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
Foreign funds soar in Dhaka stocks
Net foreign investment in the premier bourse more than trebled in March as overseas investors were tempted by the slump in the
4 April 2018, 18:00 PM
Shuttered companies still trading on DSE
Five companies listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange have been out of production for a long time but their shares are still allowed to trade on the
31 March 2018, 18:00 PM
CSE sees lowest turnover in 10yrs
The Chittagong Stock Exchange (CSE) saw its lowest turnover in 10 years yesterday because of poor performance of traders.
28 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Listed ceramic makers’ profit leapt in 2017
Listed ceramic companies saw higher growth in profit last year owing to an increase in demand from the real estate sector and export markets.
27 March 2018, 18:00 PM
ICB plans to issue Tk 2,500cr bond
The Investment Corporation of Bangladesh, which is one of the largest investors in the capital market, plans to issue a long-term bond of Tk 2,500 crore to prop up jittery stocks.
21 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Drug makers’ profits soar
Most listed pharmaceuticals companies saw their profits swell in 2017, thanks to higher expense on healthcare.
18 March 2018, 18:00 PM
BSEC offers recipe to boost market
The Bangladesh Securities and Exchange Commission has come up with a proposal to steady the jittery capital
14 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Mutual fund penetration abysmally low
Bangladesh has among the lowest mutual fund investment in the world, offering a vast untapped opportunity for
13 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Betting, brokers behind the scene
Kay & Que, listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange as a Z category share, rose a staggering 293 percent in 2017.
10 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Stock brokers to get new rules on minimum capital
Full-fledged stock brokers and merchant banks will have to maintain a minimum capital of Tk 15 crore and Tk 35 crore respectively if
8 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Chinese party withdraws most conditions
A Chinese consortium that got go-ahead to be a strategic investor of Dhaka Stock Exchange has withdrawn most of
7 March 2018, 18:00 PM
10 companies not paying dividends for a decade
Ten companies listed on the Dhaka Stock Exchange have failed to announce any dividend for at least 10 years in a row largely because
6 March 2018, 18:00 PM
Foreign investment nosedives in DSE
Net foreign investment in the Dhaka Stock Exchange plummeted to Tk 94 crore in the negative last month as the
3 March 2018, 18:00 PM