BSEC

BSEC to seek policy support from govt

Finance adviser to visit BSEC today
30 October 2024, 07:31 AM

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.
28 October 2024, 07:49 AM

BSEC declines NCC Bank’s Tk 500 crore bond issue 

NCC Bank  plans to appeal the decision and seek a review 
17 October 2024, 06:07 AM

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.
7 October 2024, 18:00 PM

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
7 October 2024, 08:20 AM

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.
2 October 2024, 18:00 PM

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
1 October 2024, 05:32 AM

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
18 September 2024, 10:06 AM

BSEC orders probe into unusual price surge of Khan Brothers’ stock 

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has ordered the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) to investigate the unusual price surge of Khan Brothers PP Woven Bag Industries
15 September 2024, 11:12 AM

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
3 September 2024, 11:32 AM

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.
31 August 2024, 10:40 AM

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.
20 August 2024, 18:00 PM

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
6 April 2024, 09:13 AM

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.
6 February 2024, 11:57 AM

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.
27 December 2023, 18:00 PM

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.
17 December 2023, 07:25 AM

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.
11 July 2023, 15:15 PM

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.
10 January 2023, 02:00 AM

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.
11 October 2022, 12:47 PM

BSEC rejects Baraka Power's Tk150 crore bond issuance

The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has rejected Baraka Power Limited's application aimed at issuing a Tk 150 crore fully redeemable non-convertible zero-coupon bond.
6 October 2022, 09:52 AM