes through a bearish trend, the regulator usually prods institutional investors, mostly unofficially, to pour money to revive it and some of them respond positively.  

September 8, 2021
September 8, 2021

DSE asked to find reasons behind junk stocks’ rising prices

The stock market regulator today asked the Dhaka bourse to submit a report about the reasons behind the skyrocketing prices of low-performing companies and junk stocks.

July 14, 2021
July 14, 2021

Stock market regulator to probe abnormal buying order for Sonali Life

The stock market regulator is set to investigate into the abnormal buying order placed by a section of investors to purchase shares of newly listed Sonali Life Insurance.