Seminar on financial literacy begins tomorrow

A four-day regional seminar on financial literacy will begin in Dhaka tomorrow.

Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) and the Asian Development Bank (ADB) will jointly organise the event at Pan Pacific Sonargaon Dhaka.

Saifur Rahman, an executive director of the stock market regulator, announced the programme schedule at a press meet at the BSEC office yesterday.

He said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is scheduled to open the seminar, which is first of its kind in Bangladesh.

Stock market experts from Bangladesh, India, Japan, Philippines, Nepal, Cambodia, Thailand, South Korea, Malaysia and Indonesia will take part in the seminar where sessions will be held on financial literacy and how to protect investors’ interest, Rahman said.