Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC)

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.
4 August 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.
1 August 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.
28 July 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.
27 July 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.  
20 April 2022

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.
8 September 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.
14 July 2021

Bangladesh’s first ever green sukuk brought in by Beximco gets nod

Bangladesh’s first ever green sukuk brought in by Beximco gets go-ahead from the stock market regulator today.
23 June 2021

BSEC removes floor price from all listed companies

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) today lifted the floor price from all listed companies as it moved to halt its efforts to intervene in share price mechanism.
17 June 2021

Beximco Synthetics to delist from the stock market

Beximco Synthetics, a polyester filament yarn manufacturer, applied for delisting from the stock market.
7 September 2020

License of 2 brokerage houses may be suspended for ‘money misuse’

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) may suspend the license of the two brokerage houses due to their misuse of the investors’ money.
23 July 2019

TIB concerned over selection of DSE strategic partner

Transparency International Bangladesh (TIB) criticises the alleged attempts of Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) for illegal interference and influence in the selection process of foreign strategic partner for Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).
17 February 2018