BSEC

Stock gains for third day amid regulatory optimism

The DSEX advanced 44.92 points, reaching 5209.76 as of 11:04 am.

BSEC to seek policy support from govt

Finance adviser to visit BSEC today

Investors protest decline in stock market, demand BSEC chief’s resignation

The investors claimed that the BSEC chairman had failed to prevent the market's downturn.

BSEC declines NCC Bank’s Tk 500 crore bond issue 

NCC Bank  plans to appeal the decision and seek a review 

Manipulators behind protests against BSEC

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has alleged that manipulators were fuelling protests against the regulator to prevent it from taking a stand against corruption and reforming the stock market.

Armed forces to ensure security of BSEC

The decision was made yesterday at a meeting between BSEC Chairman Khondoker Rashed Maqsood, Rear Admiral Mir Ershad Ali, director general of the Bangladesh Coast Guard, and other officials from the armed forces

Stock market in the last 15 years / Why most stock market policies backfired

The stock market regulator formulated a large number of policies, rules and regulations and passed orders in the last 15 years citing the best interests of investors.

Committee formed to manage Capital Market Stabilisation Fund effectively 

The finance ministry formed the six-member panel, which includes representatives from the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC), the commerce ministry, and the Registrar of Joint Stock Companies and Firms

BSEC to investigate Nafeez’s SEML for illicit trading

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) is set to investigate all the activities of Strategic Equity Management Ltd (SEML) since its inception in 2007, and to check for any anomalies

September 3, 2024
September 3, 2024

Ex-DU teacher Farzana Lalarukh becomes new BSEC commissioner

Former Dhaka University teacher Farzana Lalarukh has been appointed as the new commissioner of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) for the next four years

August 31, 2024
August 31, 2024

The Bangla Spring: An opportunity to recalibrate the country’s audit regulatory architecture

All these troubled banks were externally audited, and received clean chits. Yet, we see very little discussion regarding such audit failures.

August 21, 2024
August 21, 2024

How BSEC wasted funds on ineffective roadshows abroad

Less than a year after Prof Shibli Rubayat-Ul Islam was appointed as chairman of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) in May 2020, the regulator started holding roadshows abroad to lure in foreign investors and boost the local market.

April 6, 2024
April 6, 2024

Shibli Rubayat likely to be reappointed as BSEC chairman

Prof Shibli Rubayat-Ul-Islam is likely to be reappointed as the chairman of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) for another four-year term

February 6, 2024
February 6, 2024

Renata, Anwar Galvanizing, Orion Pharma see floor price withdrawal

BSEC has lifted the floor price for Anwar Galvanizing, Orion Pharmaceuticals and Renata as part of its move to bring back vibrancy to the market.

December 28, 2023
December 28, 2023

Sikder Insurance: Rules broken, yet IPO goes ahead

Sikder Insurance Company Limited has invested most of its assets in the capital market, parking funds in a single stock of scandal-ridden National Bank Ltd (NBL), in a corporate wrongdoing influenced by family ties.

December 17, 2023
December 17, 2023

UCB gets approval to raise Tk 300 crore through perpetual bonds

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has allowed the United Commercial Bank (UCB) to raise Tk 300 crore through perpetual bonds.

July 11, 2023
July 11, 2023

Stock floor price will be lifted once economy stabilises: BSEC

The stock market regulator will withdraw the market’s floor price as soon as the economy reaches a stable condition and investments of investors are secured, said a top official of the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) today.

January 10, 2023
January 10, 2023

How Bangladesh’s stock market remains an outlier

Most of the global stock indices plunged last March when the war between Russia and Ukraine escalated but they took only two months before bouncing back despite the conflict-induced turmoil worldwide.

October 11, 2022
October 11, 2022

BSEC awards 11 stock market intermediaries

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has awarded 11 stock market intermediaries for their “outstanding performance” in 2021.