Despite a central bank programme offering credit support for banks to invest in the stock market, banks are showing little interest in participating.
July 15, 2020Banks are allowed to distribute cash dividends to general shareholders and stock dividends to sponsors and institutional investors.
June 14, 2020Individual stocks will not be allowed to fall below their average closing prices of the preceding five days, and trading is curtailed to just three hours a day.
March 23, 2020The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has approved a set of rules to enable the trading of non-listed companies on a new ATB board.
December 6, 2019The chairman of Bangladesh’s securities regulator is alleged to have approved IPOs for companies that falsified their financial statements to show higher profitability.
August 24, 2019The Shanghai and Shenzhen bourses, as strategic partners, will provide technical support to help the Dhaka Stock Exchange develop the new indices.
July 17, 2019In a bid to boost banking system liquidity, the central bank has excluded investments in non-listed securities from banks’ capital market exposure calculations.
May 22, 2019The DSE's 'Financial Data Exchange Platform' will allow regulators, market infrastructures and financial institutions to safely and efficiently exchange messages and files.
May 13, 2019The draft rules set out requirements for brokers and dealers in relation to short selling of securities, which is currently prohibited in Bangladesh.
May 7, 2019After a major decline in market cap since last year, Dhaka Stock Exchange has submitted proposals to the regulator to help stimulate the market.
April 22, 2019