Ahsan Habib

In 2016, Masum Ahmad, an accountant who dabbles in the stock market on the side, had as many as seven beneficiary owner (BO) accounts in the name of his family members.

Investors will be able to file stock market-related complaints online on the Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission’s (BSEC) website from tomorrow, a move aimed at expediting its redress mechanism.

Seventy-nine percent share or unit-holders, mostly 12 corporate houses, of closed-end DBH First Mutual Fund want to convert the fund into an open-end one.

The government’s recent measures to prop up the stock market appear to have failed as the unusual fall of share prices continues to rattle investors.

Word on the street was that National Tubes has been commissioned to establish pipe lines all over Bangladesh -- a coup for any

Earnings of many companies drop even after three-four years of their listing in the bourses, whereas stock investors expect it will rise with the investment of the proceeds from the initial public offering.

At a time when investors are losing money on good stocks, gambling on underperforming companies is rampant.

Bangladesh hould give more focus on small and medium enterprises to materialise its vision of becoming a developed nation by 2041, SME Foundation Chairperson KM Habib Ullah said.

Institutional investors, who were supposed to be cool heads in the sea of jittery retail investors, are selling off more shares than they are buying and in so doing causing a slump.

Three heavyweight stocks Grameenphone, Brac Bank and British American Tobacco Bangladesh led the slump in the last one month

Foreign funds in the Dhaka bourse has been declining for the last six months amid a confidence crisis among the investors stemming

Almost one year has elapsed since a Chinese consortium bought 25 percent stake of the Dhaka Stock Exchange but the strategic

Most stock brokers have been incurring losses for many years owing to low turnover in the market and a lack of product diversity.

Five insurance companies’ stock prices trebled in a space of two months and then came crashing down at a time when leading insurers saw next to no movement, in a stunning case of smash-and-grab by a section of players.

After completing MBA from a private university in 2011, Anis Hossain looked for a decent job for around three years. But he did not succeed.

Every one in four young people in Bangladesh is yet to receive any skills development training although the government has set up training centres for them in every district and at upazila level.

Bangladesh needs a vibrant bond market to meet its huge financing requirement for infrastructure development and further industrialisation, said a noted merchant banker.

Stocks rallied the best in six-and-a-half months yesterday after sinking for more than three weeks. The bounce back was due to the central bank and the capital market regulator teaming up to prop up the flagging market.

Stocks plunged below the 5,000 point-mark yesterday thanks to massive sell-off by both jittery retail and institutional investors.

BANGLADESH should put emphasis on building a strong financial sector in order to ensure macroeconomic stability, increase efficiency and liquidity of markets, draw investment and deepen economic integration, the Asian Development Bank’s Bangladesh chief said.