Is the stock market ready for easier margin loans?
22 July 2026, 00:00 AM
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission (BSEC) has drafted new rules to make margin lending easier, allowing investors to borrow money from their brokerage to buy shares, using shares they already own as collateral.
22 July 2026, 00:00 AM
BSEC proposes easier margin loans even for low-dividend shares
21 July 2026, 00:00 AM
BSEC proposed expanding margin loans to more B-category companies
21 July 2026, 00:00 AM
21 junk stocks dodge DSE axe, trade at premium
15 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Despite years without dividends, these companies remain listed as investors drive some shares above stronger firms
15 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Only 10 firms make up 40% of DSE market value
12 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Retail investors have few quality stocks to choose from while large institutions stay away
12 July 2026, 00:00 AM
UCB to raise Tk 775 crore through rights issue
8 July 2026, 00:00 AM
United Commercial Bank (UCB) will raise Tk 775 crore through a rights issue to address its capital shortfall and support its business operations.
8 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Stock market loses half its BO accounts in a decade
6 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Expert blames IPO drought, weak returns
6 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Dhaka Bank eyes top-tier status through digital, AI push
5 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Dhaka Bank has set out a broad strategy to join the top tier of Bangladesh’s private banks by strengthening digital banking, expanding green finance, improving profitability, and adopting artificial intelligence.
5 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Banks no longer making most of their money from lending
2 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Commercial lenders are earning more from government securities than from financing
businesses
2 July 2026, 00:00 AM
Appollo Ispat's shock loss in July-December
Appollo Ispat's earnings per share nosedived in the first half of its financial year -- a surprising turn given the corrugated iron sheet
19 February 2019, 18:00 PM
CDBL moves to restrict sponsors' share sale
The stock settlement service provider is set to block sponsors' stocks with the view to checking their stealthy share-selling.
13 February 2019, 18:00 PM
BSEC looks to curb overbidding for small-cap stocks
Small-cap companies that are after a premium will have to offload shares to institutional investors at the prices at which they place
9 February 2019, 18:00 PM
Bourses need quality products
Limited products, sponsors' tendency to get involved in share trading and loopholes in laws are hampering the growth of the country's bourses and denting investor confidence, said a former president of the Dhaka Stock Exchange.
6 February 2019, 18:00 PM
ACI's earnings sinking
Earnings of ACI, a blue-chip stock known to have a very stable growth rate, have been on the slide for the last four quarters and in the process wiped out investors' money.
6 February 2019, 18:00 PM
ACI to bring 'smart' tractors
ACI Motors, a unit of ACI, is set to introduce hi-tech tractors that will simplify the lives of farmers and maximise their income.
2 February 2019, 18:00 PM
DSE plans to diversify products
The country's stockmarket lacks diversified products, leaving investors with limited opportunities for exploration, said KAM Majedur Rahman, managing director of Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE).
28 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Finance stocks thrive on low prices
Shares on the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) gained 475 points, or 8.80 percent, in the last 15 trading days led by rise in finance securities as investors flock to them due to low prices ahead of their full-year earnings reports.
21 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Largest private economic zone to be ready this year
The country's largest private economic zone, Sirajganj Economic Zone Ltd (SEZL), may open for entrepreneurs within this year.
19 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Motorbike market to race faster in 2019
The motorcycle market is set to be around 6 lakh units by the end of 2019 thanks to price cuts, increasing purchasing capacity and thrust for faster mobility.
19 January 2019, 18:00 PM
IPOs lose lustre for high cost, lengthy process
Companies are losing interest in coming to the stock market because of the lengthy process stretching up to two years and the high costs to get listed.
12 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Small-cap firms can soon raise funds from stock market
Small-cap companies will be able to raise funds from the capital market soon, a development that is being viewed with trepidation by
9 January 2019, 18:00 PM
More IPOs needed
There are 61 merchant banks in the country but they were able to collectively bring in only 14 companies in the capital market last
7 January 2019, 18:00 PM
6 reasons stocks may rise in 2019
In 2018 stock market investors lost a good sum due to liquidity crisis, rising nonperforming loans in the banking sector and political
5 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Textile, finance stocks trading below face value
Of the 348 companies listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange, 23 traded below their face value as of yesterday -- an alarming development for the market that is already low on confidence.
3 January 2019, 18:00 PM
POST-POLLS MARKET: Stocks surge 1.5pc on optimism
Dhaka stocks surged yesterday as investors reacted positively to the election outcome.
1 January 2019, 18:00 PM
Political jitters sink stocks
The stockmarket is feeling the pinch of rising political tension centring the upcoming parliamentary election, stakeholders and investors said yesterday.
17 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Investors lose confidence in mutual funds
The extension of closed-end mutual funds' tenure further sapped investors' confidence in the sector, with almost Tk 430 crore lost
10 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Delisting acts as wake-up call for Rahima Food
Rahima Food Corporation has been prompted to return to production following punitive measures taken by the stock exchanges.
3 December 2018, 18:00 PM
Fate of Imam Button, Savar Refractories to be decided after polls
The fate of Imam Button and Savar Refractories will be decided after the national polls, which were found to have no potential to return to profit in a recent probe of the Dhaka bourse.
29 November 2018, 18:00 PM